No Glouftsis. She's umpiring Melbourne v Suns. We've got Rosebury, Fisher & Donlon. Their names don't mean much to me. But I daresay someone has some bitter memories they can bring out?
Ludwig, dare I say you are becoming Barry-like in your devotion to no-ruck-theory? Perhaps we can ditch Horse's whims for proper modern ruck-free footy next time we play at the glorious ANZ?
Hawthorn are a poor example, because they're not a strong side. But we should go with Tippett and Reid v McEvoy and Vickery, which ought to be a better than breakeven situation for us, and we can easily take them on most other positions around the ground.
My qualm is with Longmire's insistence on playing 2 ruckmen, with the mistaken notion that this will somehow lead to a stoppage dominance. It's been shown quite consistently in recent times that this is not the case. So it warrants questioning whether we would be better served by having an extra midfielder or tall defender in lieu of the weaker of the 2 ruckmen, in our case this would be Sinclair.
The extra tall in our forward line only clogs things up and often Sinclair just gets in the way, or draws a defender to the contest. Tippett has been most effective playing in the ruck and drifting forward, often getting a mismatch. McEvoy is quite good at this tactic as well.
The only thing that will save the ruckman is the end of the centre bounce, which would give a greater advantage to taller ruckmen. All the recent rule changes have been detrimental to the ruckman position and we need change our thinking on how the stoppages should be handled. Longmire is an intelligent coach and I think he will get it right in the second half of the season.
I'm not too concerned about this game. We could play Derickx and Galloway in the ruck and still win by 10 goals.
So just play Tippett in the forward line all day.
Problem solved.
The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.
The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.
The third man up rule change hasn't been detrimental to ruckmen.
Yes, I quite like it when the relentless duckers of the past, still can't help having a go. They collapse the knees, attempt to force the contact high and duck their heads. And now, instead of getting a free, they either give up possession or get a free paid against them. And they often get an actual whack in the head, because, 'hey, he ducked, it's a free shot'.
Reid is playing swing more then ever of late
This allows us to have a more mobile backline by not picking a 3rd or 4th tall defender
Hence tippo forward more and a great target at the SCG
Selwood is still dropping the knees and getting frees. There as an obvious one last night. Howler of a decision.
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