(03-21-2019, 11:45 PM)Spanner link Wrote:You can thank Marc for setting the finest of examples during his tenure at the club. All together now, THAAAAANNNNKKKKSSS MAAAAARRRRCCCC!
Spanner, I realise you are not a fan of sMurph, but I have to keep in mind it was actually sMurph injured more than once going head-to-head with blokes like Hodge and Selwood. You don't need to be the captain to influence in this manner, it's an attitude, and even if he tries sMurph won't have much impact in that regard he's just too small. So it's dumb to allow an accumulator to remove themselves from the game by trying to be an enforcer, I suspect that is exactly what the opposition want. But look at our history, we let Judd smash himself into the ground, and now we are about to do the same to Cripps it seems!
Other than Daisy I saw very little from medium sized blokes of bigger last night that gave me any confidence, go back and watch Nankervis, Grimes, Rance and even Nthmond's new kid Balta by comparison, they are not just winning the football, but they do so in a manner to physically hurt or intimidate opponents.
My real concern is the recruiting mix, we seems to favour the gentile types over all over features. Robinson was our last real thug type and we kiboshed him toot sweet, I don't by the reason why, I suspect it was because our timid group was fearful of retributions because of Robinson's on-field behavior. We don't want the conflict, so we always lose the game of chicken, and the opposition rely on that fact!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"