07-23-2018, 10:15 PM
(07-23-2018, 10:00 PM)Professer E link Wrote:My sources in Adelaide regaled him as being a damn good team-orientated bloke. Regarded as a core player at the NBs but injuries seem to have knocked down his mobility and thus his utility at senior level. He is still doing what he should be doing - mentoring kid and rucks and offering back up to the senior side as appropriate - but expecting him to play 20 senior games a season is unrealistic.
I don't get the Lobbe hate from the weekend, I thought he was OK for his first ever game in Navy Blue!
Rucks are only ever good when they are part of a rehearsed team that knows exactly who, where and when things have to happen. It's easy to bag the first gamer if he doesn't follow up with a 2nd effort, but he'd just be guessing and could easily clean up a team mate if he didn't know where they typically run, who's voice is who, etc., etc.. It's hard enough to get this right at training, without the noise of a 30000 crowd. As a first gamer he gets to pass mark despite hesitation and some shallow efforts, the guys who have been around the club for a decade don't!
A great example is SpecialK 2nd or even 3rd efforts, they are wasted if the other Mids do not know where and when to be to receive when SpecialK gets on a role, or if they get in his way!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"