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12-10-2021, 05:32 PM
#1171
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Found this on Whateley’s SEN show Twitter - the Twitter handle is Riley Beveridge of the AFL
.@RileyBev on the Dogs not chasing a ruckman: "I think it would have come onto their agenda had they lost Jordon Sweet to West Coast.
"I think there'll be more opportunity in the future for him. They're pretty confident he can make that leap and play on a consistent basis."
Can they take me through Lewis Young playing a month of senior footy in the ruck deep into a post season run then?
Anyway…will be happy to see Sweet more often if his form warrants it.
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12-10-2021, 05:35 PM
#1172
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Scraggers
Do they have a spare ruck (even a hybrid one)??
Suns took Ned Moyle at the mid season draft. Young developing ruck.
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12-10-2021, 05:40 PM
#1173
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
The Pie Man
Found this on Whateley’s SEN show Twitter - the Twitter handle is Riley Beveridge of the AFL
.@RileyBev on the Dogs not chasing a ruckman: "I think it would have come onto their agenda had they lost Jordon Sweet to West Coast.
"I think there'll be more opportunity in the future for him. They're pretty confident he can make that leap and play on a consistent basis."
Can they take me through Lewis Young playing a month of senior footy in the ruck deep into a post season run then?
Anyway…will be happy to see Sweet more often if his form warrants it.
There aren't any.
Apparently some guy Lynch from the Pies who has played 3 games will improve the runners up.
Beggar's belief.
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12-10-2021, 05:49 PM
#1174
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
There aren't any.
Apparently some guy Lynch from the Pies who has played 3 games will improve the runners up.
Beggar's belief.
Compared to Sweet who has played a whopping 5 games and was so thoroughly destroyed by Gawn we decided Lewis Young was a better option.
At least Lynch broke even with Gawn and was critical in the Pies beating them.
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12-10-2021, 06:08 PM
#1175
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
comrade
Compared to Sweet who has played a whopping 5 games and was so thoroughly destroyed by Gawn we decided Lewis Young was a better option.
At least Lynch broke even with Gawn and was critical in the Pies beating them.
... it's almost like there is a second tier competition that provides a guide to how players are tracking...
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12-10-2021, 06:21 PM
#1176
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Bulldog Joe
They played the bulk of the year without a real ruck.
That's ridiculous BJ, no team would ever do that.
It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.
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12-10-2021, 06:32 PM
#1177
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
comrade
Compared to Sweet who has played a whopping 5 games and was so thoroughly destroyed by Gawn we decided Lewis Young was a better option.
At least Lynch broke even with Gawn and was critical in the Pies beating them.
That's the sticking point for me.
We went into 2 cutthroat finals with LEWIS YOUNG as our first ruck.
And Young is gone now, too. I'm not sure on what planet taking 3 rucks into next season is good business when one is 35 and managed 8 and 9 games in the last 2 years and the other is Sweet who has played 5 games and discarded for a rarely selected KPD.
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12-10-2021, 06:33 PM
#1178
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
comrade
Compared to Sweet who has played a whopping 5 games and was so thoroughly destroyed by Gawn we decided Lewis Young was a better option.
At least Lynch broke even with Gawn and was critical in the Pies beating them.
That's silly. Lynch was the reason the Pies beat the Demons?
It was at the SCG.
They targeted Oliver.
Cmon.
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12-10-2021, 06:35 PM
#1179
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Mofra
... it's almost like there is a second tier competition that provides a guide to how players are tracking...
Amazing that the Pies let him go. Because of his 5-10 VFL games?
We need to be reasonable here.
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12-10-2021, 06:38 PM
#1180
Re: Well Ruck Me.
For all the machinations I don't think there are any Rucks available that would make any difference to our side next season.
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12-10-2021, 06:38 PM
#1181
Re: Well Ruck Me.
They could be looking at Sweet's trajectory in athletic performance based on previous improvement rates and figure he will be in a better position to run to the required level/ fatigue less than he was this year when Lewis was picked over him.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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12-10-2021, 06:41 PM
#1182
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
jeemak
They could be looking at Sweet's trajectory in athletic performance based on previous improvement rates and figure he will be in a better position to run to the required level/ fatigue less than he was this year when Lewis was picked over him.
You've tried to trade Dunks, you didn't talk to Ed to find out his injury, you hate Kurt Cobain but on this...
You are wise.
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12-10-2021, 06:50 PM
#1183
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
That's the sticking point for me.
We went into 2 cutthroat finals with LEWIS YOUNG as our first ruck.
And Young is gone now, too. I'm not sure on what planet taking 3 rucks into next season is good business when one is 35 and managed 8 and 9 games in the last 2 years and the other is Sweet who has played 5 games and discarded for a rarely selected KPD.
Stranger things I guess. We started this year with the intention of playing Bruce, Naughton and English as our tall forwards and with Martin as the first ruck. Unfortunately Martin got injured and Sweet was given just a small run at it.
Late in the season around when Bruce was injured and after we lost some faith in Sweet we improvised and threw Young into the ruck mix with OK results given the spare parts nature of how we used him. It's not like we had spent the better part of the season grooming him as a ruck man.
Now after losing Young to Carlton after preferring him over Sweet and with English deferring on signing a contract extension and question marks again on Martin's fitness we seem to think that the 3 boys will have this covered.
Lets hope this works out well for us and the boys are fit and firing.
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12-10-2021, 06:51 PM
#1184
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
That's the sticking point for me.
We went into 2 cutthroat finals with LEWIS YOUNG as our first ruck.
And Young is gone now, too. I'm not sure on what planet taking 3 rucks into next season is good business when one is 35 and managed 8 and 9 games in the last 2 years and the other is Sweet who has played 5 games and discarded for a rarely selected KPD.
The Tigers won flags with Shaun Grigg as a ruck.
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12-10-2021, 07:00 PM
#1185
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
You've tried to trade Dunks, you didn't talk to Ed to find out his injury, you hate Kurt Cobain but on this...
You are wise.
The bolded part is untrue, but I do think Dave Grohl is overrated.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.