He's taller than John Nicholls and he wasn't bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1eyedog
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He's taller than John Nicholls and he wasn't bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1eyedog
Really hoping his working on some deal to pull an unforeseen ruck out of nowhere during this trade period..
We've got BT waiting in the wings thankfully if Sam the Man does go on to greater things :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bulldogs Bite
Are you ever positive on anything bulldogs related?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vred
He definitely is but he's anxious like many of us regarding the ruck situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by kruder
Yeah the ruck is our no 1 problem. We’ve all assumed we had a plan. When Strauchn from Adelaide re-signed, we assumed we had someone lined up. Let’s not go nuts just yet as the trade period has a ways to go. But it’s certainly a concerning situation right now.
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Originally Posted by kruder
I'm a rusted on die hard and have been since i was as single-digit kid, but yeah I can be critical of the club because I want to see the best for them, we clearly do some things that are unorthodox and that can be a good or bad thing, but sometimes the club goes way out and pulls dumb moves that has me scratching my head as an AFL lover.
As 1eye said, I'm very anxious about us fixing our ruck problem this trade period, because frankly we just got completely pantsed in a grand final by over 100 points in a quarter and ahalf and you can contribute alot of that to lack of ruck domination. Melbourne isn't going backwards, and we need to improve our list to compete.
Sorry if my posting reads negatively to you, but sitting here watching every ''viable'' ruck that is floating around the market be signed by other clubs does make me scratch my head, and I am hoping Power can pull some magic and do something that none of us can see (media included)
Realistically, which rucks can we go for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vred
If Ceglar is off to the Cats then I have no idea to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
Ladhams, wants to be a number 1 ruck, just hitting that age, seen enough of him to know his got something to work with, but according to the media, we're not into him.
Lynch would be ahead of Sweet but not by much, according to the media, we're not into him.
There was talk on BF a few weeks back that we were in heavy talks with an ''injured ruck who didn't play this season'' but that hit a road block, and another poster said we were trying to talk Nank out of leaving Richmond, but again nothing.
So, no idea man, I have alot of faith in power but we don't really have the capitol to pry a listed ruckman out as it is, and most of the state-leaguers have been snapped up or are committed to clubs already.
It is hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vred
Hopefully Sam can get us someone, as I don't think Steph can last a season and we need a mature body.
Sorry that's a cop out. I know the market isn't overly impressive atm but if we come away from this with nothing, or worse, Mason Cox, as the solution to our ruck problem then thats a fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
Its not a new issue, we should have addressed it last year and while Martin was kind of a stop gap he was never going to be the solution.
I like Power and have been impressed with what he's done, but our shopping list this year is exactly the same as last (someone who can be a starting ruck and a good tall defender) and atm we look like not filling either if those positions for the second year running, which is especially infuriating considering even just one of those is likely the difference between us winning a flag and not.
Surely next year’s first (and more) is on the table for a genuine plug and play #1 ruck?
Not a cop out at all. I was interested in seeing who Vred suggest we go for?Quote:
Originally Posted by soupman
Anybody.Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
There is no way that in a league that must have minimum 40 rucks, half of which are gagging for more gametime, and the vast majority of which would cost max a future second, that the only options we had were a cooked Martin and -blank-.
Cellar would be an acceptable result but it seems increasingly likely that a/ hes not for us and b/ there's nobody else in the queue.
Getting another ruck would be great, but I think keeping Sweet, seeing english develop for another year and eeking games out of Martin is actually not a bad strategy for 2022 if a decent ruck is not available.
I get English played poorly in the GF, but his games against Essendon/Brissy/Port in the lead up were excellent. If I was rating his season it would be a big tick and a step forward in his development. Give him 2 more years and he will be dominating!
On Sweet, I liked what I saw. Yes he got monstered by more experienced rucks, but honestly he's played 6 games of league footy. I think as a club we got this one wrong and would have been better missing the GF, but getting him to 15 games. He is competitive, strong and the type of ruck we would be crying for if we et him go.
Martin, we managed poorly! He should play 2 weeks on 1 week off. No more.