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(04-09-2021, 08:45 AM)LP link Wrote:You watch this weekend if Pittonet isn't on his A+-Game hitting it down our blokes throats, the GC will turn the small mobile ruck gig into a match winner, they'll run and spread in a way we can compete with, and once they've got any head start advantage at all there will be no stopping them from 5m behind!
We need Pittonet to be seriously dominant.
When you know someone is going to dominate the ruck the side often loses the clearances as it's so predictable as to who will win the tap out. Happened to Sandilands all the time.
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(04-09-2021, 08:49 AM)DJC date Wrote:What do you mean LP? We could play Gov as a ruck/forward  He did that as a kid at the Crows, and was successful as a small ruck option, he has the leap and the reach with Inspector Gadget arms, but that stuff works only when a player is in strong form and confident and healthy.
But the rules were different then, I'm not sure a small ruck can be successful now.
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The pic I saw of McGov in the practice game last week he’s certainly lean
Let’s go BIG !
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(04-09-2021, 08:53 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Agree, Need to keep Levi in to make it tough for GC to match our talls, dont want Harry double teamed by Collins/Ballard and we need to give Pittonet decent support not end up with a makeshift ruck for parts of the game. Perhaps best to give Meat a chop-out from criticism just now. He was barely able to walk after the Richmond game and is under duress clearly since but fronts up every time. How that affects his hands mystifies me but likely a confidence thing. He hurts and bleeds for us. Nuf said.
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(04-09-2021, 08:39 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Astonished that an out of form Casboult keeps his spot... so much for the claims from the club that spots have to be 'earned'. : Maybe they meant earned based on tenure ;D
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(04-09-2021, 02:25 PM)Swan43 link Wrote:Perhaps best to give Meat a chop-out from criticism just now. He was barely able to walk after the Richmond game and is under duress clearly since but fronts up every time. How that affects his hands mystifies me but likely a confidence thing. He hurts and bleeds for us. Nuf said. This is true, well said.
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Lose this one and it will be nothing short of embarrassing.
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(04-09-2021, 02:25 PM)Swan43 link Wrote:Perhaps best to give Meat a chop-out from criticism just now. He was barely able to walk after the Richmond game and is under duress clearly since but fronts up every time. How that affects his hands mystifies me but likely a confidence thing. He hurts and bleeds for us. Nuf said.
Without wanting to seem callous, but, if he's that injured why the hell is he playing? It's obviously affecting his contribution - which can only also knock his confidence for six. Surely it'd be better for him to have time off to heal any injury? I have no doubts that Meat is blue through and through but that's not the issue... the issue is can he contribute to a level that helps the team and his own confidence? I realise the most logical argument against what I am saying is that there aint too many 200cm blokes in our side who can also go into the ruck... but is the trade off working? Is it costing us in other ways?
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(04-09-2021, 08:45 AM)LP link Wrote:You watch this weekend if Pittonet isn't on his A+-Game hitting it down our blokes throats, the GC will turn the small mobile ruck gig into a match winner, they'll run and spread in a way we can compete with, and once they've got any head start advantage at all there will be no stopping them from 5m behind!
We need Pittonet to be seriously dominant.
Dominant and/or unpredictable to the opposition.
IMO, 1 in every 5 (roughly) centre bounces he should simply punch the ball to a specific spot that our mids are aware of and we get the jump on the opposition mids heading there. That will force them to hold back a bit and cover a wider area, rather than simply the centre circle.
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(04-09-2021, 09:53 PM)Baggers link Wrote:Without wanting to seem callous, but, if he's that injured why the hell is he playing? It's obviously affecting his contribution - which can only also knock his confidence for six. Surely it'd be better for him to have time off to heal any injury? I have no doubts that Meat is blue through and through but that's not the issue... the issue is can he contribute to a level that helps the team and his own confidence? I realise the most logical argument against what I am saying is that there aint too many 200cm blokes in our side who can also go into the ruck... but is the trade off working? Is it costing us in other ways?
I would have played omac in his stead last week. Ironically we are short talks to drop him and if his output is poor but still frees up Harry its a win.
Kennedy should be next in. A big bodied medium lead up forward is almost as good a decoy.
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