http://bigpondvideo.com/afl/42905
Geez, he looks half decent in that footage.
if he can play like that for us consistantly then we picked up a bargain
he is a woeful kick
his ruckwork and body is much better than gus and putt atm so until those guys develop a bit more cartledge will be ready if simmo or patto go down
im not expecting much from him but it sure beats using polak, tuck or even cleve in the ruck as we saw at times this year
I would rather Polak in the ruck over Cartledge. If we are unlucky enough to have Patto/Simmo go down we might as well develop a rance type in the Polak 3rd back role and play Polak in the middle instead of some fool like Cartledge/Knobel. He is very good around the ground (for a ruckman) and would be a huge assit with his meets floating across CHB/CHF. It's not as if Patto wins many hitouts anyway.
Polaks best game for Freo was in the ruck.
When we have our best 22 on the park - i wouldnt mind Polak get a 5 min run in the middle.