Re: "Bell Ready For Ringadingdinger" (One For Elwood)
Reply #6 –
If he can work out when to tackle and when to bump he will go a long way towards making it......96kg at 187cm is going to hurt when it hits or tackles you...and I like that.
Bell's decision to bump Crameri rather than tackle was an interesting one. Most players in that situation would have tackled but Bell's bump gave us clean possession and Crameri lost interest in the game for quite a while.
Bell executes his bumps very well and I guess that is partly because he is not that tall (although I reject the 'tall' excuse for Buddy; he just has poor technique and likes to use an elbow). I would like to see Bell given licence to bump as he sees fit. However, as you say EB, he needs to know when a tackle is the best option.