Ruck work of King

joffaboy · Post: # 601635Post **joffaboy** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 9:59am

Thought King had his best game for the Saints tonight. Generally rucked very well and was useful around the ground.

His tap work to Lenny in Qtr2 gave me a bit of a swelling in the nether regions.

Absolutely loved it, and I am sure Lenny loved the work to him.

Lenny Hayes would be the most underrated mid in the comp.

St DAC · Post: # 601637Post **St DAC** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:00am

joffaboy wrote:Thought King had his best game for the Saints tonight. Generally rucked very well and was useful around the ground.

His tap work to Lenny in Qtr2 gave me a bit of a swelling in the nether regions.

Absolutely loved it, and I am sure Lenny loved the work to him.

Lenny Hayes would be the most underrated mid in the comp.

plugger66 · Post: # 601638Post **plugger66** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:01am

Im swelling now reading about it.

St.Kenny · Post: # 601641Post **St.Kenny** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:08am

Awsome performance in the ruck. Havent seen such dominance since Big Carl aka 8o's. Strength and dexterity. Could see how much it hurt CArlton by the passionate manner in which Ratten was getting stuck into Cloke at quarter time break.

Goose is king · Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:09am

He's bloody good Kingy. Great to know the oppostion rucks wont smash us anymore.

StSteven · Post: # 601643Post **StSteven** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:09am

plugger66 wrote:Im swelling now reading about it.

When you have not had much even little things do it for you.

Eighth was not my vision for 2008 but I will take it.

perfectionist · Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:11am

joffaboy wrote:Lenny Hayes would be the most underrated mid in the comp.

Not by me. I think he's in the top three or four at the moment - they are the ones who one grab take then deliver.

Post: # 601669Post **n1ck** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:53am

King to Hayes was the combo of the night.

Was like Spider to Burke / Thommo / Harvey in 97.

That combination in the 2nd quarter really breoke the game open with their work at the stoppages.

RBnW · Post: # 601711Post **RBnW** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 12:01pm

what a difference a couple of years make can you imagine last night with Ackland, Rix and Blake rucking

with no disrespect to Rix who I think gives us everything he has to give when he plays.....but watching King last night dominate and knowing M Gardiner is playing in the 2's both who we picked up for nothing does mean that come finals time when the big boys come out to play we can and will be able to compete out of the centre.....thank you Ross, thank you Geelong and thank you Kingy.....the Ruck is back......King to Hayes to Rooie in 5 seconds last night was great to watch

spert · Post: # 601731Post **spert** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 12:17pm

King did well against the Roos too..if he stays injury-free, he will be a big factor in our success this season.

Duggie · Post: # 601778Post **Duggie** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 1:13pm

joffaboy wrote:Thought King had his best game for the Saints tonight. Generally rucked very well and was useful around the ground.

His tap work to Lenny in Qtr2 gave me a bit of a swelling in the nether regions.

Absolutely loved it, and I am sure Lenny loved the work to him.

Lenny Hayes would be the most underrated mid in the comp.

Only in your opinion it seems

SaintWodonga · Sat 12 Jul 2008 1:15pm

King did very well. He is really enjoying his footy with the Saints.

I'd like to MG return very soon. His work was really good before his injury.

esaint66 · Post: # 601830Post **esaint66** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 2:05pm

St DAC wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Thought King had his best game for the Saints tonight. Generally rucked very well and was useful around the ground.

His tap work to Lenny in Qtr2 gave me a bit of a swelling in the nether regions.

Absolutely loved it, and I am sure Lenny loved the work to him.

Lenny Hayes would be the most underrated mid in the comp.

