Blue Sombrero wrote:
jim wrote:
Taff wrote:
jim wrote:
Sydney Blue wrote:
Better effort cant ask for more than that
Not before time
Mckay stays
Is Fisher eligible for NRS
Casboult is a lazy footballer
Phillips stays in
We are killing Cripps
Late time goals killed us
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Not sure Phillips stays in. Just the 6 touches, need more than that, although he was competitive in the ruck itself and did lay 6 tackles. No room for two ruckmen.
Really? I thought he was very good. Great competitor, got around the ground, a couple of good marks worked hard at the throw ins.
Despite a good game, very competitive, still only got 6 touches, Kreuzer triples that. We can't play them both. Not possible with McKay and Casboult too. If Kreuzer plays Phillips spends alot of time up forward, which isn't a great thing, especially with McKay and Casboult there too.
Remember what a disaster it was in 2016 with we played both Kreuzer and Phillips? Both struggled big time. Kreuzer lone ruck, different player.
Phillips certainly a decent back-up but hard to play him when Kreuzer's fit.
That's the second time you have posted that. if you think the team or the structure is the same as it was in 2016, that either Phillips or Kreuzer is the same player he was in 2016 then you have your head in the sand. Back then Kreuzer was first ruck and Phillips the back up. This time they would o it in reverse to let Kreuzer look after the forward structure and relieve Phillips in the ruck.
Casboult isn't the future. he's the present for the present. Neither is Kreuzer, by the way. He is on his last frail legs. Yes he's a warrior but that doesn't make him jump any higher or tap any straighter.
You know as well as I do Phillips and Kreuzer we terrible together. What is going to change there? They haven't become 40 goal forwards overnight. If you play 2 rucks they need to play well forward as they will both spend 50% of their time there together. Neither can play forward, both are terrible forwards, we've seen that time and time again yet you want to go back there. So there's no difference to 2016. There's a reason few clubs play 2 rucks these days. There's also a reason we went to Kreuzer as lone ruck with relief from Casboult in 2017. It worked way better and Kreuzer was an absolute star after being a "spud" the year before. Casboult hits the scoreboard, the rucks won't. Casboult is important right now as he is needed to take the pressure off McKay or would you like to see McKay get all the main defenders? And we know Kreuzer struggles when he shares but as a lone ruck he is outstanding yet you want to go back to something that failed. Levi won't be losing his spot in a hurry, McKay's a keeper so when Kreuzer returns we won't be playing all 4. That would be stupid.
Phillips is 27 soon, he not the future either. He got 6 touches, Casboult 10. Casboult took 6 marks, Phillips 2. Levi kicked 2 goals, not tp mention 34 goals goals last year as a forward/ruck. Kreuzer and Phillips wouldn't get near that put together. Much more important to get value around the ground, hit the scoreboard than to win a few extra tap outs, which only 20% might go to advantage. Gawn won the tapouts by 30 last week but Melbourne lost the clearances by 20. Phillips will play when Kreuzer doesn't.
Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Supporters i'm sure have memories that barely last past 3 weeks. You have to be smarter than that.
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