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20-07-2021, 02:07 AM
#571
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Mofra
TBH I'd play Young ahead of Sweet, and I have serious doubts about Young.
Ladhams/Max Lynch next year please.
Naughton, Marra and English as a three-pronged forwardline next year. Bruce works his arse off if he wants to play as well.
What have Ladhams or Lynch done in their limited game time to make you think they're better options? Honest question.
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20-07-2021, 02:16 AM
#572
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
1eyedog
What have Ladhams or Lynch done in their limited game time to make you think they're better options? Honest question.
Ladhams is very different to Sweet. Covers the ground really well, good hands in close, decent mark, fairly quick. I think he would make a good combo with English. Can play forward, and plays a bit like an extra mid. Maybe not as powerful a ruckman as other options though, but could work well in almost a 6040 split with English imo.
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20-07-2021, 10:52 AM
#573
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Yeah agree with the above. Ladhams seems like a bit of a goon but is really talented and huge upside to his game. Even if he stays at this level he'd still be a great asset but he has it in him to be really, really good.
Also is a perfect pair for English and doesn't need to be "hidden" forward when not in the ruck (in the sense that he can meaningfully contribute up there).
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21-07-2021, 04:24 PM
#574
Re: Well Ruck Me.
I don't know much about Briggs but another potential cheapish ruck option? 21 years old, 200cm and 107kg.
Brisbane is not prepared to hand over one of its two first-round picks for a ruck-forward but is considering rival players including Greater Western Sydney ruckman Kieren Briggs.
The Lions are short for talls after the loss of Eric Hipwood (ACL), who won’t be back until deep into 2022.
Brisbane is determined to take picks currently at 14 and 18 instead of handing them over for established talent.
But Briggs, out of contract, will start next year third in the pecking order at GWS behind Matthew Flynn and Braydon Preuss.
He is one of the rucks clubs are considering after three solid games this season.
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21-07-2021, 07:09 PM
#575
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Briggs can’t get a game ahead of a guy who runs like he doesn’t have any achillies. I would be opposed.
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21-07-2021, 09:32 PM
#576
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
1eyedog
What have Ladhams or Lynch done in their limited game time to make you think they're better options? Honest question.
Lynch is AFL standard and would be playing seniors at a lot of clubs right now, more of a 'first ruck' role than a second role.
Ladhams is better right now.
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22-07-2021, 03:05 AM
#577
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Player of the week for Collingwood May 2021
Never should have gotten rid of him. Mobile and playing well. Would have him back in a heartbeat.
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22-07-2021, 08:46 AM
#578
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Ghost Dog
How does this relate to our want for a ruckman?
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22-07-2021, 10:13 AM
#579
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Ghost Dog
Who are you referring to ?
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22-07-2021, 11:29 AM
#580
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Mantis
How does this relate to our want for a ruckman?
That want was created by letting Roughy go. He could be playing good footy for us and a back up to Tim English.
He's playing really good footy. Watch the video in the link I posted.
Watch his work in 2016. Now we are searching for a ruckman. Sorry, it seems kind of silly.
Water under the bridge sorry for polluting your thread, but it's galling. Traded in the last 30 minutes, seems like a knee-jerk thing that has continually cost us.
Rant over, back to your search. Speaking of Collingwood, Mason Cox if Collingwood don't want him. ?
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22-07-2021, 12:53 PM
#581
Re: Well Ruck Me.
He wasn't getting ruck minutes for us, wasn't really playing full back and previous coaches were derided for playing him there.
Well done to him and Collingwood for making full back a viable spot for him.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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22-07-2021, 03:31 PM
#582
Re: Well Ruck Me.
The biggest thing with Roughy in his last year or two was inability to see our games. He just seemed to be limping to the bench every game. Had to have had an impact on our willingness to pick him and trust him with big roles at the time.
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22-07-2021, 04:00 PM
#583
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
dog town
The biggest thing with Roughy in his last year or two was inability to see our games. He just seemed to be limping to the bench every game. Had to have had an impact on our willingness to pick him and trust him with big roles at the time.
Yep... his lack of durability when playing in the ruck was a concern, but in the role he has now seems to have less high impact contests and he is serving Collingwood well.
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22-07-2021, 04:09 PM
#584
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
dog town
The biggest thing with Roughy in his last year or two was inability to see our games. He just seemed to be limping to the bench every game. Had to have had an impact on our willingness to pick him and trust him with big roles at the time.
Seems to be going ok now. Maybe had some body issues.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
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22-07-2021, 04:11 PM
#585
Re: Well Ruck Me.
Originally Posted by
Mantis
Yep... his lack of durability when playing in the ruck was a concern, but in the role he has now seems to have less high impact contests and he is serving Collingwood well.
Bevo seems to insist on our defenders having speed (the Cordy shuffle a clear exception)
Hypothetical - say there’s no history b/w the two, Roughy is 26 in current form, and Bevo had a chance to sign him….I still don’t reckon he wants him
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