For a bloke who is meant to be an aerobic beast, he doesn't get on his bike much in an attempt to run his opponent ragged (or lay a tackle heaven forebid).
He is still an aerobic beast.
Difference is he is 100kg or whatever he is.
It's the starting, stopping, changing direction that sucks up energy.
Get him on a long distance run and he'll go all day. He's like a truck on the highway, get him up to speed and he can cruise all day. Change his cruising speed and it takes a lot of time and energy to get back up to speed.
Well I guess we will see things differently - you think he is a superstar because he wins clearances and I think he is a crab with only one trick in his book which is a requirement for an AFL ruckman and thats where it sits.
Yep, you must be a collingwood supporter because all you see is black and white.
Everyone can have an opinion, but stats show your opinion was wrong. Hitouts was his '1 trick'...fyi he had 11 hitouts to advantage. Everyone else on the ground (us and them) combined for 10....total.
Now he is elite in clearances too. Thats 2 tricks at least.
You want him to take marks, i asked who outmarked him? Pittonet had 6 spoils last night. Weitering 6 and Young 7 rounded out Carltons top 3. Is that 3 tricks we are up too?
He had 2 tackles, which seems poor. But that was more than 8 of his teammates, including TDK. 5 others had 2 as well. So he was bang on average for tackles as well.
He also managed 2 shots on goal, although 2 behinds, add that to his goal earlier in the year, and that exceeds his scoring power from the previous 2 years combined....in only 4 games.
Pittonet had 15 touches. Cox+Cameron had just 19 between them, and only 3 clearances.
....and he only had 68% tog.
I'm not saying Pittonet is a superstar. I'm just saying he is doing his job and its going unnoticed.
Plenty of other players deserve the finger being pointed at them before you get to Pittonet.
5 tackles + 5 clearances is about the average for an AFL ruckman.
According to who? Your made up assumption?
Max gawn one of the best rucks of the modern game has averaged 5 clearances or more just once in his career....this year.
Nic Nat the modern archetype averaged 5 or more clearances just 4 times in his career. Grundy the same. English has only averaged over 4 once.
Who are these mythical ruckman pushing up that clearance average?
Fwiw, pitto averages 7.5 this year which is elite (afl stat's determination, not mine) which means top 10% in his category (rucks). So at worst there might be 2 players ahead of him.
....and this is from the bloke people said was no good after the hitout was taken.
2 tackles - 1 mark for a ruck playing 70% of the game isn't good enough. Need more than just 30 taps.. lost it due to lack of run - all three losses have been the same way. Filth had three players tackling one Blue because they had superior ground coverage.. not to mention Darcy Cameron was taking important marks in his defensive half. I am not sure how many more games we need to lose in the same manner before the penny drops. Guys like Cripps & Hewett struggle when the opposing team cover the ground like they do.
Pittonet got 6 clearances. That's the same number as contested beasts cripps and Hewett.
He only got 1 mark, which was actually contested, but how many times were we trying to target him directly? How many times was he outmarked by his opponent?
I'm far from convinced 2 rucks works. But I think you are blinded by what pitto actually delivers/offers.
Fantasia is not only not influencing games positively (cant get the ball and hit the scoreboard), his lack of heart is impacting the games negatively as well. I saw him shirt hand/short arm it on 2-3 occasions last night.....which is a lot considering how little he was actually near the ball. Experiment over. Can't carry him anymore.
Pitto dominated early. Went off and the pies dominated. He came back in and we held our own again. Pies nullified his influence in the second half well. Tdk was just another body in the ruck. Thankfully he kicked a couple.
Charlie did not play great, but he was probably up against his hardest opponent of the year who is more slouch, both physically and intellectually. Still kicked a couple.
We lacked run and pressure. Not surprisingly when we dropped Holland. Out of form, sure, but consistent effort and pressure should not be underestimated. Back in next week please.
Williams has a big target on his back and it was made bigger with the early frees against. They were a bit harsh and just about pushed him over the edge. His hammy will probably come as a relief for him.
Young was not terrible for his standards, but is still not performing as well as we need him too. We better have an alternative option lined up in the off-season.
I don't like a loss, but at least we learned a few things about a few people. Which is better learning now than in the finals.
Still puts in every week even if the results are not as good as they could be......which is more than what some others do.....inluding one of the ins at least.
It's great to lock Mimi away but it's also part of a trend towards longer deals for the AFLW girls. Good to see us taking advantage of the move to multi-year contracts.
Its been a long time coming. Up til the last 12 months or so, you could only give 1 and 2 year contracts.
Which is why we've had the eyes picked out of our list and mass exodus of talent playing elsewhere......well, its not the only reason, but it could've been avoided with longer contracts.
Hill, Skepper, Moody, Sherar....all locked in until 2027. Thats a midfield you can build around. Now to work out the rest.
