03-28-2021, 07:29 AM
(03-28-2021, 04:37 AM)kruddler link Wrote:I agree, but there are plenty of people complaining about his game and how Grundy flogged him etc etc.Maybe vs Collingwood you have to have a dominant ruckman, given they have a respectable midfield so your mids have it easier.
One stat......one stat is all that is based on. Looking deeper into that stat shows how ineffective that stat actually is in terms of the game.
Yes, Grundy got A LOT more hitouts.....but most of them went to a 50-50 (at best). Regardless of where they went, we still won the clearances. So you can ignore that stat. You look at the other stats and Pittonet had his measure. Not bad for a retread up against the million dollar man.
Cripps 21, Williams 20, Martin 12 possies...you would be struggling to beat most teams with those stats, thats three million dollar men who couldnt get it done for us with a break even ruck. Pendlebury has been a brilliant player but is old now and has slowed up and Adams is very good but wouldnt be AA anytime soon, Sidebottom see Pendlebury and then you get down to Sier and the Brown kids, Daicos etc who probably had a nil all draw with our second tier mids.
Crisp did spend some time in he middle and got a lot of ball but again not a qualified mid who you would back in vs million dollar a year top shelf draft pick mids to get the job done in a big game.
It just points to a big fail from our million dollar mids....