(04-14-2019, 01:28 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Far from pointless or meaningless - and, as I stated, not the be all and end all.
But the taller bloke is very likely to have a considerably bigger wingspan too - do the maths!
Witts - 208, Gawn - 208, Preuss - 206, Sandi - 211.
All of those blokes are as mobile as any of our rucks, arguably better in the air and (Special K aside) on a par in terms of 2nd and 3rd efforts.
They are nowhere near as mobile as SpecialK, not even as mobile as Phillips or De Koning. On 2nd or 3rd efforts Preuss isn't even in the same league, he's awful, even worse than Sandilands who has almost nothing besides taps and marking! Sandilands brings intimidation, which elevates everything else, Preuss doesn't even have that!
Preuss reminds me of Ziebell, in that he has an angel behind the scenes somewhere who is pumping up his tyres based on a couple of nice VFL performances, not to say he won't make it but his reputation is unjustified!
Gawn is the best of that lot and he described his last head to head with SpecialK as being run into the ground, the hardest opponent Gawn has even faced!
And again, Warnock 206cm, case closed!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"