Well Ruck Me.

[Mofra]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Sweet losing the VFL battle here to (admittedly a mature) Rhys Stanley.

Is a mature ruck a more important trade target than a KPD?

[The Doctor]

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Sweet losing the VFL battle here to (admittedly a mature) Rhys Stanley.

Is a mature ruck a more important trade target than a KPD?

I think it is

[bulldogtragic]

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Just the facts Jack. Just the facts.

Stef Martin
34 years 7 months

2021:
5 games without injury
2 games injured in/after (Achilles & Shoulder)
7 games missed to injury at this stage

[Vred]

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Just the facts Jack. Just the facts.

Stef Martin
34 years 7 months

2021:
5 games without injury
2 games injured in/after (Achilles & Shoulder)
7 games missed to injury at this stage

Have a feeling his contract extension won't be triggered and we'll be hard on the hunt for another mature ruck at the end of this season.

[Mofra]

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Have a feeling his contract extension won't be triggered and we'll be hard on the hunt for another mature ruck at the end of this season.

I felt he was a 5-10 game ruckman this year but would be a wonderful pick up as a playing coach.
He's been fantastic for the development of Sweet (and to a lesser extent Timmy) but I really want us to pick up a mature ruckman.

Actually, a mature ruckman and a kid (Sam Darcy may be that kid).

Not too many OOC - Max Lynch, Lloyd Meek, Archie Smith, Rhys Stanley, Matthew Flynn, BTC, Chol, Callum Sinclair and Nathan Vardy

Not really an inspiring list.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/out_of_contract_players

[Vred]

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I felt he was a 5-10 game ruckman this year but would be a wonderful pick up as a playing coach.
He's been fantastic for the development of Sweet (and to a lesser extent Timmy) but I really want us to pick up a mature ruckman.

Actually, a mature ruckman and a kid (Sam Darcy may be that kid).

Not too many OOC - Max Lynch, Lloyd Meek, Archie Smith, Rhys Stanley, Matthew Flynn, BTC, Chol, Callum Sinclair and Nathan Vardy

Not really an inspiring list.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/...ntract_players

Yeah really not liking what’s on offer for mature ducks at the moment... English isn’t it, Sweet still needs development, Darcy is a kid, no idea what we do...

[comrade]

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I'd be keeping an eye on Lynch, Meek and Flynn or just hope like hell that Sweet can find another level.

[Happy Days]

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Meek and Flynn are legit. If I was Flynn I would be pretty pissed about putting up good games and still having a guy who I'm like 99% sure is playing in a girdle continually picked ahead of me, but I assume they wanna actually keep him. Meek might be more achievable.

[Mofra]

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Meek and Flynn are legit. If I was Flynn I would be pretty pissed about putting up good games and still having a guy who I'm like 99% sure is playing in a girdle continually picked ahead of me, but I assume they wanna actually keep him. Meek might be more achievable.

Given Meek is a Ballarat boy and that's our area, we should ask the AFL to chip in one of those dodgy 'ambassador' payments that some clubs seem to get (e.g.the money Tom Lynch was offered to stay at GCS, the money Touk Miller gets, NSW ambassador payments, etc)

[Happy Days]

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Given Meek is a Ballarat boy and that's our area, we should ask the AFL to chip in one of those dodgy 'ambassador' payments that some clubs seem to get (e.g.the money Tom Lynch was offered to stay at GCS, the money Touk Miller gets, NSW ambassador payments, etc)

For Lloyd Meek? Doubt they bite.

[azabob]

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For Lloyd Meek? Doubt they bite.

Is the offer in your signature still on the table? Imagine we landed him instead of big Stef.

- RIP Goldstein for 2021 First - 2020-2020 -

[Happy Days]

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Is the offer in your signature still on the table? Imagine we landed him instead of big Stef.

- RIP Goldstein for 2021 First - 2020-2020 -

I know we had a lot of irons in the fire but we really should’ve pushed harder on him. No way if we offered North the pick they say no.

[The Pie Man]

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Ladhams got dropped again this week, massive long shot but worth an enquiry

[bulldogtragic]

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Shout out to Timmy.

NN got 7 more touches (much less efficient though), 16 more hit outs and a handful more clearances
Timmy got 6 more marks and 3 more tackles, 2 more intercepts, 1 more shot at goal, 1 more GA & Score Involvement, 19% more efficient

Without going to the tapes, I’m going to say NN won in the ruck contests that was responsible for his main stats being higher. But Tim seems to have outworked him around the ground, especially forward to even the ledger. Both men played to their very different strengths. In the end best case for WCE was a draw where they expected dominance. Bevo’s counter point to play to our strengths and not overly focus on weakness paid off as Tim’s return was terrific.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Shout out to Timmy.

NN got 7 more touches (much less efficient though), 16 more hit outs and a handful more clearances
Timmy got 6 more marks and 3 more tackles, 2 more intercepts, 1 more shot at goal, 1 more GA & Score Involvement, 19% more efficient

Without going to the tapes, I’m going to say NN won in the ruck contests that was responsible for his main stats being higher. But Tim seems to have outworked him around the ground, especially forward to even the ledger. Both men played to their very different strengths. In the end best case for WCE was a draw where they expected dominance. Bevo’s counter point to play to our strengths and not overly focus on weakness paid off as Tim’s return was terrific.

Agree. But I saw some really good signs from Tim with his ruckcraft. NN is the type of player Tim has been panted by before. Today, we saw Tim time his jumps better, use movement and change of position at the ruck contest to at least halve the hit out, and deny NN (and therefore his on all crew) 100% confidence they were going to win at every ruck contest.
Like Bont, NN's talent can't always be denied, but Tim did more than enough to ensure Nick wasn't a crucial factor.