Our Ruck Work
Our Ruck Work
I noticed that our guys seemed to miss a lot of the taps today (no idea of the stats though).
It appeared that Laycock was mistiming his leaps at the cantre bounce and when the ball was there to be hit, he was on his way down.
I have no idea if we have a ruck coach at the club at the moment, but our guys need some technical help IMO.
It appeared that Laycock was mistiming his leaps at the cantre bounce and when the ball was there to be hit, he was on his way down.
I have no idea if we have a ruck coach at the club at the moment, but our guys need some technical help IMO.
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Rix 17
M Clarke 14
Koschitzke 2
Laycock 9
Hille 8
Michael 2
Lucas 1
Ryder 1
Watson 1
Isn't Simon Madden doing work with our ruck division? Not in Melbourne so I don't really have my ear to the ground, but that was the impression I got from a couple of guys on this site.
Rix 17
M Clarke 14
Koschitzke 2
Laycock 9
Hille 8
Michael 2
Lucas 1
Ryder 1
Watson 1
Isn't Simon Madden doing work with our ruck division? Not in Melbourne so I don't really have my ear to the ground, but that was the impression I got from a couple of guys on this site.
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Hille after the game today said that he should be fine to play on Wednesday. Will be interesting to see who lines up against Fraser and Richards next week.
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Mate, each to our own. My opinion is clearly different and that won't change. When he is not injured, he usually plays ordinary [to me].Gossy7 wrote:Rem, mate, get off Hilles back. So what? He has a ordinary game, he was also injured.
I thought other than his tap work, his rate around the ground scrubbed up pretty good.
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The ruck is certainly our biggest concern at the moment. We're kicking plenty of goals, our midfield is usually breaking even or better around the ground and, with the exception of our second half against Carlton, our defence has been cohesive and has kept the opposition quiet enough.
We've been soundly beaten in the ruck in every game this season. It places undue pressure on our midfielders and we're prone to being beaten in the clearances for this reason. I'm happy to grant some leeway to Laycock as he's hardly strung any games together yet in his career, but Hille is battling at the moment.
Eventually our poor ruckwork will cost us a match - that is, if it hasn't already cost us the match against Carlton. Freo got close to us mainly because our rucks were soundly beaten, and the same could be said of the Saints and Adelaide matches.
If we had Sandilands or Dean Cox in the team i'd give us a serious chance of being a top 4 team.
We've been soundly beaten in the ruck in every game this season. It places undue pressure on our midfielders and we're prone to being beaten in the clearances for this reason. I'm happy to grant some leeway to Laycock as he's hardly strung any games together yet in his career, but Hille is battling at the moment.
Eventually our poor ruckwork will cost us a match - that is, if it hasn't already cost us the match against Carlton. Freo got close to us mainly because our rucks were soundly beaten, and the same could be said of the Saints and Adelaide matches.
If we had Sandilands or Dean Cox in the team i'd give us a serious chance of being a top 4 team.
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Laycock was improving steadily throughout the match today.
I think he will only improve as the year goes on.
Unfortunately there is very little room for improvement Hille but I think he still has a bit to offer the club. He was decent last year and the year before- just he is currently in a bit of a form slump. David will come good.
I think he will only improve as the year goes on.
Unfortunately there is very little room for improvement Hille but I think he still has a bit to offer the club. He was decent last year and the year before- just he is currently in a bit of a form slump. David will come good.
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Agree Goss I was actually thinking that he was starting to look good in that first quarter but then he disappeared obviously injured!!!Gossy7 wrote:I saw him take one or two in the first quarter and he was killing Rix and Clarke by running off them in the center. Were you even at the game Pear?
Also he was injured in the second quarter with a bruised chest.
I thought that Laycocks rucking was a lot better than it has been at times. However, I have a feeling that the club are going to try and get Mckinnon to become a key ruckman. The bloke is massive, although I haven't seen him play, the reports have been good. Ryder looks pretty good when in the ruck, and has a huge leap and is one of the better at tapping it to our players.