Gardi's Taps to Lenny

SaintWodonga · Sat 25 Apr 2009 3:12am

Lenny won the medal and so he should have!

But when the match was up for grabs early, did anyone else get excited to see Gardi cleanly tap the ball into Lenny & Co's arms...

Was a fantastic effort.

Anyone know how bad Kingy's injury was?

The OtherThommo · Sat 25 Apr 2009 3:29am

Not injured, just pining for the fjords.

milney044 · Post: # 729874Post **milney044** » Sat 25 Apr 2009 10:24am

Yes, it's just so exciting to see that the guy playing in the ruck is actually a genuine ruckman. He actually knows what he's doing and his precise taps down our midfielders throats give us such an advantage moving forward. I think it is pretty clear ruckmen are crucial to a team's performance. Keep it up Gardiner, it's great to watch and guys like Lenny and Dal must be loving it.

doggerel · Post: # 729940Post **doggerel** » Sat 25 Apr 2009 11:42am

It is not long ago that most teams used to smash us in the ruck, but Port especially used to smash us.

The playing field was anything but level for our mids.

I thought Gards was great again last night. Not for stat. accumulation (and thus he barely gets a mention), but he rucked his arse off with his pal going down and largely nullified the influence of the POrt big men.

jonesy · Post: # 729944Post **jonesy** » Sat 25 Apr 2009 11:45am

Loved the way he sang the song last night, with real oomph!

I'll admit I thought MG was done and dusted, and the mail I got was he was playing up and finished.

Glad to be wrong

Solar · Post: # 729945Post **Solar** » Sat 25 Apr 2009 11:45am

it's just beautiful to watch him tap the ball to space in knowledge that the saints player was going to be on the end of it.

Keep him fit and he will bcome so important come finals

duckduckduckgoose · Sat 25 Apr 2009 11:58am

yep, it really showed up how much of a difference king and gards have made when blake was rucking late in the game.
Not knocking blake who tried hard, but king and gards sure are a cut above.

SaintWodonga · Sat 25 Apr 2009 1:56pm

jonesy wrote:Loved the way he sang the song last night, with real oomph!

Yeah I picked that up too! It was great. A lot of the boys sang wth gusto..

Gardi should have been named in our best last night.

degruch · Post: # 730165Post **degruch** » Sat 25 Apr 2009 2:56pm

Gardi's ruck work all over the ground was fantastic, but I wish he'd take a kick sometimes. Twice I saw him (within range, or close) handball to someone who wasn't on...seems like anyone running past will do! The guy's a great kick, he could have banged at least one through last night which we never got.

derby Street · Sat 25 Apr 2009 3:13pm

Some really precise tapwork from Gardi - beautiful to watch. Another area we have improved heaps in.

saintbob · Post: # 730411Post **saintbob** » Sun 26 Apr 2009 12:25am

Gardi's tapping last night was sublime, he spoon fed Lenny for most of the night!!!

mick13 · Post: # 730421Post **mick13** » Sun 26 Apr 2009 1:09am

So happy to see this guy playing well. He's a vital cog in our game at the moment.

Here's hoping he can stay fit for the entire season. Hell knows we'll need him.

The Saintsational Man · Sun 26 Apr 2009 10:34am

The guy has been fantastic.

It shows what can happen if you give a guy a chance, sometimes it can work wonders.

hotdish · Post: # 730490Post **hotdish** » Sun 26 Apr 2009 12:19pm

milney044 wrote:Yes, it's just so exciting to see that the guy playing in the ruck is actually a genuine ruckman. He actually knows what he's doing and his precise taps down our midfielders throats give us such an advantage moving forward. I think it is pretty clear ruckmen are crucial to a team's performance. Keep it up Gardiner, it's great to watch and guys like Lenny and Dal must be loving it.

Does anyone know how we've been doing clearance wise this year (stats)?

We LOST the clearances this week to Port: 40-38.