Springsteen wrote:
oh well sorry mr pedantic, 2 years then, whatever the hell it is, what has he done pre and post knee injury to warrant commentators telling us how good he is or how good he will be? i will go look at your stats u mention , i agree with u that on the occasions he is fit an playing well his taps t advantage are very good but not often enough.
criteria for decent solid footy? as a ruckman come forward, a solid season would be 25-35 goals and average 6 marks a game and have a presence around the ground, stamp some authority week in , week out . he gets to contests and doesnt grab onto marks , poor body positioning, lack of confidence, i dont know but he should be better
..it's not being pedantic to pull you up on your exaggeration.. ..what has he done pre and post knee?, have you been watching us..??.. ..pre knee he was one of the best talls (kpp, ruck) in what he showed for those first two years, why don't you go back over club history and show me the last tall player we had finish fifth (club b & f) in their second season.. ..post knee he has had four best on grounds (almost double hendo for relative idea), has played through injury cos the team needed him when other players would not have been capable (torn meninscus, broken foot)..
..regularly posts tap to adv % that are some of the best, was elite for a ruck in assists last season.. ..in regards to his ruck peers, his marking is good, especially contested and inside fifty marking.. ..what you want him to do, average six marks a game, no ruck did last year, not even cox.. ..the goals you want him to kick?, again very rare and only rucks to kick over twenty goals were rucks in very strong teams that had a strong fully functioning forward setup that didn't need their ruck to play kpf, nor rush them back after a broken thumb and then wonder why his marking might be affected..
..the idea he doesn't have a presence is laughable.. ..I think your issue is your can't differentiate between him as first ruck, and him as a fwdruck which he is not.. ..you and others often expect him to do things that other rucks don't, and quite often ppl then get disappointed when no ruck is doing what you ask of him.. ..I flat out promise you, switch any other ruck into our team and they won't do better..
ok then, i have been on about him being shit for 2 years then and i stand by that, mcevoy averaged 4.7 marks per game last year but point is when he gets to the ball he holds em . even bellchambers takes a better grab.
how the hell can u say his marking is good? he doesnt bloody mark the ball enough for anyone to know
i idea you think he has a strong presence is more laughable.
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