Ben Rutten

[taylor_walker_13]

Thought he was terrible and lazy in defence last night and ultimately cost us the game.

Definately lost a yard in pace, where to now for him to improve, or do we keep having to have a player 'make him look good' and chop off in front of him???

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[Vantz]

This is a Joke!

 

[pjcrows]

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OK: You're a spud.

End thread.

 

[toddflanders]

i wouldnt feed ya...

 

[Dangercles]

Don't know what he was thinking leaving his man to spoiled the unmanned Leigh Brown in the last 1/4.

Kept the giant forehead in check for most of the night, bar one stupid decision to hold his arm coming into a pack contest. If you blame him for the loss you are not a very good judge of football, there were plenty of simple skill errors that cost us the match.

 

[Mismatched]

Thought he was terrible and lazy in defence last night and ultimately cost us the game.

Definately lost a yard in pace, where to now for him to improve, or do we keep having to have a player 'make him look good' and chop off in front of him???

Discuss

Did you not notice the momentarily match saving spoil he did in the dying minutes of the game when Cloke (I think it was) was pretty much 30 metres in the clear inside the F50 and Rutten busted his gut, to get to him just in time to belt the ball over the line and save a certain goal that could have sealed the game there and then.

 

[crowman86]

Rutten was great last night but just made a mistake at the crucial part of the game. Nothing worth hanging him over.

 

[SMACK!]

What a ****ing dud thread.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

close this thread

 

[Dangercles]

Did you not notice the momentarily match saving spoil he did in the dying minutes of the game when Cloke (I think it was) was pretty much 30 metres in the clear inside the F50 and Rutten busted his gut, to get to him just in time to belt the ball over the line and save a certain goal that could have sealed the game there and then.

Brown I believe it was.

 

[WALL-e]

You're ****ing kidding.

Jesus H Chirst get a clue, the amount of times Truck save a goal and then let's jump on someone.

Yeah Barneys right we need more beer.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Disgraceful thread!

When will some people grow a brain and stop blaming player for a single mistake that in their mind cost us the game. First Thompson against the Hawks 2 years ago, and now its seems its Rutten's turn.

Rutten did not lose us that game. The game was lost over 4 quarters. We shouldn't have been in the position we were in with 2 minutes to play. The game should have been well and truly over by then.

 

[Zvim]

He was fantastic, Anthony didn't have a sniff all game other than the unfortunate incident. Seeing him dance around Neon Leon Davis was pretty awesome too.

Don't string him up for one unfortunate mistake, a lot went went wrong in the second and third quarter which cost the game.

 

[bus24]

It was stupid - but no more stupid than Stevens ridiculous hold on Cloke in that ruck contest.

Can't blame him alone - but his standards have definitely slipped this year. He's a great deal less mobile than he used to be. Whether that's injury or not, I'm not sure - but it might be worth slimming him down a few kg's before 2010.

 

[KUNG FU]

Shut Anthony down all game. It was just bad luck for him that he was caught in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Really stood up last night and led the team from the front.

 

[Go the Guts]

Love Truck as a player and he has a few good years left. But we should be blooding a couple of young big units in our back half, after Truck/Bock, we have next to no quality backs with much size about them to take the big unit FF's. We've been exposed with Bock out the last few months. Love Otten but not sure where his future lies, many say midfield, but I like him down back. If he can beef up big, he may make a great KPP, has the smarts anf time about him, and good contested grab.

 

[Smoooothy]

Thought he was terrible and lazy in defence last night and ultimately cost us the game.

Definately lost a yard in pace, where to now for him to improve, or do we keep having to have a player 'make him look good' and chop off in front of him???

Discuss

go support hawthorn, i reckon they'd be a good fit for ya.......

 

[porpouglas]

Does breathing come naturaly to you or do you need to be reminded? Terrible post.

 

[noddy]

Thought he was terrible and lazy in defence last night and ultimately cost us the game.

Definately lost a yard in pace, where to now for him to improve, or do we keep having to have a player 'make him look good' and chop off in front of him???

Discuss

Say when

 

[King Elvis]

Shut Anthony down all game. It was just bad luck for him that he was caught in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Really stood up last night and led the team from the front.

The reason Anthony was so upset at the end was that he contributed absolutely nothing bar the single goal that won them the match - Rutten absolutely flogged him all night, and also left his man countless times to save another defenders arse.

Truck was sensational, nothing short of.

If anything, we were exposed (as a lot of us predicted) by the loss of Bock - neither Stephens nor Hentschel are currently comfortable and capable of playing a full finals game purely in defense.

 

[frednerk33]

Dud thread.

Rutten was good, a momentary mistake, saved the game at a couple of points, a lot of others did worse things than that.

 

[Drummond]

Is the OP a joke? Rutten was brilliant last night, except of course for the incident that has broken my heart but it was one mistake in an otherwise terrific performance. Anthony had how many possessions? Five? I didn't even see him out there as Rutten destroyed him. Not only that but he helped out other defenders by getting to contests to get the spoil. Fine, fine game bar a massive mistake which I'm sure he'll be devestated by.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

I thought Rutten was good.

 

[johnnypanther]

I thought he played really well......and i thought he's had a very good year.... very under-rated his performances this year

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Thought he was terrible and lazy in defence last night and ultimately cost us the game.

Definately lost a yard in pace, where to now for him to improve, or do we keep having to have a player 'make him look good' and chop off in front of him???

Discuss

You don't judge players on the last decision of the game.

Rutten beat Anthony on the night & was not the main reason we lost.

Stupid thread & judgement IMO.