True.
But they not only look short, I suspect they are those dropped â â â â things that make you look like youâre are wearing a nappy!
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Well, when youâre mid-sesh at the pub the last thing you want to be doing is stumbling to and from the loo
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Ah ⌠so you think ânappy pantsâ are really just forward planning.
Great year on the ground, but no hard tag all season. Delist.
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I think that the next step is the NRL enforcing this to all players who go out on a sesh.
The amount of scandals prevented will be enormous.
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If thereâs one thing I trust Belly to prepare for, itâs a drinking sesh
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Youâll be there soon enough, Mr Reboot
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Great season for the Big Fella. Ranked = #1 with Zac Merret for 2018 at Essendon.
Well. CD reckon he is OK, but a lot of Blitz folk will disagree now they heard where this came from.
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Did I miss the reason there was no hard tag this year?
On a side note hard tag after the loss to fark carlton would have been interesting.
CD has always overrated ruckmen
What number is he on the list of ruckmen? I reckon heâd be 6-8th.
If group them as:
Gawn
Grundy
Naitanui
Martin
Ryder (with a good Achilles)
Goldstein
Jacobs
Nankervis
McEvoy
Bellchambers
Sandilands (if he plays on)
Simpson
Witts
Sinclair
Lycett
Luenberger
Hickey
The rest
Probably missed a few
So heâs really only mid table, had a bit of a purple patch in the middle of the season but if you think in terms of wins above replacement heâs marginally better than the average ruckman in the comp.
Need him to take another step up next year and itâs one of the areas on the list where need to be investing in youth.
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We have few elite players, just a lot of above average players, and Tommy is one of those.
There are 55 recognised ruckmen, on AFL lists, about 40 have played AFL games so to be an elite ruckman a player has to be in the top 4. As of now, Tommy is above average, not elite
I would put Tommy at around #8 of the ruckmen playing as of now. He is set to consolidate himself ahead of several of the players like Goldy, Martin, Jacobs and Sandilands who are 3-4 years older than him and nearing the end.
If Tommy remains injury free, next year he might be in the top 5. Its hard to see Gawn Grundy and McEvoy dropping off, but Naitanui will be out for a year and after 2 knee recos, might never be the same again.
Witts will be the next really good ruckman in the comp.,
Did I miss the part when Mcevoy became good?
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I think we must have.
Shouldered the Ruck so well he busted it.
Our ruck coach Mark Jamar was interviewed by Whately on SEN this morning.
Dont bother to listen to it if you want to hear anything about Jamar in the context of Essendon. Jamar did mention Tommy and Mattyâs names once in the 10 minutes. It was all about Gawn.
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bring back hard tag ffs
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Apparently Tom just had a âdistal clavicular resectionâ. This is known as the âMumford Procedureâ
Does that mean he will be able to do this in 2019?
They had jamar on but just spent the whole time taking about Gawn? Flogs
why do you guys still do itâŚ
SEN is for kids.
If you want to listen to real footy talk by people who understand the game, there are many avenues - podcasts are an option. SEN is like WWE is to martial arts. Itâs tongue-in-cheek crass base rubbish fairy floss. Stop complaining. You get what you ask for.
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Any suggestions? I donât listen to SEN since the the troubled times but I havenât stumbled on anything particularly good.