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Quote from: gerkin greg on May 25, 2011, 11:12:50 AMhe's far from perfect but he's coming along for a 21yr old 30 gamershown he can play to a high standard at the levelwill have his ups and downs - especially at Full Backneeds to develop his consistency like all young players but he's played more good games than poor ones this year so that's a step in the right directionwont die wondering with this oneif we play him as a fb opposition ff will be jumping for joy. you only need look at his strengths or in this case his weaknesses to see why.personally as a big bodied player id prefer he can defend first and provide run second. rather than run first and defense second. we have some excellent running defenders in newman deledio conca and batchelor. where we are having problems is the big blokes getting hold of us. i hope people arent suggesting rance can do the role of these blokes. yep he provides some run but people have been telling me for yrs now so does mcguane.one or two decent games does not make a player surely by now richmond people of all people have learnt this harsh lesson. and of course i expect more vitriol from the defenders of all things mediocre.congrats alex on a good game now do it again and again and again.
he's far from perfect but he's coming along for a 21yr old 30 gamershown he can play to a high standard at the levelwill have his ups and downs - especially at Full Backneeds to develop his consistency like all young players but he's played more good games than poor ones this year so that's a step in the right directionwont die wondering with this one
very poor again just not up to it. very poor in the air especially assurance and judgement .but it wasnt just in the air tonight, he was poor in most areas..leopards do not change their spots. how much did we miss grimes tonight.have said it all along we have to find a chb and fb. in fact we are putting games into the wrong players mcguane is a hack rance is probably not good enough yet we play them week in week out.why was jake batchelor on westhoff so much.
Quote from: mightytiges on June 30, 2012, 08:01:15 PMThe first 10 or so rounds Rance was on song (people talking AA) but since then he's been well beaten by his direct forward .... Pav, Cameron and now Walker today. Is he carrying some niggle or something (?) as he's terribly lost form. He's losing contact with his opponent all to readily and is just being too slow to react and is being caught out of position which sees him lose his feet at times. disagree rance has never been on aa track. the same things that have him in the gun this week and the last 4 weeks have always been there, and have raised their ugly head most weeks.maybe not as often as this week but most weeks hes been pooe in one area or another.people imo have become stats gurus and stats lie. 25 possesion games doesnt necesarily mean a good game. anyway i dont not rate him i just dont think he should play fb imo we dont have a premiership fb yet. if there was just one player on the list who was capable of holding down fb other than rance i would be screaming for him to be played. the truth of the matter is we dont have another option for his job. but we sure as hell need to find one.
The first 10 or so rounds Rance was on song (people talking AA) but since then he's been well beaten by his direct forward .... Pav, Cameron and now Walker today. Is he carrying some niggle or something (?) as he's terribly lost form. He's losing contact with his opponent all to readily and is just being too slow to react and is being caught out of position which sees him lose his feet at times.
Quote from: WA Tiger on April 20, 2013, 04:43:39 PMQuote from: Username: on April 20, 2013, 04:32:51 PMI TOLD YOU SOPATHETICpathetic thread, honestly don't gloat because he has a bad day, where the stuff are you when he plays well, for the last 3 weeks.....!!!!you have blinkers on if you think he played well for 3 weeks. lets face it the exact same problems keep on coming up with rance but when people raise them they are ridiculed and ostracised. a blind man can see rances problems but i still get people talking him up as an A/A because he gets a bit of ball. for a key defender it is totally unforgivable to regularly misjudge the ball in the air. to regularly get out bodied one on one, and to regularly get caught out of position.oh and regularly fall over in a contest. these things and more are the things that are regularly bought up. have argued he should never be allowed to play in the last line of defense because of them. simply put he fails dismally in the primary function of a key defender.
Quote from: Username: on April 20, 2013, 04:32:51 PMI TOLD YOU SOPATHETICpathetic thread, honestly don't gloat because he has a bad day, where the stuff are you when he plays well, for the last 3 weeks.....!!!!
I TOLD YOU SOPATHETIC
oh dear we still have the same old debate going on. nothing has changed with rance and its not likely to. the quicker we get a player like james frawley and pee him off the better.
im gunna be the odd man out here and happy to be it. but i question the talk that rance has actually improved in key areas that key defenders just have to be really good in.hes ordinary and while we have so few decent reasonable kpds he is needed, but i have no doubt we need to aim for better if we wish to win premierships.we talk about value adding well alex is one id love to value add on,.the trouble in having alex is the powers that be will continue to fail to add to the key defensive mess that we have.i firmly believe we need to taget at least one GENUINE KPD either junior or mature. same goes for kpf and ruck.
Quote from: the claw on April 20, 2013, 07:22:42 PMQuote from: WA Tiger on April 20, 2013, 04:43:39 PMQuote from: Username: on April 20, 2013, 04:32:51 PMI TOLD YOU SOPATHETICpathetic thread, honestly don't gloat because he has a bad day, where the stuff are you when he plays well, for the last 3 weeks.....!!!!you have blinkers on if you think he played well for 3 weeks. lets face it the exact same problems keep on coming up with rance but when people raise them they are ridiculed and ostracised. a blind man can see rances problems but i still get people talking him up as an A/A because he gets a bit of ball. for a key defender it is totally unforgivable to regularly misjudge the ball in the air. to regularly get out bodied one on one, and to regularly get caught out of position.oh and regularly fall over in a contest. these things and more are the things that are regularly bought up. have argued he should never be allowed to play in the last line of defense because of them. simply put he fails dismally in the primary function of a key defender.
