I can see a home for George in defence. He's a decent size, clean with his disposal and certainly knows how to keep a close check on his opponent. For alot of mid / forward types, he's set and forget as he can follow them all around the park. I guess though if another club views him as being an inside ball winner (North or Adelaide) and offers him a contract that reflects this, he will be hard to keep.
My question with Haywood being caught with the ball when in space is 'are his team mates even telling him?' He's been caught so cold at times, I wonder if he even know's he's 'hot!' ie: has his team mates let him know he's hot? (Please, no silly comments on what a good looking rooster he is!) When caught this week and last week, he has looked to his team mates as if to say "how about a warning?!" Both theories have merit, because something's not quite right.
In regard to Blakey, most pundits thought he did quite well in the ruck on Saturday. If it gave him confidence then it was worth a go. I'm sure it's not a cue for his future role.
I hope not, I'm sure their are ruckmen out their that'd see him across the circle and think, Lizard skin boots are just what my wardrobe needs.
I was surprised at the Spring Blakey showed, he really should be a bigger marking threat than he's shown so far.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
Not just AFL level, I was first instructed to take away my opponents leap in under 12's school footy Hail thou best of schools and dearest
The ruck is not a safe place at any level.
It's why some AFL players are described as "too valuable" to be put into the ruck - and why I dislike seeing skinny kids go up against full sized ruckmen for more than short bursts.
Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 18th May 2021 at 01:47 PM.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
Yep, agreed completely!
Give him a decent run in the ruck and see if he can take more marks around the ground. He also needs to improve his ball use and as many said here, look for the simple pass rather than try fancy stuff. If his tank is good enough, I would persevere on the ball with him- otherwise he tends to drift out of the play too often!
Big Mac and “old” McDonald surely
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