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Wonder if Richmond supporters think that Tuck was good, except he let McLean run wild...?

At the end of the day McLean is not a tagger, and his main role is not to stop his direct opponent. Of course he has to chase and man-up when the ball is going the other way (which he does, and he lays as many tackles as anyone), but if you play him on a damaging player, expect both players to get the ball equally.

It's a case of, would you rather the opposition tag McLean out of the game, or would you rather let McLean and his direct opponent do as they please?

he should be a tagger. excpet there is no one else who will fill his role. and the problem with mclean is he is not as near as damaging as i wish he would be.

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6. Brock

5. Garland

4. Bruce

3. Wheaters - Although he did butcher the ball alot

2. Green

1. White - WHy do people think he played poorly? I though he did quite well

Though CJ showed some promise. Definately looked the most comfortable hes been.

DUnn did a great job on Foley. kept him to 16 touches but has the learn to damage them the other way

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Brock McLean has consolidated his firm grip on this award:

78.366 Brock McLean

40.082 Austin Wonaemirri

36.973 Paul Wheatley

36.868 Brad Green

30.899 Cameron Bruce

29.701 Aaron Davey

29.479 Colin Garland

24.347 Nathan Jones

22.728 Brad Miller

19.753 Cale Morton

18.802 Paul Johnson

16.360 Colin Sylvia

15.996 Matthew Bate

14.482 James McDonald

12.282 Brent Moloney

10.684 Jared Rivers

10.482 Nathan Carroll

9.697 Matthew Warnock

8.132 Clint Bartram

5.904 Matthew Whelan

5.265 Russell Robertson

5.087 Jeff White

2.845 Adem Yze

1.866 Lynden Dunn

1.805 Simon Buckley

Posted
Wonder if Richmond supporters think that Tuck was good, except he let McLean run wild...?

At the end of the day McLean is not a tagger, and his main role is not to stop his direct opponent. Of course he has to chase and man-up when the ball is going the other way (which he does, and he lays as many tackles as anyone), but if you play him on a damaging player, expect both players to get the ball equally.

It's a case of, would you rather the opposition tag McLean out of the game, or would you rather let McLean and his direct opponent do as they please?

very interesting point. the reason i thought tuck was so good yesterday was because of his ability to win the ball around the stoppages. his first 3 steps were too quick for mclean and unless the ball went to brock, tuck was away from him. tuck got lots of ball in these circumstances and cleared it out well for his teammates, he also seemed to have an ability to always get a disposal out, even when being tackled.

mclean tried to stop tuck. he tried to get in front of him at the stoppages, he tried to run with him around those packs (ie at ball ups) but he didnt manage to keep him quiet.

brock got a lot of it, and was among our best no doubt. but there was something missing yesterday that i felt meant he was beaten.

but good call re tuck being best on, he certainly couldnt be given the same criteria i used to judge brock. therefore richo prob gets it by default lol

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How many bounces did Brock have?

I thought that was a good part of his game yesterday, backed himself, had a bit of a run and i thought generally used it pretty well

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How many bounces did Brock have?

I thought that was a good part of his game yesterday, backed himself, had a bit of a run and i thought generally used it pretty well

i think he looks his best when he is using the ball rather than when he is around stoppages.

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Funny how the media is unanimous in saying that Green has been our best player this year, yet we have him 4th.

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he should be a tagger. excpet there is no one else who will fill his role. and the problem with mclean is he is not as near as damaging as i wish he would be.

Brock doesn't have the pace and chase down ability of a tagger, he must be our most damaging player. The hope is that eventually he'll become so good to the point where his direct opponent must close check him or he'll get hurt every time we get the ball. That's hypothetically how it works, two top players on each other, the better player forces the other out of the game.

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Brock doesn't have the pace and chase down ability of a tagger

I agree. If you're playing on a man, ideally you're quicker than him, since he's dictating where you're going.

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