He’s a VFL ruckman and backup for TBell if needed ffs. He’s insurance, nothing more. He doesn’t have to be able to do any more than be a short term placeholder. You won’t get a more skill full monkey for the peanuts he’s getting.
That seems pretty clear I think. He just doesn’t have the bulk, or alternatively the elevation, he needs to control his opponent and be in a dominant position to win effective taps
Yeah I get that. I’m not worked up about it. But id like to see us elevate Draper if tbell is unavailable purely to see if his tap work can translate to senior level. I’m less concerned about what he can and can’t offer around the ground
RACIST
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I’d like to have a look at Draper too. But I’m not willing to lose games because he’s not good enough around the ground. I’ll trust the coaches as to when they think he’s ready. Hopefully we won’t need a backup, but if we do, choice is nice.
What if we lose games because Clark is pants in the ruck and we give up 10 goals from stoppages like last Thursday
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Richmond won a flag with grimes rucking portion of the games.
If Belly goes down and we’re left with 2 inadequate choices, the mids need to work differently.
Stringer can play ruck if Clarke isn’t up to scratch.
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Yeah, I’m in the play Draper camp if belly goes down.
You really think that was all down to Clark?
I have this bridge for sale if you’re interested.
Like I said, I’ll go with whoever the coaches think is the best choice.
They are in a much better position to balance each one’s strengths and weaknesses than I am.
Obviously it’s not all down to Clark.
Anyway, all I’m pretty much saying is I’d like to get a look at Draper because I suspect he will be more effective in the ruck.
That premise could of course be entirely false.
Now where is this bridge of yours?
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A bridge, eh?
I do need somewhere for all the pups I’ve been sold to run around.
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This one will even cope with crocs.
Bids?
I’m afraid all I have are these perfectly ordinary magic beans.
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Magic beans eh?
Interesting.
I’l just have to see what Ivan has first.
A cupboard filled with 15 years worth of dashed hopes and pent up frustration…
Hmmmm …
I already have more than 15 years of dashed hopes.
Don’t have too much frustration though, so that’s interesting.
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I knew when i saw that there were 15 new posts in the Zac Clarke thread that most of them weren’t going to be about football.
