So you guys think we can carry Pyke, LRT & a 3rd genuine ruck?
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So you guys think we can carry Pyke, LRT & a 3rd genuine ruck?
Agree cant play LRT , Tippett , buddy , Resting ruck all in the front halfNot me
Unless LRT is going to defence maybe
Agree cant play LRT , Tippett , buddy , Resting ruck all in the front half
Maybe a pace issue with ted , grundy , lrt in the backline and when the ball hits the deck as he is no AJ or Rampe speed wise ?Never been a massive lrt forward fan at any stage to be honest, he has done the job as a pinch hitter down there, but sometimes we look short in defence and im not sure why that isnt his main spot if he is in the side
Maybe a pace issue with ted , grundy , lrt in the backline and when the ball hits the deck as he is no AJ or Rampe speed wise ?
Yeah he probably only fits in if you drop grundy down back, but yeah i think of LRT more as a backman rightly or wrongly
Rightly, backman is his best position IMO. But I agree with Punts about pace possibly being an issue in the backline.
I don't like it, not sure they would do it if we had two quality ruck options I hope his knee holds up and Pyke doesn't get run into the ground in a few rounds time if not sooner Im not sold on his quad, Nankervis wasn't on stand bye for nothing last week he lost valuable game time in the process.Interview with S Dew on swans.com talking about the forward , midfield etc and also said if Tippett plays he will ruck
I hope he at least plays out of the square and leads straight, leaves the fancy stuff to Buddy.
I would hope this is obvious. Isn't this why we got Buddy and Tippett? Footy hasn't changed that much, has it?
Bloody hope so. Problem is Pyke will be there anyway either "resting" or by virtue of being the ruck so what do we gain?If Tippett rucks it'll only be the forward 50 stoppages, where a key forward is useless because of congestion anyway.
Bloody hope so. Problem is Pyke will be there anyway either "resting" or by virtue of being the ruck so what do we gain?
Couldn't agree more.Its not happening this week but hopefully 'zoning' off the corridor from the rushed bomb out from the opposition defence, not that any team we've played so far has had to rush at all through the corridor we have just rolled out the red carpet for them.
The ruck is obviously an issue at the minute would anyone consider trading away somebody to try and have a crack at Goldstein as a free agent? We'll have a few more retirements this year but you'd have to think we'd still need to trade off someone to free up the coin.
They're saying 600k a yearGoldstein would probably demand 750-800k in the open market i guess it depends on what's the status on Tippett contract?
This is clearly what's letting us down, Brisbane's rucks are terrible that's why people think we all of a sudden don't have an issueNope, Pyke and Derickx are around for a few more seasons and between Nankervis and Naismith I think we can get at least a serviceable ruckman, at best a good first ruckman. I'd stick with and develop what we have for now.
This is clearly what's letting us down, Brisbane's rucks are terrible that's why people think we all of a sudden don't have an issue
Nankervis is never going to be a first ruck and Naismith shows good signs but he's always injuredI don't think we don't have an issue, I just don't think overpaying for another free agent is the smartest way to correct the problem while, at the same time, exacerbating our salary cap issue.
If Nankervis or Naismith can turn into good players then that will sort our problem much more cheaply.
Nankervis is never going to be a first ruck and Naismith shows good signs but he's always injured
Think he's suited more as a forward and give the occasional chop out in he ruckGot a reason why that can't happen?