What to do with the Gardiner situation?
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What to do with the Gardiner situation?
It's an awkward one.
Gardiner has been great for us in the ruck since coming over, and is a great player.
Koschitzke has struggled a LOT as a pure key position forward in the past 2 years. Just doesn't have the body strength to be able to take contested marks up forward (without a run at it).
Koschitzke looks better, and makes us look better when he is playing that floating ruck type. Took a good saving mark down back last night, and numerous last week against WCE.
Also drifts forward and sets up goals, as he did today with Milne.
Also means Koschitzke doesn't have to get bodied as all defenders try to do to him, as he is so easily out positioned.
My worry is, if Gardiner returns, Koschitzke then goes back to playing that forward role and teams start rebounding a lot easier out of our backline.
Thoughts?
Gardiner has been great for us in the ruck since coming over, and is a great player.
Koschitzke has struggled a LOT as a pure key position forward in the past 2 years. Just doesn't have the body strength to be able to take contested marks up forward (without a run at it).
Koschitzke looks better, and makes us look better when he is playing that floating ruck type. Took a good saving mark down back last night, and numerous last week against WCE.
Also drifts forward and sets up goals, as he did today with Milne.
Also means Koschitzke doesn't have to get bodied as all defenders try to do to him, as he is so easily out positioned.
My worry is, if Gardiner returns, Koschitzke then goes back to playing that forward role and teams start rebounding a lot easier out of our backline.
Thoughts?
Goddard.
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I look forward to the day we have fitter and "more able" players than we have spots in the side...perfectionist wrote:Frankly, I just hope that we have more fit and able players than we have spots in the team.
That should make for a good side.....
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