Dodo27 wrote:
does anyone here needs more convincing about Reidy?
Does this guy look like an AFL Standard? he looked so small standing next to Marshall & TDK. He got butchered yet again!
As for Pitto, his lack of coverage around the ground killed us.
How do Two ruckmen kick 5 or 6 goals between us in a Game?
We seriousely need to recruit 2 Ruckmen next year. Get an established one and throw millions at him and try your luck in the draft or find half a decent one from somewhere...
Pitto/Reidy have taken us no where!
It's easy to see what happened from the stats or moreso from the TOG.
Marshall was on the ground for 74% of the game.
TDK was on the ground for 73% of the game.
So they were on the ground together for 47% of the game.
Pitto was on the ground for 54% of the game.
Reidy was on the ground for 50% of the game.
So they were on the ground together for 4% of the game.
So there was an imbalance in the number of ruckman on the ground. St Kilda had both of their ruckman on the ground for 43% of the game when we only had one of our ruckman on the ground.
No wonder their ruckman kicked 5 goals between them. Sure one of our backmen would have picked them up. However, Marshall is 202cm and TDK is 201cm. Weitering is 195cm and Dean is 193cm. There was no Lewis Young.
We're outsized you say. Don't worry we'll use Frankie Evans who is 182cm. You wondered how that happened didn't you? The TOG tells the story.
If we're going to have two ruckmen then they need to do more than warm the bench when they're not in the ruck.
All of that is planning and coaching.
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This shows us how two rucks work.
Carlton didn’t have 2 rucks who could play forward. Now we don’t have any. Pitto scored his goals from ruck, not as a forward.
Sounds like you wouldn’t mind the Saints 2 rucks.
Cats shot themselves in the foot not footing the bill for Marshall. They are another team who has lost flags for lacking a bonafide No 1 ruckman.
Ruckmen are very important pieces of the puzzle. See how Swans changed when they got Grundy. Ask midfielders. Ask no 1 KPF how they feel when a ruckman with forward craft (able to mark or spoil) comes forward.
We must find a No 1 ruckman. A bonafide ruckman