08-13-2023, 12:01 AM
Re: the ruck battles and the continuing debate...Gawn dominated the ruck contests imho but didn't do much around the ground .Grundy was ineffective in both roles ruck and forward and I gave TDK the points around the ground over Pittonet.
None of the ruckman could take a mark and the stats showed that and the conditions probably helped us negate Gawns marking and influence as much as anything. TDK vs Pittonet...points to TDK as he was more handy in general play but was he a dominant factor..not for me.
Kicked a goal which was handy given the score line but in terms of being a 600-800k a year messiah ruckman he isn't there for me yet.
@LP...Yep..I don't like over paying for players, cars, houses, coffees or anything and we have had a lot of overpaid underperforming players some of which are starting to give a return and so they should. They don't deserve special praise because it's over due and they have been carried by some of our hard working understated players for a while.
The question I have is can TDK carry the ruck load without Pittonet having to do the grunt work to make his life easier?
Re: Jack....reckon he would have enjoyed the conditions last night and been a handy player and would have got the same amount of hitouts as the other ruck bar Gawn plus been handy forward.
I want Jack back for the finals and Charlie will need help if Harry doesn't get up fitness wise because teams will now hunt us and Charlie will be targeted more and I don't think TDK is the answer down forward..
None of the ruckman could take a mark and the stats showed that and the conditions probably helped us negate Gawns marking and influence as much as anything. TDK vs Pittonet...points to TDK as he was more handy in general play but was he a dominant factor..not for me.
Kicked a goal which was handy given the score line but in terms of being a 600-800k a year messiah ruckman he isn't there for me yet.
@LP...Yep..I don't like over paying for players, cars, houses, coffees or anything and we have had a lot of overpaid underperforming players some of which are starting to give a return and so they should. They don't deserve special praise because it's over due and they have been carried by some of our hard working understated players for a while.
The question I have is can TDK carry the ruck load without Pittonet having to do the grunt work to make his life easier?
Re: Jack....reckon he would have enjoyed the conditions last night and been a handy player and would have got the same amount of hitouts as the other ruck bar Gawn plus been handy forward.
I want Jack back for the finals and Charlie will need help if Harry doesn't get up fitness wise because teams will now hunt us and Charlie will be targeted more and I don't think TDK is the answer down forward..