(08-12-2023, 08:02 PM)LP link Wrote:It's fantasy for fans to think SoJ can positively impact momentum in the ruck against Gawn and Grundy the way TDK did last night. No dodgy Stats or dodgy use of Stats will change anyone's mind about that, especially not a Stat as dodgy and subjective as HtA!
Just an objective 14 contested possessions, dare I say it most of them momentum changing follow up 2nd efforts to a ruck contest that set Cripps, Dow or Hewitt free when it really mattered. ;D
Finally on this,we can consider the full picture, and completely ignore your attempt to verbal me;
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I get it, I'm sure many of us get it, you fear for the future of SoJ and you deal with that by attacking the player who you have identified as the main competition for the role you think SoJ can play, but there are two flaws in your perception, that there is a genuine competition for that role and that SoJ can play it!
At least with [member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] we know why he hates TDK, in fact why he hates anyone who signs for more than two bob a game, that's exposed by him labelling players like Gov as money bags, a label he might use for TDK in the seasons to come. But @Kruddler your anti-TDK rants are just becoming largely irrational, and if readers bother to follow up your claims by looking at the objective stats you might actually hurt Pitto because they might not understand the role Pitto brings not measured by a stat, or worse still they might believe the dud commentary from the likes of Barrett or Negropontis.
If our best tap ruckman is getting one 'hit-out to advantage' a quarter, and there's no indication what happens to it after that first possession, it's really not a stat that's worth 'two bob'.
Forget the stats...look at the positioning, the effort and the influence at the contest and it's obvious who was our best ruckman last night.
Tom missed some marks he should have taken, but first hands on the ball and bringing it to ground is the second best result in a contest.