out of the middle

[daniel f]

cant recall the swans going into attack from a centre bounce last night,surely we are about the worst in the league out of the middle.fair enough we dont have a genuine ruckman but surely that means u just man up tighter in the middle and play off their ruckmen,is there something im missing here?

[Joel]

I heard that you guys are 16th for clearances out of the middle. BTW, using the ruck as an excuse is not acceptable because we are ranked 16th in hitouts yet we are first or second in clearances (Collingwood).

[daniel f]

Originally posted by Joel
I heard that you guys are 16th for clearances out of the middle. BTW, using the ruck as an excuse is not acceptable because we are ranked 16th in hitouts yet we are first or second in clearances (Collingwood).

exactly right even when fraser or mackee are getting beaten u still have the players in the middle who are smart enough to know how to rove to the oppositions ruckmen

[Triple B]

In hindsight, it may have been better for the Captain to go with Burns, at least at the centre bounces. He absolutely murdered us.

[sharp9]

Originally posted by BBB
In hindsight, it may have been better for the Captain to go with Burns, at least at the centre bounces. He absolutely murdered us.

I have been saying this for a while. We have no one in the team, aprt from the Captain, who is any good at stoppages. Jude usually gives it a red hot go but lacks the finesse of the other teams' number one. Again a team scrificed their best player's game to get captain out of the middle.

Do McGlone and McVeigh know how to get their hands on the bloody thing? - and I know they are skinny.

[penga]

Originally posted by sharp9
Do McGlone and McVeigh know how to get their hands on the bloody thing? - and I know they are skinny.

thewlis would have the body for it, long term that is... or with the talk of nick potter, is he a clearance king? i hear he is a bit of a beef-cake (good thing)...