How screwed would we be if Goldie, gets injured while sammy is also on the sidelines? Do we have a 3rd Ruck, even if they are a kid playing in the 2nds mostly?
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Yes, and hes one of the top couple of rucks in the VFL.
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His name is Nick Bryan.
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Let’s pull Andrew Phillips out of retirement in the mid season draft
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Draper is starting to really rack up an extensive injury list history.
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Mark Jamar for MSD
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Bryan and goldstien wont work because the simple fact is bryan doesnt have a shred of forward nous and Goldstien isnt much better
Both are #1 rucks. Im sure they will try it at some stage, but cant see it working
Give me Mott or give me nothing.
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This is what i said last week. He’s either injured or inconsistent. Apart from goal of the year, he’s done very little in his career other than be used as a marketing tool and “team hype man”
Personally, my patience has ran out. We are far better off with a dependable, solid ruck like goldy
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Tend to agree with this.
Draper is unique in that he can at least obliterate packs playing forward.
I reckon you would alternate Goldy and Bryan but not play them together.
my patience had run out with McGrath, so maybe it’s time for me to give up on Draper too…
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I’m losing faith that he’ll ever be able to carry our ruck duties for a full season.
He could still have use to us as an impact player, though. He’s the sort of guy that could rip apart a finals series if the injury stars aligned for him.
But it’s hard to plan around that.
It’s time to have a proper look at Bryan playing number 1 ruck. Goldy is probably due a rest soon anyway.
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Vigo is our future that kid has star written all over him he’s biggest knock pre draft was he versatility and he has shown that he has that in spades with he’s forward work.
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I can see him ripping apart a final. I struggle to see him playing multiple blinders in a row.
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Remember when he was only going to miss 1 week with knee soreness
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RIP
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Recon this could be an injury that we are actually overestimating the weeks off for.
Arthroscopy is a very minor procedure and lots of players are back before 4 weeks after having one.
With the bye round it wouldnt surprise me if he only missed 3 or 4 games.
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Im struggling to think of individual games he’s even ripped apart. If he’s not the #1 ruck though he’s not good enough to play the majority forward, he’s just too dumb. Its funny you say he could rip apart a finals series, whilst i agree to an extent, he’s also the guy who could lose us a final with his goal kicking
What he has is individual, random moments of athleticism, I’ll give him that. He has very, very little idea about footy though. Combine that with being injury prone and yeah, that sick mullet and tradie beer ads wear off pretty quick
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The thing with Draper and the reason people love him is because of the media department and he’s athleticism.
He is more a social media personality then a footballer and as a footballer he is poorly skilled a terrible kick of the footy and doesn’t have a football iq.
If anyone else played like Draper they would be the most hated on player we have had hell they probably wouldn’t get a game.
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