(07-22-2020, 01:27 PM)northernblue date Wrote:No doubt he’s more aggressive at the ball, but he’s still not a strong body player, that’s my point.Is it that he is not strong, or is it that he's just not prepared for the contact?
When I see him throw opponents out of the ruck inside F50, I find it hard to believe he is not strong enough, but that is a premeditated tactic.
In the one on one with a guy like Dixon or Hawkins, I think he gets caught off guard and is slow to react, and that makes him look too easy to counteract. I'd assert this might be his long term problem, because when you see Levi manhandle a opposition ruck, it's almost impossible to imagine how medium sized defenders could have ever moved him off the contest like they did so often! I think it might happen because his mind wanders and he doesn't expect contact.
So is it a headspace issue?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"