07-10-2016, 07:43 AM
(07-10-2016, 07:33 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:A game like that helps you make up your mind on players future's, some of our blokes didnt contest well enough and as you suggest we look a bit rudderless without Murphy with only Simpson and Rowe providing any real leadership...
Jacobs like Talia continues to bite us on the Ar$e and I have also made the point about Kruezer's recent lack of impact on games compared to his opponents...Hickey, Grundy and now Jacobs have had nearly BOG's vs us in recent games and the club need to look at another ruckman like Tom Downie from GWS to partner Philips for the future..
Our problem with our ruckmen is they are no good when they have to share. That's because they are no good when they are not on the ball. Go back a few weeks when Kreuzer was the lone ruckman, he was a different player. He was considered a hero in our wins. Brilliant in our win against the Pies, a hero against port, and outstanding against Geelong with 11 tackles. Bring Phillips back to share duties and our ruck division turns to crap. The difference between Kreuzer the lone ruckman and the one who shares ruck duties are light years apart. We know how to get the best out of Kreuzer and Casboult, our best ruck combination, but we don't go down that path. We prefer to travel the path of failure at match committee level. Good teams play to their strengths. We did when we won 6 games from 7 but now we are back to playing to our weaknesses like early in the year when we couldn't kick a goal to save ourselves. What part of that simple equation doesn't the club get.
Like I said I mostly blame the selection committee.