Braithy wrote:
there is talk in freo about how darcy fits into the team when he's back (which is next week, i think). freo are loving the ground work, follow up stuff and the mobility that jackson provides for their defensive gameplan.
darcy is 100 times the ruck that pitto is, but he too can't get to ground balls or apply defensive pressure, and it throws their gameplan out the window.
the game is changing
OK Braithy, lets wait and see when Darcy is back from injury how your theory stacks up. Talk talk talk is not facts facts facts.
So, I will remember that, Darcy comes in and the Freo game lan is out the window. Yeah right. Have a look at their forwardline. Jackson wasnt traded for the be the No 1 ruck. Like us, every team needs a mobile Fwd/Ruck. TDK could be that, but he's not holding onto marks whether he's in the ruck or forward.
If we could have Darcy as our No 1 ruck, I would take that in a heart beat with the contested mids we have.
Reminder Pittonet 4 centre clearances, equal to Walsh, and more than any other mid.....reminder isnt just the stat, but where Pitto won the ball....on the ground.
Reminder Pittonet had 6 score involvements, more than any other mid....reminder Pitto didnt play forward biut did kick a goal.
You've got something to prove Braithy and tht is like jake last week...that Pittonet is "useless".
We did not lose the game because of Pittonet, but can you give us a couple reasons, you saw, which really cost us the game.
Let me remind you we had 28 shots to their 20.
We were 3 goals, in control, with up with 6 mins to go, then rested Pitto. What happened next?
Lets get real and not focus on one player to aportion blame. Gets you nowhere doing that. Ask Voss why we lost. I'm glad he's coach, not you.
Some of your observations during match were ridiculous...and we were doing well, and no issues with ruck during early stage of the game, before injuries, and you were after Pitto when commentary on TV was full of praise of Pitto. Some like to eat their own me thinks.