The Great Ruck Debate.

[laj]

I'm tipping it will be just the one ruck for a while....lol.

We looked for a bruise free game on the weekend given we have a 5 day break coming, but we got anything but that.

[Professer E]

Clarkson coached teams always try to hammer us, he has always regarded us as soft.

[Lods]

For every negative, there is a positive on the other side of the coin.

Couldn't agree more.  

[LP]

Couldn't agree more.  

Bet it doesn't register! ;D

[Thryleon]

This debate is over.  Pittonet is not the ruckman we need.

Last week we heard all about his stats but i dont need stats.  They paint the wrong picture.  He was better this week but was still well beaten for most of the game.

Can't wait for tdk to return and I would definitely consider rucking a tandem, because we are way too thin both forward and back not to.

[tex]

Need JSOS back

[PaulP]

It wasn’t so long ago that Pittonet earned a 4 year deal, on the back of some very good form. In fact it was about 12 months ago. So what went wrong ? Has he caught a severe dose of the Lewis Young affliction?

[Lods]

He plays best with DeKoning in the side.

And I'm only half joking
While Tom seems to perform better as the solo ruck.
Pittonet may be better suited to having him there

[ElwoodBlues1]

No TDK and we are vulnerable, Cameron was close to BOG imo and Pittonet while a competitor isnt good enough around the ground
I dont have a problem with the four year deal as he is a good backup ruckman but without TDK as part of the trinity with Cripps and Walsh we are going nowhere.

[Thryleon]

It wasn’t so long ago that Pittonet earned a 4 year deal, on the back of some very good form. In fact it was about 12 months ago. So what went wrong ? Has he caught a severe dose of the Lewis Young affliction?

the problem is he's too one dimensional and ergo beatable.  He got his 4 year deal because tdk was ready to go to the surf coast, and was still nothing but potential and the cupboard was bare so we signed him to that deal because something is better than nothing.

Right now we need him but he was towelled up last night (no disgrace against a premiership duo) but his inability to do much around the ground hurts him and us.  Marks?  Not really.  He's not kreuzer after the tap, he's not smashing the hit outs, hes not bash and crash where the oppositionmids get too worried about him, he's just a bog standard tall ruck who competes and doesn't do anything outstanding. 

That's fine you need that, but given the length and breadth of this debate, if all of jsos, tdk and pittonet were fit, you'd drop pittonet based on this season.