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.
Give the man some credit.
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.
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.
5 tackles + 5 clearances is about the average for an AFL ruckman.
I just don't think he is good enough and a liability around the ground and its not based on one game.
If the whole match was played inside the centre square Pittonet would be the best in the comp but sadly for him there is a whole ground to cover.
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.
I love the Voss but No interest in showing support for him right now. Pittonet dropped a dozen marks he could have set up forward launches or settled the backline - but dropped every single one of them. No more two rucks thanks Voss.
Lost three games now because we persisted with something "unique" a la two rucks which is broken giving contracts to bananas that are just really poor AFL quality...and got beaten as we lack run on all three occassions. Here's hoping things change and fast.
