Interesting and appropriate autocorrect there - heel v heal. The modern Freudian slip. Our rucks never seem to get fit.
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Blues have McKay, De Koning, Casboult who they want in the 22 as forward/rucks, as well as Kreuzer whoâll be their first ruck as long as he wants it, and they were chasing Pittonet with a multi year deal, whilst only offering Phillips 1.
If they were in any way surprised by him wanting out, theyâre even stupider than we all thought.
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We are in big trouble me thinks if Phillips is meant to carry the side with the centre bounce rules.
We dont have a midfield which screams ability when roving off dominant opposition ruckman as it is.
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Yep. Weâd still struggle with Grundy, I reckon.
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Grundy doesnât hurt you that badly with taps, heâs a pretty good tap but thereâs plenty that compete with him there.
He destroys sides at ground level.
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Yeah, thatâs true. Letâs just say, our midfield is rubbish at organizing itself let alone sharking any given oppositions ruckman.
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Draper running https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1226350128845295621?s=20
Irish set shot https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1226054671858454530?s=20
Teakle in the ruck https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1225985590736244736?s=20
Lockyer https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1225970016429821952?s=20
Stewart https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1225958751972163584?s=20
100 metre sprints https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1225951836223373312?s=20
Cian McBride (no 41) and Ross McQuillan (39) https://twitter.com/BomberRicko/status/1225948682375184384?s=20
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Spot on. I rate ridley highly just couldnt see how we could fit him in. Mckenna now playing forward now we can utilise both of them especially if mckenna is on fire as a forward. I just love him as a defender and hope he goes well!
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I worry that shutting down Saad will essentially shut down all our rebound with McKenna moving forward. Interested to see how it plays out.
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If the intention is to be more conservative taking the ball from the backline then Ridley is the perfect replacement for Conor.
Ridley would be in our top 4 or 5 players for hitting targets under pressure and that will suit the new setup.
I think we never should have dropped Ridley and I think he will develop very well under Rutten.
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My recollection is somewhat different. Canât recall TBC playing much of that game. My recollection is that Phillips took Clarke apart!
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I understand the thinking behind being more conservative bringing the ball out of the back line. But at times last year that was literally the only way we could score
You would hope the likes of Redman, Gleeson, Ridley can pick up some slack in that regard and even then if we are adopting a Richmond style game plan than blistering rebound isnât exactly what we should be relying on every week.
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Agree. While teams can have a key player they build a game around, itâs dangerous to put all your eggs in the one basket. You need different options that are robust and reliable in case of injury, opposition shutting down the player, bad game on the night etc.
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Yes, but the bigger issue was getting scored against and being pegged back in our defensive 50 for long periods of the game.
That first kick out hits the target and from there the field opens up for our players to run into.
We tend to just grab it and run and thatâs easy to stop when you know itâs going to happen more often than not.
Beside that I think the best form of defence is having a good attack. If we can get the ball regularly in our front half then our defensive lines will be higher up the ground. West Coast and Richmond are excellent at setting up that way.
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Depends on the mix as a whole
Hurley/Ambrose/Hooker/McKenna/Redman/Saad
v
Hurley/Ambrose/Francis/Ridley/Redman/Saad
Not that huge a difference, IMO.
Yep I agree. If Francis improves and is intercepting and using his kicking more, our rebound will be fine, just in a different way
Nathan Lovett Murray was the best ruckman (under 6â3) the AFL has ever seen.
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What about John Nicholls?
oh yeah - Fark Carlton
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