Is Grundy our best player?

[didick]

^Jeez, he's bloody carrying us. Incredible stats.

[sherrife]

Grundy is a legend, but I do find it frustrating how rarely we get advantage from his tapwork. There must be a way to improve that via ruck and mid coaching.

The other thing that jumps out at you from those statistics is that Treloar is having a decent season, despite the knockers!

[Jezza]

^ Agree, Sherrife.

Grundy is the best ruckman in the league, but our inability to maximize our advantage in the centre clearances is frustrating. I think the lack of inside mids with Adams being injured hasn't helped.

Treloar's numbers are very good, but the ongoing criticism toward him is regarding his ability to hit targets.

[Pies4shaw]

Stats against Gold Coast: 43 hitouts, 26 disposals (15 kicks, 11 handballs), 6 marks, 8 clearances, 5 tackles, 1 goal.

He is now up to 787 hitouts from 19 games.

[K]

Max Gawn v Brodie Grundy: Who wins the ruck championship belt?

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/max-gawn-v-brodie-grundy-who-wins-the-ruck-championship-belt-20190808-p52fdg.html

[What'sinaname]

^ depends.

If you mean who wins as a pure ruckman, then Gawn is probably better as a ruckman.

But......Grundy has him easily covered with regard to goal kicking / kicking in general, ability to cover the ground, running, ability below the knees and versatility.

I wouldn't be unhappy with either as our ruckman.

[Pies4shaw]

Halftime in the battle of Grundy v the latest also-ran. He has 22 hitouts to 16, 4 tackles to 2, 1 mark to 0, 7 disposals to 5 and 5 contested possessions to 3.

[Pies4shaw]

Full time against the Melbourne opponent.

He had 44 hitouts to 29, 7 clearances to 4, 7 tackles to 3, 2 mark to 1, 16 disposals to 13 and 11 contested possessions to 8.

Grundy won both halves, comfortably.

The one statistic he lost against Gawn was the free count - 5 to 1.

[Pies4shaw]

Brodie just topped 900 hit outs in a home and away season for the first time. He sits on 902. By comparison, he had 843 at the same stage last year.

[shawthing]

I don't think best is the right word. Pendlebury is the best for sheer skill. But Grundy is easily our most valuable player.

[shawthing]

[RudeBoy]

Grundy is fast becoming the greatest player, perhaps ever, not just for Collingwood, but for the whole competition. I've never seen a ruckman dominate all aspects of games - possessions, hitouts, marks, clearances, tackles - the way he does so consistently. Last night's display was the most dominant ruck performance I've ever seen.