(07-14-2024, 12:21 AM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:Pittonet might average more clearances but I'm backing TDK to win the vital ones and have more impact with the ones he gets.Both rucks won contested centre clearances with solo efforts and disposed on the ball forward only to find our forwards behind outpointed by opponents, the ball was then run off our HF to generate a scoring opportunity for the opposition.
The problem wasn't the ruck or Mids, on the turnover they never got with 30m of the footy after it left our HF, to be in the contest they would have needed to be heading to the wing before PItto or TDK even kicked it!
We can't develop tactics for such turnovers, we have to assume when we win the footy and head forward we will win some contests, we won hardly any.
Add to that, do fans even recall Harry or Charlie contested marking on the wing or the HBF in the exit roll, we just can't plan for that happening?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"