Besides one bad turn over that Essendon didn't score off, he has been a link player with his disposals.
Not exciting but does enough to put himself ahead of Fort and Esava as second ruck.
The problem is Blicavs is clearly our best tall defender and doesn't add enough as a second ruck. And after watching Kolo just get monstered by ******* Hooker means we really need to have Blicavs and Henderson as our #1 and #2 defenders because I don't have confidence with Kolo on someone like...
We should have been spanked tonight. Its also no coincidence that a team doing the Richmond bullshit of play on at all costs, knock the ball forward in contests etc and we just don't cope with it.
That last ball came from knocking it forward, Smith fumbling, free kick and quick movement for a...
Not having a decent back up ruck is going to fu** us at some point this year.
If SDK isn't in the senior team they need to either have him in the gym or in the ruck in the VFL because if Stanley goes down long term and we have to rely on Blicavs and Esava we aren't making another GF.
Its preseason though, this is when you should be up and about.
Its when its around Rd 11 and the grind has set in and you have lost a few in a row that it becomes the challenge, and thats when Essendon fall over.
Where we grind those wins and solidify finals, thats where they bottle matches...
While I would rather we sink time into SDK because he has some serious potential, especially as a ruck/2nd forward/2nd defender, I don't understand the laughable comments about Jenkins last week and this week. Not a first ruck so people comparing him to Stanley is stupid.
Meanwhile, Hendersons...
He can continue the St Kilda tradition of great forwards who don't win premierships.
Seriously though, I wonder how long before the papers push the rumor of his brother wanting to go to St Kilda to link up with him. I give it 2 years.
If St Kilda get both King brothers they will win a flag in...
I don't see this one coming back to haunt us. I love Nakia and the glimpses he showed were of someone that would have been elite if he stayed fit.
Its a shame because if he reached his potential and wasn't always injured we might have jagged a flag in 17, 19 or 20. His ceiling was high.