08-27-2024, 12:28 AM
(08-26-2024, 11:59 PM)kruddler link Wrote:I don't want this discussion to continue in here, but i just wanted to point something out. Since it is so clearly demonstrated here.
I've been arguing all year about team balance, only needing 1 ruck and suggesting pressure is better value to the team.
People always argue that adding a ruck doesn't deminish the ability to provide pressure.
The above team shows exactly that. Playing Pittonet shows that De Koning is literally taking the spot Fogarty in this team.
As Lods said...
Couldn't have scripted that any better.
I only had De Koning in my final side...
Just to play Devil's advocate though.
If we play both rucks we lose Fogarty's pressure....but both Pittonet and DeKoning can apply pressure at the contest.
So pressure is not lost altogether.
It's lost in one area, but bolstered in another.
What one player brings as a strength has to be seen in terms of what you lose by playing them.
The cost of a decision isn't a case of losing everything in an area
You lose some, you gain some.
That's the key to team balance.
Working out the optimal combinations... and we all see that differently (as we've seen over the season), and the gap isn't a wide one...it's a marginal choice in many cases across the field.
And can change from game to game depending on current circumstances.
It would be interesting to see our pre-season teams up against our current sides.