Tim English and the ruck dilemma

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Not on Tim, but I love that we are now leaving Darcy forward for longer and instead pulling Lobb into the ruck.

I bet every opposition team loved when Darcy was out of the forward line.

Yea I agree with you and I think that with out two big guns the backs are so focused on them it leave Tim a heap of space and undersized back man to jump over.

just on Lobb also when he moves into the ruck we don’t seem to miss him for that small amount of time. I know that people think our back 6 are the opportunity but I think it’s a mix of guys playing different roles and they seem y get a little better each week.

[mighty_west]

Not on Tim, but I love that we are now leaving Darcy forward for longer and instead pulling Lobb into the ruck.

I bet every opposition team loved when Darcy was out of the forward line.

Agree, It's a win/win/win/win, Lobb is better than Darcy in the ruck being Timmy's chop out, Naughton is better with Darcy forward and like you said, our forward line is more dangerous for a lot longer with Darcy spending most of his time up there, plus Timmy can roam forward and pluck a grab or three with most defenders trying to stop Darcy.

[MrMahatma]

On “On the couch” Lethal described Tim as our most important player… an excellent follower… a terrible ruck but excellent follower.

[The Adelaide Connection]

On “On the couch” Lethal described Tim as our most important player… an excellent follower… a terrible ruck but excellent follower.

I saw that, judging by what he said about the other players he chose for each club I think he also meant that he is the player we can least afford to lose in terms of being able to cover him.

Choosing Bont would be the knee-jerk reaction, but we saw earlier in the year that whilst Bont missing sucks, the collective midfield unit can still operate pretty well.