(04-30-2018, 07:42 AM)RiverRat link Wrote:If Kreuzer is ready to go, I'd play them both with Phillips taking the centre bounce and Kreuzer as a midfielder and the pair sharing around the ground duties.
Please not. Kreuzer is a ruckman and one that fits the modern game. We've seen previous weeks, especially last week, why do we want to get taller and slower. How much slower do we really want to get. We want speed in the midfield, not a ruckman there. We might like what Phillips has done but he's a back up. His possession count has only been 6 and 7 in his two weeks. Why play Phillips when you can ruck Kreuzer and play a proper midfielder.
I never value ruckman that much unless they are good around the ground and decent resting forward. Prefer that to tapouts by along way. Look at GWS v Brisbane last week. GWS rucked Patton and Tomlinson, lost the tapouts 47-4 but won the clearances 30-28. That value of tap ruckmen isn't that high these days. So i'll take a genuine midfielder rather than Phillips once Kreuzer is back.