Egg Chasing wrote:
We were coached under Wane to do just that which is why we never kicked to touch. He wanted to keep the ball in play as he believed we were fitter than them.
We lost several close games in the last minutes because we were incapable of running the clock down.
There's a massive difference between keeping the ball in the field of play and handing back the ball via a 'lofted kick'. Where are you even getting this from? If the kick goes straight to the winger or FB it's a poor kick.
Keeping the ball in the field of play is a tactic, but you split the FB and winger making one of them have to cover ground to field the ball, usually a kick is to 'find the floor' first, this allows the kicking team more time to chase the ball up the pitch and pen the fielding opposition in their own half.
Keep the ball in the field of play and 'a lofted kick to directly to the opposition' are vastly different.