extremely disappointing that we had to put up with the "very bad" Gus last night
Until Gus realises that one of his jobs is to go back the opposition's goal line and defend, he will continue to cop the whacks he deserves. This is a basic of being the ruckman, a basic of being 6ft bloody 8 or 9
Does Gus do this no siree bob, Gus stands around the 50mtr arc watching proceedings
Result of the above: 2nd qtr, some Hawk took a mark (can't remember who) offloads to young Savage who kicks a low floating kick about 40mtrs, it just makes it over the goal line. Now if a smart ruckman was where he should have been there is fairly good chance that this kick would have been touched on the line and it becomes a point rather than a goal
After the goal is signalled Gus stands hands on hips and drops his head and then after a moment he starts to jog back to the centre circle....
In a nutshell folks, that one thing last night highlights why I get annoyed with him, why I get frustrated with him, why I am critical of him and why I cannot understand why he continues to get a game when he wont do the obligatory team first things that are the basics of the position he plays in the TEAM