04-02-2019, 12:59 AM
(04-02-2019, 12:55 AM)kruddler link Wrote:I'm not doubting her effort around the ground. I was more disappointed with her lack of resilliance in the ruck.
She's been big enough and strong enough to stand there and push and shove and win the ruck most weeks. This wasn't working. Did she try a different tactic? She was a basketballer, she can jump, maybe try that for a change. Just go the old big punch forward every now and then ala Clark Keating.
Around the ground is why i think Moody is a very poor 2nd option by comparison. Downie dominated her in that area.
The girl that Downie was up against was as green as they come. She only joined the team 2 weeks before the season....or was turned into a ruckman 2 weeks before (or both). Gotta be smarter than that.
No doubt Downie was being jumped over in the center square, maybe there was a reason for that, we may never know.
On a separate issue, I was interested to hear Harf explaining that Tayla was injured in the 3rd and so didn't return. I suspect she entered the game carrying an injury and we won't know about that either, but it was clear she was well off focus from the first bounce. She was certainly affected by something, I hope it wasn't something more sinister given recent events, yet it would not be a surprise given the nutters out in the real world!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"