In my view the Dees have the two top dominant ruckmen in the AFL at the moment, both are highly mobile, agile and aggressive.
What the rest of the midfield do might have little impact on the outcome, because in the ruck at the moment we are floundering.
We've created a scenario in which TDK cannot use his natural skills, Pitto is struggling for form on his return to footy, and SoJ won't be in the contest this week given who he is up against as the Dees 2nd ruck.
I saw the late game use of Young in last weeks defeat as a pretty blunt concession about the state of our ruck predicament.
TDK is not a tagging / negative ruck option, he needs to be set free and played like Grundy to become an attacking option. He is not nearly as useful dropping behind play to limit the opponents impact.
What the rest of the midfield do might have little impact on the outcome, because in the ruck at the moment we are floundering.
We've created a scenario in which TDK cannot use his natural skills, Pitto is struggling for form on his return to footy, and SoJ won't be in the contest this week given who he is up against as the Dees 2nd ruck.
I saw the late game use of Young in last weeks defeat as a pretty blunt concession about the state of our ruck predicament.
TDK is not a tagging / negative ruck option, he needs to be set free and played like Grundy to become an attacking option. He is not nearly as useful dropping behind play to limit the opponents impact.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"