Re: VFL Round #7: Northern Blues vs. Box Hill Hawks
Reply #111 –
Not sure which game others were watching, but I also went along to see the box hill hawks v northern blues and I wasn't impressed by Kreuzer at all, despite all of the positive reports - basically he hasn't learnt that hacking the ball forward is not the answer and I don't think that his game deserves a recall.
Couldn't disagree more. If he doesn't play it will be about managing his workload and not his play.
No report I read or the vision of the game (which I watched from start to finish) suggested it was a display of champagne footy on his behalf. But his effort was fantastic, he becomes another on-baller. The three commentators and the boundary rider all commented on the difference he made to the side.
He was playing wet weather football and it was wet the entire time he was on the field just about.
Rucked, blocked, tackled and, yes, hacked a lot of ball out congestion.
As the game dried out, his impact as less as the Hawks ball use all over the ground was just far superior.