07-25-2017, 10:21 PM
To all those Gibbs and Murphy critics out there complaining about their last game.
The reality and reason is dead simple, list depth or the lack of it.
Cripps and Curnow are two of only a handful of viable mids we have and they are gone, that means it's now way too easy for opposition clubs to sit on our better players. The lack of depth creates this situation, not the ability of the players!
We had a very similar situation when Murphy went out last season. Despite continuing to rack up stats Gibbs and Cripps looked ineffective, slow and wasteful later in the season. Now with Cripps and Curnow out, Murphy and Gibbs look much the same.
When they are all available and in, we look 500% better!
It's a similar situation we've had all season with Kreuzer pretty much rucking solo, he gains control so the opposition put on the brakes and then take over when Casboult rucks. It means Kreuzer gets a power of possession without delivering much influence!
The reality and reason is dead simple, list depth or the lack of it.
Cripps and Curnow are two of only a handful of viable mids we have and they are gone, that means it's now way too easy for opposition clubs to sit on our better players. The lack of depth creates this situation, not the ability of the players!
We had a very similar situation when Murphy went out last season. Despite continuing to rack up stats Gibbs and Cripps looked ineffective, slow and wasteful later in the season. Now with Cripps and Curnow out, Murphy and Gibbs look much the same.
When they are all available and in, we look 500% better!
It's a similar situation we've had all season with Kreuzer pretty much rucking solo, he gains control so the opposition put on the brakes and then take over when Casboult rucks. It means Kreuzer gets a power of possession without delivering much influence!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"