We all love big Max and he has played some pearlers this year.  

In all of our losses bar one (Norf) Max has done little outside of his rucking. ie marks, possies and goals.

In all of our wins Max has been awesome with his contested marking and work up forward.

Seems to be no middle ground.

Clearly we depend on him a great deal. 

Do we need to play 2 fulltime rucks so Max can tae more marks and kick more goals?

Edited June 11, 20169 yr by leave it to deever
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I think we should play Spencer and Gawn in the same team and have a forward line with Hogan, Watts and the resting ruck man. Of course this is not going to happen because our coaches have a love affair with Dawes, but this would give us one of the most dominant ruck combinations in the comp and would give us a genuine advantage in most games.

Gawn needs to find that consistency by the end of the year. Bridging the gap between our best and worst is what this season is about, both from a team perspective and an individual perspective.

Spencer looked pretty good today against the Pies.

19 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Spencer looked pretty good today against the Pies.

There seems to be deftness to his tap work that I haven't noted before. Is this another tick for our man Stafford?

I would like to see Max and spencer play in the same game at least once

Max played his best ever game with Spencer in the team

But to fair, in last weeks conditions it was pretty hard to take big pack marks and kick big goals. He still got 50 HO

1 minute ago, DemonLad5 said:

But to fair, in last weeks conditions it was pretty hard to take big pack marks and kick big goals. He still got 50 HO

Never disputing his ruck work and yea it was not a day for notching up marks but if you watch the game  unlike any of our wins  he couldnt get down forward to create havoc. And yes he was the sole ruck without Pedo but I guess thats essentially my point.

 

8 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Never disputing his ruck work and yea it was not a day for notching up marks but if you watch the game  unlike any of our wins  he couldnt get down forward to create havoc. And yes he was the sole ruck without Pedo but I guess thats essentially my point.

 

Some days his marking is fantastic, others it's not so good and he just doesn't seem to get to as many contests. He has only just ticked over 50 games so it's possible that he's experiencing some fatigue... he'd be close to the most games played in a season already this year, wouldn't he?

When hes marking around the ground we win. He needs more help than Pedo. Hes an agile big man that can turn a game around and would love to see him playing forward more.