i dont want to be the one regul;arly bagging him but i dont think his game was good.
hes a back up ruckman and had just 7 h/o his work in this area was minimal. he had 4 1%ers. kicked just one goal and had 8 of his 16 possesions up to quarter time.
he spent the majority of time forward playing against simpkin at 191cm a young and undersized player. gilbert whos actually a running defender not a kpp at all and gwilt at 188cm,
again i scratch my head and ask why didnt he take one contested mark. jack took advantage of their problems even though he had two on him most of the time but tyrone let that chance slip.he really should have caused havoc with the advantages he had and didnt. big ivan and jack took full toll of their predicament as good players do.
why did he spend so little time in the ruck a golden opportunity to go up against a 189cm ruckman and dominate or go up against a paert time ruckman like himself. it did not happen often enough and when it did we got too little out of him.
i still maintain if tyrone is to be the backup ruckman, and its clearly the way the club wants it, he needs to be more productive and competetive in that role. if hes a forward /ruckman i still think we need another kpf or at the least a tall quick agile third tall type. this does not mean the dinosaur miller.how nice would it be to actually be able to give big ivan decent spells on the bench and not lose our structure forward.
two talls both injured and i cant wait to see them get games. astbury up forward chf in fact, grimes down back as the third man up with rebound a key component. tyrone to assume more ruck duties and rest in a pocket.
to me so far this yr hes struggled in every game he played. while he found a bit of ball at last on friday i still think his game was ordinary for the reasons i gave.
what i really want to see out of him is some real aggression not just at the ball but at the man as well. it high time you found a bit of mongrel tyrone.
