Preview Practice Match v Collingwood Friday 24th Feb 11.00am @ Princes Park

[Beyond Blue]

I'm thinking of the GC game last year: Carlton 19 hitouts vs. GC 52 (Witts 42) and consequently lost clearances badly 43 to 27. Which is essentially taking away our 1-wood.

We were comprehensively beaten by a team that was nowhere near our level off the back of those clearances. Mirkov - whilst not as good a footballer as Pitto or TDK - could have made a bigger difference in that game than either of them. He only has to halve the hitouts and it would go a long way to us winning the game.

Love TDK and Pitto but against Witts they can become a spectator. The hitouts cost us quite a few wins last year. The StK loss was another.

With the midfield we've got a dominant tap ruckman is the last piece of the puzzle. 210cm rucks who can jump don't come along too often.

Pitto didn’t play against Gold Coast in that game which is probably why we lost the hit outs and clearances so badly as we had TDK and SOS up against Witts and TDk played like garbage that day - I’m pretty sure he was dropped for the next game.

If both Pitto and Tdk played in tandem against Witts I’d imagine it would have been a far more even battle but either way if we are going to play 2 ruckmen this year to combat good ruckmen I’d much rather it be Pitto and TDK than any combination that involves Mirkov.

 

[Jatz]

Pitto didn’t play against Gold Coast in that game which is probably why we lost the hit outs and clearances so badly as we had TDK and SOS up against Witts and TDk played like garbage that day - I’m pretty sure he was dropped for the next game.

If both Pitto and Tdk played in tandem against Witts I’d imagine it would have been a far more even battle but either way if we are going to play 2 ruckmen this year to combat good ruckmen I’d much rather it be Pitto and TDK than any combination that involves Mirkov.

Gold Coast is normally a pretty rough place for talls to excel. If it's not raining, it's humid and slippery af.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Gold Coast is normally a pretty rough place for talls to excel. If it's not raining, it's humid and slippery af.

And just quietly Witts is a premium A grade ruckman. Particularly in those type of conditions.

 

[windows1]

VR so far in front of the conversation. I'm tipping he'll come back to the pack.....

I may be the only person here old enough to appreciate the quality of that joke you old *er.

 

[thylacine60]

Cheers, Vic.

 

[Jimmae]

VR so far in front of the conversation. I'm tipping he'll come back to the pack.....

It's 2023, VR's mainstream now

There we go, a joke for the zoomers

 

[COBALT BLUE]

I honestly don’t understand the hype around Richmond

Tiges supporters again expecting to crush us soon...usual 30 pts?...plus injuries !
we play them like a grand final....at expense.....am hoping we can get amounst them this year and put some pressure on their group...

level pegging......up for grabs i am hoping