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chook23 · Post: # 1623328Post **chook23** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 4:30pm

Think he is struggling this year....
Body language seems poor.

8856brother · Sat 02 Jul 2016 4:44pm

He has been struggling for a lot longer than this year. Add the last half of last year as well. Has escaped scrutiny for far too long.

saintspremiers · Sat 02 Jul 2016 4:47pm

Should be dropped for next week

Griggsy · Post: # 1623368Post **Griggsy** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 4:50pm

Needs to work out how to get involved when he's not scoring goals.
His play over this year wouldn't of been that bad if we could stick more marks. His contested marking needs work.
But in games like today we are basically playing a man down

BigMart · Post: # 1623373Post **BigMart** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 4:55pm

His role has changed. He is just a workhorse now, (taken Riewoldts role roaming rather than stay at home) who tries to defend and chase. It's what all fwds now spruke. He's forgotten how to get dangerous, he's lost his marking ability.

He had a purple patch

Never measure a player in a purple patch

ROLS-LEE · Post: # 1623399Post **ROLS-LEE** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:14pm

Needs someone else to do the ruck duties. Runs himself ragged. Also doesn't seem to clunk thr marks closer to goal.

Wayne42 · Post: # 1623403Post **Wayne42** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:15pm

And he's soooooooooooooooooooo slow.

saintspremiers · Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:17pm

BigMart wrote:His role has changed. He is just a workhorse now, (taken Riewoldts role roaming rather than stay at home) who tries to defend and chase. It's what all fwds now spruke. He's forgotten how to get dangerous, he's lost his marking ability.

He had a purple patch

Never measure a player in a purple patch

You don't measure them by a purple patch, you just give them 4 year contracts instead

Griggsy · Post: # 1623408Post **Griggsy** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:19pm

ROLS-LEE wrote:Needs someone else to do the ruck duties. Runs himself ragged. Also doesn't seem to clunk thr marks closer to goal.

It's strange, had a running joke at home that Bruce will take marks so long as it's not in the forward 50. It's gone on a lot longer than I would have thought, he's taken some good grabs at half back from kick ins this year though,

ROLS-LEE · Post: # 1623413Post **ROLS-LEE** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:22pm

Griggsy wrote:
ROLS-LEE wrote:Needs someone else to do the ruck duties. Runs himself ragged. Also doesn't seem to clunk thr marks closer to goal.
It's strange, had a running joke at home that Bruce will take marks so long as it's not in the forward 50. It's gone on a lot longer than I would have thought, he's taken some good grabs at half back from kick ins this year though,

I agree. Ì think he trying to do to much or feels burdened in trying to do to much.

older saint · Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:27pm

Wondering if he is carrying an injury as hands don't look as sure as last year. Other factor is last year wouldn't have had as much work put into him by the opposition as this year. With Roo up the ground he now get s the best defender and must learn to deal with that. This is another development year in regards to his game IMO and he will come out the other side better like he did from 2014 to 2015.

Saint_J · Post: # 1623433Post **Saint_J** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:37pm

chook23 wrote:Think he is struggling this year....
Body language seems poor.

gets double teamed a lot more. harder for him to get those one on ones.

Bluthy · Post: # 1623444Post **Bluthy** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 5:54pm

Lost his mojo. This high pressure/tackling game of Richo's is pretty exhausting. Seems quite a few players are losing some of their magic maybe after needing to do so much grunt work. That is the trade off. We need better kickers in the team to stop it being bombed forward so much and let the ball do the work and save energy. Days like today it would be damn hard playing forward.

Linton Lodger · Sat 02 Jul 2016 7:20pm

Brucey needs to be mindful of using soft hands, that's been his issue the last few weeks.

Impatient Sainter · Sat 02 Jul 2016 8:09pm

He seems to have lost his spark - playing as 2nd ruck is killing him. He has been tired for weeks this is one of Richos and his selectors major weakness, none of them can read the players.

SainterK · Post: # 1623485Post **SainterK** » Sat 02 Jul 2016 8:18pm

What I notice is that he is always puffed.

Beno88 · Post: # 1623562Post **Beno88** » Sun 03 Jul 2016 12:29am

Wow. This post is just incredible. Questioning Josh Bruce? Seriously? The same Josh Bruce who busts his guts every week in the ruck and up forward? Never loses a contest? Works as hard as any forward I've seen since Nick Riewoldt?

Some posters on the forum have lost the plot more than a St Kilda player who took a plane to his game.

There are St Kilda players who deserve to have question marks hanging over them after today. Josh Bruce is not one of them. Football must be a terrible game to watch for those who can't see how much this bloke puts in.

noddy04 · Post: # 1623565Post **noddy04** » Sun 03 Jul 2016 12:36am

Tom_Sainter · Sun 03 Jul 2016 1:51am

He is working hard enough I just don't think he is as good as people think he is. Now he is getting more attention from defenders he is being found out. Will be a solid 3/4th forward but nothing else, not a star just a forward

saintbob · Post: # 1623602Post **saintbob** » Sun 03 Jul 2016 12:34pm

I'm amazed with the s*** delivery our forwards get that any of them are able to kick goals.

Armitage, Montagna and Dunstan just blaze away, unless our forwards get 20 metres clear these blokes can't hit a target!!

Armitage in particular yesterday got 4 or 5 centre clearances with time and space and coughed it up every time.

BigMart · Post: # 1623605Post **BigMart** » Sun 03 Jul 2016 12:52pm

Surely we understand the impact of taking Roo out of f50

He was the player double teamed

He was the centre of attention

He got the number one defender

He took the heat of Bruce

To appreciate Nick Riewoldt, it needs to be understood how hard that role is... and that while Josh Bruce will replace him as a #1 Key Forward
He will never replace him as a player

BigMart · Post: # 1623606Post **BigMart** » Sun 03 Jul 2016 12:52pm

Surely we understand the impact of taking Roo out of f50

He was the player double teamed

He was the centre of attention

He got the number one defender

He took the heat of Bruce

To appreciate Nick Riewoldt, it needs to be understood how hard that role is... and that while Josh Bruce will replace him as a #1 Key Forward
He will never replace him as a player

8856brother · Sun 03 Jul 2016 12:52pm

He just never seems to get any separation. He needs some easy possessions and goals on thd basic lead to get him going, then hd can start going for some marks.

repta · Post: # 1623721Post **repta** » Sun 03 Jul 2016 10:03pm

He is trying. Not questioning his work effort.
He just doesn't seem to have touch at the moment. Dropping marks and not winning contests that I thought he would have won.
Confidence?
Playing on better backmen?

He isn't playing like he was. .. Or capable of

thejiggingsaint · Mon 04 Jul 2016 4:20pm

Give the guy some time. I believe Josh will come good again.

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