(07-30-2022, 03:53 PM)Macca37 date Wrote:This match was also a reality check with Pittonet. He is a solid average ruckman who on his best days will break even with the opposition rucksThe Pitto problem is that he's a good ordinary ruckmen, too many got sold on the dodgy early season stats, stats that are chicken and egg logic.
With Cripps, Walsh, Hewett, Cerra and Kennedy all on the roll early in the season, we probably could have had this guy rucking and he would have been ranked the No.1 ruck![img width=350]https://i.giphy.com/media/3o7WIFqF6GFzaUGb6M/giphy.webp[/img]
Early in the season our ruck work was dominated by 2nd efforts, you could see the SpecialK influence, it wasn't what we were doing with taps but what happened in the very next moment. The shepherds, blocks, pick ups, etc., etc.. The early season ruck 2nd efforts stopped or slowed opposition clearances allowing our Mids to go to work, we did not have to win pure taps to win the clearance.
Last night however, and it is probably injury / recovery related, Pitto and TDK were spectators after the tap and basically played O'Brien into AA contention! FFS, Himmelberg and Walker owned our blokes, Walker toyed with them!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"