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I was really worried that Port’s huge thug, Ollie Wines, was going to hurt Harry in a ruck contest but, fortunately, Harry got through unscathed 🤣Strange move from Hinkley imo and I thought Wines contributed well early when not in the ruck but tired when he went in the ruck and that move helped us both in the ruck contests and around the clearances.
Any update on TdK, look like an arm or wrist or even ribs? Landed very heavily.Type of player you take off when the game is won to protect him from himself, hopefully only badly winded with some bruising at worst, played very well despite Soldos efforts to injure him and others..
Just imaging if we had Zac Butter in our midfield, his speed is incredible and he is always on the move.We probably timed it well given they had Rozee and Rioli out.....the extra mid and the latter being able to kick a goal unlike the Port smalls who were unsighted probably made a real difference.
Aliir clearly plays under different rules...holding clearly doesn't apply to himSoldo too, pushing TDK in the chest well before the ball has arrived for the ruck contest imo...
If it's wet as some have indicated, they might just ruck Soldo and one of Finlayson or Marshall.....hard to see them having Dixon, Marshall and Finlayson up forward in the wet, along with Georgiades....and without Rioli.Surfie..Dont think the rucks/tapouts will have much influence, Soldo is a meathead rather than a delicate technician and Id expect him to be more interested in planting his big frame in stoppages and trying to collect a few of our blokes as well as body up on TDK.
If it's up against Finlayson or Marshall then H would be fine. If it's up against Finlayson, Kennedy could probably be enough of a chop out for 5-8 minutes each quarter.
If the ball is knocked free in the tackle it is holding the ball if there was prior opportunity and play on if there wasn’t.Grey area is reasonable...for name players its reasonable, for joe average in a crucial time of the game and in a crucial situation then it becomes inconsistently unreasonable. eg If Pendlebury or Nick Daicos get tackled in front of our goal it will be seen as no prior but if its Lachie Young or Lachie Cowan down the other end and its Nick Daicos doing the tackling then i know who my money is on to get the call...
Similarly, a player must dispose of the ball immediately when tackled if he had prior opportunity. If there was no prior opportunity, the player must be given a reasonable time to dispose of the ball.
That’s where the confusion lies; identical tackles can have different outcomes depending on whether there was prior opportunity.
Get rid of prior opportunity, adjudicate every tackle on its merits but don’t disadvantage players who take on the tackler. Ping them if they don’t make an attempt, but give them a reasonable time to dispose of the ball.
I'd like to see us doing better at this level but it's a bit difficult given the unbalanced nature of our list. Hard for kids to develop when the side is getting flogged by 10 goals each week. Kind of like the seniors five years ago.Our VFL listed players are very average...eg you would think a player like Tom Philips would excel at this level but he has been ordinary.
The folly of rucking BigH by default was exposed in the commentary when Brown started banging on about TDK going solo.Have a look at the GC away record.....we were on the rebound after being smashed and GC were a ideal opponent to beat up on. Williams played ok but the next games will test him out, where he has to kick goals plus prevent some of the better rebound half backs from being effective players ie Houston and Farrell next game..
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 describe why you don't ruck Charlie ever, and the same applies to 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 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.