07-16-2023, 07:51 AM
(07-16-2023, 07:37 AM)crashlander link Wrote:Marc doesn't get a lot of marks, or possessions generally, but he usually makes it difficult for his opponent to get them. The sort of guy he struggles with around the ground is a guy lime English, who is pretty damned mobile for a big man. But, even then, Pitto gives a contest.
Pitto's strength is his strength in the ruck contest, and his ability to aim his taps pretty well.
Pitto doesn't get a lot around the ground because we have better options to kick too.
He generally lines up in the back half so he is not part of the contest when going forward.
His defensive efforts are pretty good though. He doesn't get outmarked often and is decent with a punch. There was a game a few weeks ago where he ran 30m to make a spoil on about the HBF near the start of a match. If you can stop your opponent being a target, thats as good as you being a target.
Besides his tapwork, his best attribute is his aggression. As good as our big men are, none of them really have any aggression in them naturally. Jack is probably the best of the rest, but Harry, Charlie, Weiters, Young, TDK....don't have that aggression that you want from a big man. Our mids walk taller when Pitto is around.
Where do we go from here? Who knows. We'll cross that bridge when we get 2 fit rucks to choose from......and a fit Harry as well.