Getting back to the PS debate on the value of our ruckmen.
Heres some stats:
Crows won the hitouts 18-7, but the Roos won the clearances
16-8.
Biglands had 7 possessions and 1 mark
Clarke had 2 possessions and 0 marks
Seems to me having great tap ruckmen, with no around the ground skills, is not the way to go. Don't know what our clearances from stoppages were like, but at centre bounces, getting our taps, didn't result in clearances, and scoring opportunities.
Never been a fan of Biglands, all potential! no realisation.
Makes dumb decisions, and has reached where he is, on effort, not skills. Give Hudson an opportunity, he won't perform any worse, and he may be an improvement (greater positional flexibility)
The second point is; our bloody focus continually is on the forward line, and its structure.
Well we got thrashed through the midfield, at centre bounces, and our midfielders can't make the appropriate decisions or deliver the ball lace out to forwards.
Why do we insist then to want to take players out of midfield rotations (Burton), to prop up a forward line, that doesnt function anyway, if you can't get the ball to them.
We seriously need to bolster our midfield. Its folly to suggest we still have a premier midfield.