(04-03-2018, 09:24 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:It was more damaging what was happening to Curnow than worrying what Casboult was or wasnt doing...Curnow is our ace in the pack and we left him one out with no support down forward vs a dirty unit like May. Mckay should have played to support Curnow more than anything else, the ruck was a lost cause anyway but another tall body down forward would have helped Charlie more and given us more opportunities to score from both marks and crumbing.
We posted about this for a full week prior to that "surprise late withdrawal" of Kreuzer.
The only problem I have with that McKay / Charlie scenario is this. Given the weak minded approach by our MC, where do you think McKay would have ended up after Casboult's first 5 min in the ruck, would they have turned to Jones ahead of McKay, many of us think they should have but it seems the MC didn't rate Jones. Even in just a few minutes at the end of the game, admittedly in junk time, Jones approach and manic 2nd efforts changed the complexion of the centre bounce. He was able to demonstrate what he did in the VFL was applicable to the AFL against a far superior opponent.
I think in the absence of a genuine ruck starting Jones for the first couple of stoppages in a game at least should influences the opponents mindset. He's not someone they can just discard and free wheel away from, they have to deal with his jump at the tap and with his 2nd efforts and run.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"