Remove this Banner Ad

Discussion Random Chat MegaThread

🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.

Status
Not open for further replies.
Dylan8 said:
Does Nic Nat ever solo ruck? Not a dig or anything I just don't watch enough of Wet Toast (LMAO) to know.
Click to expand...
He did two weeks ago and gathered 22 touches (the most of any ruckman this year).

Oh, and that's AA ruckman Nic Naitanui to you.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Log in to remove this Banner Ad

lmach said:
He did two weeks ago and gathered 22 touches (the most of any ruckman this year).

Oh, and that's AA ruckman Nic Naitanui to you.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Good stats those. Every time I watch the Eagles though I notice him being in the wrong places a whole lot. Nice ability in the ruck but i'd take Lobbe around the ground any day.

I'm also glad Port has a gun midfield so Lobbe doesn't have to acquire 22 touches in a game.
 
Dylan8 said:
Good stats those. Every time I watch the Eagles though I notice him being in the wrong places a whole lot. Nice ability in the ruck but i'd take Lobbe around the ground any day.

I'm also glad Port has a gun midfield so Lobbe doesn't have to acquire 22 touches in a game.
Click to expand...
Apparently he doesn't get enough touches though, go figure! People notice Naitanui being in the "wrong places" because they're always looking for him and he stands out. Watch any other ruckman behind play and I can guarantee you they won't be doing anything different to what Naitanui does, yet no other ruckman can do what Naitanui does in the contest.

To say Lobbe doesn't have to acquire 22 touches because you have a gun midfield is just stupid. Cox was averaging over 20 touches in our premiership year with Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Fletcher, Stenglein, Braun, etc. Was it because he had to? No, it was because he's a good player.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
I'm not going to pretend I can rebutt this because I don't watch West Coast nearly enough. Not that I would force myself to do that shit. I would like to know the thing you say Naitanui can do in a contest that no one else can though.

Anyway, I would love to know how he would develop without injuries.
 
Dylan8 said:
I'm not going to pretend I can rebutt this because I don't watch West Coast nearly enough. Not that I would force myself to do that shit. I would like to know the thing you say Naitanui can do in a contest that no one else can though.

Anyway, I would love to know how he would develop without injuries.
Click to expand...
Win the tap (oh, if you haven't seen his tap-work you're missing out, it's a thing of beauty), follow it up by getting the ball himself or receiving a handball, bust through the pack and outrun every midfielder.

His follow up tackling when the opposition get the ball from the ruck is also ferocious.

From his 2012 AA year (hasn't been fully fit since):

1st for tackles for a ruck
2nd for marks
1st for contested marks
2nd for goals
1st for contested possessions
2nd for % of hit outs won
2nd for % of hit outs to advantage
1st for hit outs leading to a score

No other ruckman was top 5 for more than 2 of these stats.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
lmach said:
Win the tap (oh, if you haven't seen his tap-work you're missing out, it's a thing of beauty), follow it up by getting the ball himself or receiving a handball, bust through the pack and outrun every midfielder.

His follow up tackling when the opposition get the ball from the ruck is also ferocious.
Click to expand...
I see Lobbe do this to huge effect every week though, minus bursting out of a pack and outrunning midfielders, but that doesn't really matter since he can dish it out fast enough on a running midfielder anyway. His ground work/second efforts are up there with the best in the league.
 
Dylan8 said:
I see Lobbe do this to huge effect every week though, minus bursting out of a pack and outrunning midfielders, but that doesn't really matter since he can dish it out fast enough on a running midfielder anyway. His ground work/second efforts are up there with the best in the league.
Click to expand...
Naitanui can also dish it off to a running midfielder. He can also land a 20 metre hit out on a midfielder's lap.

His ground work may be up with the best, but Naitanui's is the best.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Remove this Banner Ad

lmach said:
I doubt Lobbe could make our midfield look 50% better the way Naitanui does.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
I don't even know how anyone could measure that. Wouldn't swap Lobbe and Naitanui to try it myself, either.

Nat is hard to compare to anyone anyway.
 
Dylan8 said:
Wouldn't swap Lobbe and Naitanui to try it myself, either.
Click to expand...
Lobbe isn't even near Naitanui's level.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.

Status
Not open for further replies.

Remove this Banner Ad

Similar threads

Gibbsy
    • Like
Resource Random clash/promo jumper articles of years gone by
Replies
14
Views
1K
Royces Hart
Royces Hart

Remove this Banner Ad

🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.

Back
Top Bottom