Well Ruck Me.

[macca]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

JGM 198cm not 196. Also having watched almost all Footscray games in 2021 he has a great leap, gets more clearances than Sweet, is good below his knees and more mobile around the ground eg see Round 1 against Suns where he was first ruck. Given it was his first season with limited opportunities as a first ruck, IMO he’s shown real promise. I wouldn’t underestimate his potential as a ruck.

Would he be a good rookie option ? Mobile KPD, maybe develop as a ruck or backman ?

Good insurance for Young leaving and incase someone down back gets injured.

[Missing Dog]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Would he be a good rookie option ? Mobile KPD, maybe develop as a ruck or backman ?

Good insurance for Young leaving and incase someone down back gets injured.

Could do worse. A versatile extra tall with mongrel wouldnt hurt. Tough player who looks out for teammates. Got rid of Paddy McCartin when he was literally belting our small forwards in Swans match

[GVGjr]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Would he be a good rookie option ? Mobile KPD, maybe develop as a ruck or backman ?

Good insurance for Young leaving and incase someone down back gets injured.

I think that is a good way at looking at JGM, offers a bit a depth in a couple of positions and a pinch hit in a ruck option.
Tend to think it's a more unlikely scenario for us.

[The Doctor]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

I'd like to see JGM get a go on our list.

[GVGjr]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

I'd like to see JGM get a go on our list.

What position do you think might suit him Doc?

[Twodogs]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

So we’re relying on an injury prone 35yr old to stay healthy, a naturally uncompetitive human to suddenly become an aggressive beast and a guy who we refuse to play to become a number 1 ruck overnight. Good grief. I wouldn’t take odds on any of those happening in isolation.

Yes. According to some anonymous dude on twitter. I don't really pay a lot of attention to tweeters who doesn't use his own name.


Sam Power isn't known for shouting his intentions from the rooftops. Anything could happen between now and when they ring the bell.

[The Doctor]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

What position do you think might suit him Doc?

Key defender.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

So crazy it might just work.

And I recon he would love it. He does have a bit of sh#% in him.

[1eyedog]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

I don't really consider English a ruck and I consider Stef Martin more a development coach than a legitimate 22 + game option.

Jordan Sweet has played 5 games and is effectively our only ruck.

For the love of god.

Lynch has played less and Ladhams has played 20 odd. There's not a lot of difference in experience between some of the other rucks we've been discussing. Unless you mean you want 4 rucks on the list?

There's really not much out there. I'm not sold on having Martin and Ceglar on the list.

[jazzadogs]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Yes. According to some anonymous dude on twitter. I don't really pay a lot of attention to tweeters who doesn't use his own name.

To be fair to the Salty Bulldog, my understanding is they are a fan podcast who collate Bulldog-related information from various news sources. They always accredit their tweets to whichever journalist/news source they got it from. It's not just their thoughts or opinions.

[Twodogs]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

To be fair to the Salty Bulldog, my understanding is they are a fan podcast who collate Bulldog-related information from various news sources. They always accredit their tweets to whichever journalist/news source they got it from. It's not just their thoughts or opinions.

Fair enough. Power tends to keep his cards close to his chest though so I wouldn't be in too much of a rush to believe much the media has to say about us. He'd been into Stef Martin's ear for a few years without anything leaking about it for one thing. Who knows who he's been talking to?

[Bornadog]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

To be fair to the Salty Bulldog, my understanding is they are a fan podcast who collate Bulldog-related information from various news sources. They always accredit their tweets to whichever journalist/news source they got it from. It's not just their thoughts or opinions.

Correct - Matt Donald (grandson of Wally - 54 side) and Alex from Mongrel Punter

[jeemak]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Well ruck me dead, I didn't think this was going to be how the trade period looks to be playing out. Has anyone checked whether Tom Boyd has nominated and is eligible to be picked up in any of the three drafts? I'm running out of ideas to the point of indulging in fantasy on the topic.

Can only hope that our commentary about not wanting to find a ruck this trade period is a ploy to position us to first and foremost secure Darcy without other clubs leveraging our stated need to land a particular ruck, to either insert themselves into or thwart our negotiations with clubs to secure the requisite picks to do so, or secure a ruck target.

Under the circumstances it's a good thing we've retained Sweet, but having only offered him a year it says to me we were probably either not expecting interest from elsewhere or were prepared for him to walk in lieu of having someone else lined up. I guess it's looking like Ceglar is probably worth more to Geelong in terms of contract value than he is to us, it's the only reason I can think of him choosing them.

[Vred]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Age reporting Ceglar to Geelong looking less likely

[jeemak]

Re: Well Ruck Me.

Age reporting Ceglar to Geelong looking less likely

The commentary is a little buried in an article about the Hawks general trading"

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/uncertainty-at-hawthorn-but-key-players-not-discussed-20211008-p58yfd.html

Hawthorn also allowed contracted ruckman Jonathon Ceglar to explore his options in the trade period with Geelong showing initial interest in the 30-year-old ruckman however sources at the Cats said on Friday they were unlikely to make that deal.

So what's happened? Ceglar flagged preference to join the Cats, we had been linked to him but under what terms we're not sure. Is it a matter of our recruiting team putting an offer the player didn't feel was near the mark contractually whilst being possibly appealing to the Hawks, resulting in him getting the hots for a potentially better opportunity with another interested party?

Does this put us back into the race/ frame for him (it's not really a race if nobody else wants him I guess)? We said we're unlikely to try and secure another ruck, but that was after it was reported Ceglar had nominated the Cats as his preferred option. If this changes things, how do we feel about picking him up on the cheap if there's no competition for him?