(04-28-2019, 11:40 PM)laj link Wrote:Can't play two rucks unless they can both do something alot more than just tap.
So you are claiming Kreuzer and Casboult are just tap ruckmen? :o
The rest of us think it's the worst aspect of their game, and the least important!
Phillips is quite mobile, he's not a great tap ruckmen, he's more likely to push forwrad and score a goal than SpecialK but do we need rucks getting in McGovern, Charlie and McKay's way!
Phillips is less likely to float defensively than Lobbe, it's a weaker aspect of his game, but Lobbe is nowhere near as mobile. Let's face it none of them are supplemental mid-fielders like SpecialK.
In any case your assertion about two rucks is fundamentally wrong, the evidence doesn't support your claim. Even yesterday it wasn't until we lost SpecialK's influence and Casboult was left solo to the mercy of McEvoy that momentum changed. I'm glad of one thing, our coaches held their nerve and didn't give in to playing McKay in the ruck against McEvoy!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"