Mcevoy -33 in hitout count !
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BAD CALL big mac will be fine. Cox and sandi were sastics in their first fove years with their clubs. Take a chill pill and give the boy a chance
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Re: Mcevoy -33 in hitout count !
How dare you come on here.....and make senseNasher wrote:Melbourne supporter here - I'd just like to point out that we had to wait an effing long time for Jamar to be even considered competent, let alone a good ruckman. Have some patience - it's cliché in footy circles to crap on about how big men take time, but it holds true for all but the most athletically gifted big men.WinnersOnly wrote:Exactly no club can afford to wait that long for a player to improve - the club needed to recruit an older ruckmen to fill the void!
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Re: Mcevoy -33 in hitout count !
WinnersOnly wrote:Con Gorozidis wrote:jamar is a good player and 5 years older than macca. peak of his powers at 28.
macca is going fine. will be a gun player when he is 28.
Exactly no club can afford to wait that long for a player to improve - the club needed to recruit an older ruckmen to fill the void!
So we then play Ben in the seconds? That will help him a lot. Please think before you post. Ben is doing very well for a young ruckman and will continue to improve. And when did being captain and how many hitouts you get relate to each other.
By the way both ruckman had to the same hitouts to advantage and Jamar may have been an AA player if I recall correctly.
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Re: Mcevoy -33 in hitout count !
Nasher wrote:Melbourne supporter here - I'd just like to point out that we had to wait an effing long time for Jamar to be even considered competent, let alone a good ruckman. Have some patience - it's cliché in footy circles to crap on about how big men take time, but it holds true for all but the most athletically gifted big men.WinnersOnly wrote:Exactly no club can afford to wait that long for a player to improve - the club needed to recruit an older ruckmen to fill the void!
Probably the most relevent comment of the thread. Opposition supporters can often make the best observations because they are unbiased.
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I will assume you are not a troll.WinnersOnly wrote:Mcevoy -33 in hitout count ! I have said it before but we are never going to be a top 4 side with this guy as our No 1 ruckman. Jamar absolutely destroyed him tonight & McEvoy didn't even give a peep! I can't believe people have touted him as our next captain. IMO the club has really erred with not going after another ruckman over the break. He might be a nice guy but he is never going to be a nice tap ruckmen.
Your OP has to go down in history as the most stupid ever!!! Considering how young McEvoy is, we are very lucky to have him. When you throw in Stanley we have a ruck division for the next 10 years. If I was list manager of St Kilda I would be very happy knowing that I do not need to worry about recruiting a ruckman. I could concentrate on midfielders and key position players.
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Re: Mcevoy -33 in hitout count !
I can't believe we didn't get Rock Hudson.
Seriously, ruck domination is the single greatest fraud imposed by the footy intelligentsia ever.
Sandiliands, the best of all, dominated agaisnt the Saints, and yet statistically we should have won the game becasue of our superior clearance work.
A balance between ruck skill, ground level ability and round the ground nous is the future of rucking. McEvoy will be a beaut.
Seriously, ruck domination is the single greatest fraud imposed by the footy intelligentsia ever.
Sandiliands, the best of all, dominated agaisnt the Saints, and yet statistically we should have won the game becasue of our superior clearance work.
A balance between ruck skill, ground level ability and round the ground nous is the future of rucking. McEvoy will be a beaut.
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Re: Mcevoy -33 in hitout count !
Hopefully its not you Mr Six O'clock instructing Beg Ben where to hit the ball, im sorry to say that simply bashing the ball forward at every contest is outdated and predictable. The game has gome past that. 9 hit outs to advantage compared to 7 says he did alright on the weekend compared to Jamar. Tapping the ball down a team mates throat is a very difficult skill in this modern game but is still the best way to gain a clearance.
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