(08-28-2022, 10:25 AM)DJC date Wrote:Run and mobility from young Cripps? Mirkov is a gazelle by comparison ?I think you are commenting from memory.
Mirkov's 2nd-1/2 of the season has been very ordinary, low mobility, little involvement away from the stoppage. He's been playing like a traffic cone, probably carrying an injury.
Today Cripps was actively tackling and shepherding for his Mids, he got involved in many marking contests and brought the ball to ground in our favour. We had run and he allowed us to the take advantage of it. If his selection was planned and not as a result of injury it was coaching genius.
Akuei was average in the ruck, but much like Silvagni, he was more than useful at applying 1% type pressure to the opposition around the stoppages he was involved in, and also contested well overhead without taking many marks. He needs a pre-season in the gym.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"