Rd 17 : Pre Game polite and refined discourse - Blues v Eagles

[DJC]

Two rucks/one key forward. You haven't seen the pattern yet? When did we start winning, when we picked the 2nd key forward, when did we play even better, when we played one ruck. It's one of the few things that went ok last year too. When did we go back to struggling to kick a score again, when we went back to two rucks and one key forward. Any part of that you've missed? Gorringe, while not that good, is as much a forward as a ruck. He actually took marks and kicked a couple of goals. As a ruck he wasn't very good.

The two rucks together have generally played terrible. There's no argument there. For years Kreuzer has been at his best when he has been on his own. I just don't know what part of that people miss. People watch footy week in/week out and miss the obvious.

That's not really true. Back when we were winning, we were 6th in hitouts.  We've dropped to 12th now.

The two ruckmen combination isn't working as well now as it did earlier in the season.  The main difference I can see is that, while Phillips spent a lot of time on the bench, Kreuzer stayed on the ground.  Now both of our rucks are each spending a third of the game on the bench.  Of course, our better ruck performance when we were winning could be down to the fact that we played two key forwards for many of those games