- Nov 24, 2008
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I don't really buy the argument that there's no room in the midfield, therefore Narkle had to be dropped. Isn't Scott constantly banging on about how flexible the side is? You have a young bloke in the form of his life - rejig the side a little and keep him in.
Higgins out; Narkle, Parfitt and Menegola to fill his role.
Atkins or Bews out; O'Connor to fill the role. Parfitt to play more defensive in the midfield if need be.
Or my preferred option - Dahlhaus out; Narkle and Parfitt to float through if we need some zip and tackling pressure, or Atkins if we want someone invisible. Put the onus on Close to help with whatever it is Dahlhaus does.
That's after giving it about 3 seconds thought, so there's probably something I've missed there. But still. Flexibility!
As for Ratugolea - I didn't really mind seeing them give him a crack in the ruck. It's not like Stanley has been setting the world on fire for most of the year, though I think Fort deserved a chance before Sav.
Sav seems to have lost his spring and his game relies on that a lot. How long ago was the leg break? Perhaps still affecting him. The role they're playing him in is confusing as well. Seems to be similar to Stanley last year i.e. take the centre bounce then float forward. Problem is, Sav seems to have lost his spring. He's no good taking the centre bounces if he can't jump on the other blokes head. He doesn't have much else as a ruckman. His follow up work in there has been great though, credit where it's due.
Also, it made sense to run with Stanley in that role there last year because we had no 2nd tall forward. We got Jeremy bloody Cameron up there now, we don't need Sav floating around there to crash packs because, though his marks aren't really sticking yet, Cameron is pretty damn good at splitting packs himself.
I really wish they would hurry up and bring Fort in for a month so we can get this annual ruck dance out of the way nice and early, rather than right before finals. You know the one, Stanley has one or two of his really bad, bad Rhys days (in between beating/smashing the game's premier ruckmen, of course. Classic Stanley), everyone cracks the shits with Stanley and he gets dropped.
Then a month later we remember. Oh that's right! We still don't have anyone better in the ruck than Stanley, flawed as he is.
Higgins out; Narkle, Parfitt and Menegola to fill his role.
Atkins or Bews out; O'Connor to fill the role. Parfitt to play more defensive in the midfield if need be.
Or my preferred option - Dahlhaus out; Narkle and Parfitt to float through if we need some zip and tackling pressure, or Atkins if we want someone invisible. Put the onus on Close to help with whatever it is Dahlhaus does.
That's after giving it about 3 seconds thought, so there's probably something I've missed there. But still. Flexibility!
As for Ratugolea - I didn't really mind seeing them give him a crack in the ruck. It's not like Stanley has been setting the world on fire for most of the year, though I think Fort deserved a chance before Sav.
Sav seems to have lost his spring and his game relies on that a lot. How long ago was the leg break? Perhaps still affecting him. The role they're playing him in is confusing as well. Seems to be similar to Stanley last year i.e. take the centre bounce then float forward. Problem is, Sav seems to have lost his spring. He's no good taking the centre bounces if he can't jump on the other blokes head. He doesn't have much else as a ruckman. His follow up work in there has been great though, credit where it's due.
Also, it made sense to run with Stanley in that role there last year because we had no 2nd tall forward. We got Jeremy bloody Cameron up there now, we don't need Sav floating around there to crash packs because, though his marks aren't really sticking yet, Cameron is pretty damn good at splitting packs himself.
I really wish they would hurry up and bring Fort in for a month so we can get this annual ruck dance out of the way nice and early, rather than right before finals. You know the one, Stanley has one or two of his really bad, bad Rhys days (in between beating/smashing the game's premier ruckmen, of course. Classic Stanley), everyone cracks the shits with Stanley and he gets dropped.
Then a month later we remember. Oh that's right! We still don't have anyone better in the ruck than Stanley, flawed as he is.
It’s a pity you aren’t on the MC yourself.
