05-26-2017, 08:28 AM
(05-26-2017, 04:37 AM)LP link Wrote:If Phillips is rucking Kreuzer should rotate with Cripps, they are equally good at ground level.
Phillips was better, but last weekend was the first he's actually held some marks. Prior to that he was very ordinary, I think he is dead lucky that Jones got injured! Jones has been losing the taps but winning the clearances.
It's not the 50 taps a ruckmen gets that matters, it's what the midfielders do with them that counts!
I can't believe we keep having this debate, especially given we finally cleared our list of Warnock are we saying we were better off with him than Kreuzer, no way!
I think our big problem remains Casboult, a lot of attention on Kreuzer relative to Sandilands just lets 200cm Casboult's awful game last weekend slip through the cracks. It takes a special talent to kick 2 goals and still have a negative impact! Casboult is like an illicit drug, addictive for all the wrong reasons. At 27 I'm well and truly over the "Gee, if only he could.....!", yet I just know if he leaves he'll come good!
You won't get miracles from a key forward that was pick 44 in a rookie draft. Levi frustrated giving away too many frees last week. I've seen him play better in some respects in this role, not quite taking as many marks, but he's rucking better and hitting the scoreboard more. It's allowing Kreuzer to blossom though and have his best year. We're playing both to their strengths, which is much different to last year. I'd have picked another key forward and let Levi focus on backing up Kreuzer.