05-09-2021, 10:39 AM
I thought Pittonet was serviceable but not dominant, they have a very deep midfield and its very hard to cover them all in terms of like for like talent when you are relying on stoppers. IMO we could have selected Setterfield this week who I think would have been a good opponent for Macrae or the Bont given he has more size.
Cripps opponent is always a worry if they are a class player and we cant keep on pretending its not an issue as he just doesnt man up, cant chase in most cases, and his opponent runs loose. You are relying then on Cripps getting more possessions and doing more damage to offset the lack of accountability on his part and thats not going to work for 4 quarters vs class players all the time.
This week he will get it easier as Oliver will get his 25-30 possies but wont do as much with them as say the Bont or a Steele and Cripps should be more effective himself and I would expect him to push forward more.
Pittonet has to be viewed as our Stef Martin, reliable big body to limit the damage but wont ever be dominant , he was a twos player behind McEvoy and Ceglar for a reason and is a stop gap until we groom TDK and probably another kid ruck to be our next ruck duo.
Cripps opponent is always a worry if they are a class player and we cant keep on pretending its not an issue as he just doesnt man up, cant chase in most cases, and his opponent runs loose. You are relying then on Cripps getting more possessions and doing more damage to offset the lack of accountability on his part and thats not going to work for 4 quarters vs class players all the time.
This week he will get it easier as Oliver will get his 25-30 possies but wont do as much with them as say the Bont or a Steele and Cripps should be more effective himself and I would expect him to push forward more.
Pittonet has to be viewed as our Stef Martin, reliable big body to limit the damage but wont ever be dominant , he was a twos player behind McEvoy and Ceglar for a reason and is a stop gap until we groom TDK and probably another kid ruck to be our next ruck duo.