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(05-26-2017, 07:09 AM)LP link Wrote:He's had ruck rotations at stoppages in every game I watched in the last few weeks, only limited center bounce stuff in the last two weeks. But enough stoppage ruck to see the benefits he brings.
If he brings that level of effort, he is more than useful whether it be ten times a game or fifty!
He may have had one or two, hardly part of the ruck rotation and he didn't take a tap against Sandringham.
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Had a local Norf guy tell me Preuss was a lock. Not in the 22 yet.
Will be interesting to see if there's a late change.
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(05-25-2017, 08:01 PM)laj link Wrote:We did that most of last year and it was an abject failure. Kreuzer's great on his own, very ordinary when he shares, as is Phillips. Both were terrible as forwards. Then Casboult struggles as a lone key forward as every defender goes to him. Surprised you never picked that up.
You can still win the clearances to a losing ruck. Clubs do that all the time. Focus on that.
Taps don't worry me, as about 15-20% at best may go to advantage. I prefer performance around the ground.
Its not about taps. Its about working Goldstein over.
You let Kreuzer run around as much as possible and get free. When he gets tired, you give Phillips a run and do the same. Eventually Goldstein gets tired. Then you run him around some more. Sooner or later you get more of the ball around the ground (playing 2 rucks) then you would if you go one on one.
As for Phillips. You conveniently forgot him taking a strong mark and kicking the sealer to get us up over the line against the Bombers?
Abject failure? :-[
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(05-25-2017, 08:45 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Macreadie will make our backline too inexperienced. Probably White will be one of the ins.
Bolton thinks different to you and me....MacReadie in......didnt realise Ben Brown was 200cm, 101kg...thats a fair advantage over any of our backman, going to have to play some
team defense to stop him marking the footy...
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(05-26-2017, 12:01 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Bolton thinks different to you and me....MacReadie in......didnt realise Ben Brown was 200cm, 101kg...thats a fair advantage over any of our backman, going to have to play some
team defense to stop him marking the footy...
Brown is pretty much a lead up forward and doesn't really use his size to advantage. Good closing speed and the ability to read the play are the tools required to shut him down; perfect match up for Marchbank.
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(05-26-2017, 11:31 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Its not about taps. Its about working Goldstein over.
You let Kreuzer run around as much as possible and get free. When he gets tired, you give Phillips a run and do the same. Eventually Goldstein gets tired. Then you run him around some more. Sooner or later you get more of the ball around the ground (playing 2 rucks) then you would if you go one on one.
As for Phillips. You conveniently forgot him taking a strong mark and kicking the sealer to get us up over the line against the Bombers?
Abject failure? :-[ .
Typical, produce one example, one mark and goal, the rest of the time nothing. But he took a mark and kick a goal so you think you're right...lol! Kruddler, the selective stat man. Not watch football last year? Kreuzer and Phillips were terrible together last year, did nothing around the ground and nothing up forward leaving poor old Levi to survive as the only key forward. That was never working in a fit. What part of that can't you work out. You know it I know it. And you want to go back to that. Faaaark! Duh!
Kreuzer is a way better player doing the bulk of the ruckwork, outstanding actually, but make him share and he struggles. If it not about the taps then Kreuzer and Casboult will do that job. As i've said many times, and proven right again, they are our best ruck combination. Possessions and marks have probably near enough tripled and they're hitting the scoreboard too. Phillips does SFA, he won't be working anyone over.
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Who cares if Kreuzer gets a higher supercoach score when he rucks by himself? It's about winning games and in case you haven't noticed we're down the bottom of the ladder.
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(05-26-2017, 01:17 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:Who cares if Kreuzer gets a higher supercoach score when he rucks by himself? It's about winning games and in case you haven't noticed we're down the bottom of the ladder.
The main part of our ladder position that can be attributed to Kreuzer are the wins!
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Kreuzer has always had his good years when left to ruck on his own. Hampson, Warnock, Phillips, etc. Doesn't matter who the partner is MKs form goes pear shaped when sharing the ruck. It also robs us of an extra running player and scr3ws up the forward line with a resting ruckman there all the time.
It never worked, never will work and I never understood why the coaches kept doing it.
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(05-27-2017, 12:58 AM)LP link Wrote:The main part of our ladder position that can be attributed to Kreuzer are the wins!
He's played well but you can't say that's the reason we won.
Also, we didn't have a fit back up ruckman for a while . That's why jones was rucking in the magoos. Phillips has just run into fitness.
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