07-26-2019, 12:21 AM
(07-25-2019, 11:51 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:I'd cut both of them and go to a recycle from somewhere else to be honest.
Neither of them do enough to warranty keeping, and De Koning will go past both of them as our ruck backup for next season.
Phillips is severely underrated IMO.
He might not be able to hunt the ball like Kreuzer does, but lets face it....who can Nic Nat, Grundy and Gawn aside (the elite).
However, Phillips is a better mark than Kreuzer. I reckon he's a better kick at goal too. 54% vs 45% in Phillips favour.
He's had just as many injuries as Kreuzer has, but has shown he can perform when having an extended run at it.
His ruck craft is very good.
Both Phillips and Kreuzer win 40% of their ruck battles.
However Phillips is better with his taps, 33% are hitouts to advantage.
Compared to Kreuzers 25%
What does that mean in real world terms?
Say your ruckman gets 24 hitouts a game.
Both Phillips and Kreuzer will get their hands on 10 of them first.
But with Phillips 8 of them will go to our advantage.
Only 6 of them will go to our advantage from Kreuzer.
You'd think that this basically translates to 2 extra clearances per game from our mids with Phillips.
Kreuzer gets more clearances per game than Phillips does, but only by 1.
So ruck wise, we are 1 clearance better when rucking with Phillips than we are with Kreuzer.
Phillips also has more agro than Kreuzer.