Is Campbell really ahead of Cordy?
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Both were disappointing weren't they? Offered nothing around the ground and were lucky Martin and Leuy were just as bad.
Roughy hasn't had a great year IMO. Even down back he has struggled a bit. Not a fan of Cordy at AFL level but wouldn't be surprised if Minson made way for him.
I think Will is safe, Bevo presser said that none of the rucks were having a good night so Will got subbed for some more run.
I don't believe that sharing the ruck to someone who hasn't necessarily earned it is the right way to go. We have established and excellent pathway from our highly successful VFL side and yet many seem to be more than comfortable to ignore the form displayed at Footscray.
Now I know later in the year we are going to have to make the hard call on some players and opportunities might be granted more than earned but at the moment as far as I'm concerned it's still more around picking the best players each week.
I think he did do more, he was a real physical presence at the stoppages and controlled the ball down to our advantage regularly. He was also doing a bit of enforcing. There was one sequence where in between goals in the second quarter, he was roughing up 3 Brisbane defenders at the same time after one of them pushed one of our smaller players (was it Hrovat? McLean?) around.
Bizarre theory time; game was scrappy due to both sides coming off a break. Big guys take even more time to adapt after a spell.....
But Roughy is our #1 ruck.
We don't need Campbell to be a better 'ruck man' whatever that means in this modern game. Who cares if he can win a few more taps. The role of the second ruck man is to play forward and fit into the defensive structure when not rucking.
Is Campbell better than Cordy at this?