Well Ruck Me.

[soupman]

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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.

[Happy Days]

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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).

[Axe Man]

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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.

Link

[Happy Days]

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Briggs can’t get a game ahead of a guy who runs like he doesn’t have any achillies. I would be opposed.

[Mofra]

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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.

[Ghost Dog]

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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.

[Mantis]

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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.

How does this relate to our want for a ruckman?

[westbulldog]

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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.

Who are you referring to ?

[Ghost Dog]

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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. ?

[jeemak]

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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.

[dog town]

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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.

[Mantis]

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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.

[Ghost Dog]

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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.

[The Pie Man]

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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

[Bornadog]

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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

Rougheads ruck work was disguised a bit due to the third man up. I think this was also picked out by coaches Macca and Bevo.