Jeez

I think that is one of those things your meant to keep to yourself

supersaints · Sat 12 Jul 2008 2:12pm

Played a great game, hitting some good form. It seems our set plays at training for tap outs are coming along nicely, a couple of taps to Lenny were superb. I admit to having some doubhts about him standing up physically, however he is looking better as the season goes on... will be more than handy at finals time.

aussierules0k · Sat 12 Jul 2008 3:15pm

milney044 · Post: # 601921Post **milney044** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 4:55pm

Ahh that tapping to Lenny was so enjoyable, especially when Lenny cruised through with a beauty to Roo, who converted.
It's been a long while since I've seen that kind of work from a ruckman that isn't playing for the opposition. Hayes would be loving it. Thankyou Steven King!

joffaboy · Post: # 601944Post **joffaboy** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 5:48pm

aussierules0k wrote:It's not just his tap work, he puts in all day. He encourages team mates all the time... never shuts up Always in the goal square if the op has a shot. Everett could never be bothered doing any of those things.

KING = true champion and we are extremely fortunate, EXTREMELY, that he came our way.

Ex Captain of an AFL football club and it shows in his leadership on field.

Really seems to be putting in for his new club. Really lucky to get someone with that type of attitude.

And now his football is starting to match.

ozrulestrace · Sat 12 Jul 2008 6:23pm

I owe an apology to Steven King. I thought he was a bit of a dud at Geelong and took every chance to bag him when he was playing. However, I can see he has come to the Saints and his ruck skills are outstanding, plus those little handballs off to whoever is running past helps keep the team in an attacking mode.
But I'm even more pleased with the response to Saints wins, going around and hugging the other players and singing the song with gusto with the rest of the team. So he's not just here to wait out his time before the end of his career, he is here to contribute to taking us higher up the ladder.
So Kingy , I was wrong about you and I apologize.

aussierules0k · Sat 12 Jul 2008 6:31pm

LaUrEnCe · Post: # 601978Post **LaUrEnCe** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 6:36pm

Steady, if he has a s*** game everyone will bag him again

against dire ruck opposition it has to be said

howlinwolf · Post: # 602085Post **howlinwolf** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 8:40pm

Unfortunately I didn't see the game last night due to work but it has me wondering how far could we have gone in 2004/2005 with a ruckman like King feeding our mids of that era ?

Could quite possibly given us that extra we needed ?
He's not a big possession winner but a fantastic tap ruckman to advantage.

We have our tails up a bit now. If we can just go on with it and reproduce that 2004/2005 confidence who knows ?
4 1/4 effort is what we need now. Roll on Hawks. Beat them and then WC and PA and it's game on !

mad saint guy · Sat 12 Jul 2008 8:43pm

He certainly smashed Cloke and Kruezer, but that isn't a huge achievement. King has pleasantly surprised me this season, but I still feel that Gardiner has more to offer in terms of raw impact on the game.

Hopefully King's body doesn't break down again with the increased workload.

Teflon · Post: # 602124Post **Teflon** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 9:37pm

howlinwolf wrote:Unfortunately I didn't see the game last night due to work but it has me wondering how far could we have gone in 2004/2005 with a ruckman like King feeding our mids of that era ?

Me too.

Our mids in 04/05 did super jobs given the uck support but just imagine NOT having to rove opposition taps and having the confidence out of the middle to workto your own ruckman.....hhmmm...

plugger66 · Post: # 602125Post **plugger66** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 9:39pm

Teflon wrote:
howlinwolf wrote:Unfortunately I didn't see the game last night due to work but it has me wondering how far could we have gone in 2004/2005 with a ruckman like King feeding our mids of that era ?

Me too.

Our mids in 04/05 did super jobs given the uck support but just imagine NOT having to rove opposition taps and having the confidence out of the middle to workto your own ruckman.....hhmmm...

I agree Gt should have gone for a ruckman instead of Goddard or Dal when he had the chance.

stinger · Post: # 602129Post **stinger** » Sat 12 Jul 2008 9:46pm

plugger66 wrote:
Teflon wrote:
howlinwolf wrote:Unfortunately I didn't see the game last night due to work but it has me wondering how far could we have gone in 2004/2005 with a ruckman like King feeding our mids of that era ?

Me too.

Our mids in 04/05 did super jobs given the uck support but just imagine NOT having to rove opposition taps and having the confidence out of the middle to workto your own ruckman.....hhmmm...
I agree Gt should have gone for a ruckman instead of Goddard or Dal when he had the chance.

ffs.......flower me.......

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