The folly of rucking BigH by default was exposed in the commentary when Brown started banging on about TDK going solo.
King rightly came in and described why solo rucking TDK is not sustainable season long, then there was a suggestion to ruck Charlie and King nearly fell out of his chair, and he described why you don't ruck Charlie ever, and the same applies to the overuse of BigH in the ruck, the risk is too high relative to the benefit.
The BigH to the ruck is an occasional pinch hit option, not a default tactic.
If our MC aren't smart enough to make use of Pitto and TDK sensibly, as required, we have an MC problem it's not the players.
Personally, I though the return of Saad and the front and square work of Williams made a huge difference yesterday, and off the back of Cripps and Walsh being dominant things might have got better if Witts had zero respite.
Williams is not scared to get at the feet of the marking contests and it makes a huge difference. I also note once his confidence was up he got a few runs through the midfield and did well, his critics should take note.
I thought it's laughable that some have suggested GC were an easy kill, Miller, Rowell, Witts, Lukosius, King, Andrew, we destroyed the GC strengths, surely whoever suggested the easy kill was joking.
Pat, whilst I generally agree, I think GC were a little spent following two weeks in the Top End, plus they do struggle in Victoria. Daniel Hoyne has noted that there are definite improvements in GC's profile (in his much loved "core four" metric), but they are probably not at the point where they can be relied upon week in week out. I was listening to the ABC broadcast, and I'm just relaying what Malthouse, Adam Ramanauskas and the other callers were saying.
There's probably guys like Jacob Weitering who are one position players, but most everyone else needs to be able to play a few different roles, or so I keep hearing from all the experts. De Koning has developed his forward craft, and it needs to continue. Last year's premiers seem to have no issue with Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox in the same team.
Voss will hopefully always pick 22/23 that gives us the best chance of winning a game of footy, which will vary week to week based on injury, opposition match ups etc. If Martin and Owies are both available and competing for the same role, Martin will always get the nod, and rightly so. What happens at season's end in terms of list management is a whole other issue.
I think the scoreline creates an illusion of proximity. It was a pretty dominant performance by the lads. All the key statistical indicators were very much in our favour. We led the entire match. Well done to all concerned.
