07-10-2023, 09:12 AM
(07-10-2023, 08:17 AM)Lods link Wrote:Hit out to advantage at 0.08 sec ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix_tPTv-wZQ
It's interesting I've been watching a few clips of Nicholls and Polly Farmer.
Farmer in particular had a habit of taking the ball from the ruck and hand-balling it to a team-mate.
Its a tactic that if you had the sort of ruck dominance Freo had yesterday may have served them better...or even the big whack forward.
I think contemporary ruckmen are drilled to bring the ball down so the mids can run on to it or another stoppage is forced. The only recent ruckmen who genuinely and consistently hit the ball to a teammate's advantage are Ryder and Naitanui. Darcy could have been way more effective if he had been able to break the shackles and play to his strengths and our weaknesses. Jackson was flat out just trying to get into the game.
Contemporary players who take possession of the ball these days are generally key forwards or part time rucks. Even Witts, when rucking without an opponent, tried to palm the ball down rather than taking possession, and that resulted in a goal to us.
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