Position 2021 Rucks

[ike2112]

So Paul Hunter was really not great in his debut. Has the leap of a big heavy beasty ruck, but isn't a big body who can throw that weight around.

Gawn might score 180 this week.

Conversely its hard to know how much of that scoring was Flynn being good or Hunter being not really AFL level. Flynn had 2 really nice intercept marks, one early one late, that suggests he'll position well enough to pick up some around the ground points, and he followed up the ground ball ok in the wet.

 

[ike2112]

Felt 100% vindicated over not selecting Gawn....

...then realised that the direct result of that decision was that I had Rowe and Gulden on the bench, not even Emg, because I brought in other more established players...


Friend of mine though went all-in with the 3 rookie rucks and he's basically premo Fwd line already if Ziebell plays well - Dusty, Danger, Zorko, Phillips, Higgins and Ziebell. Actually looks a great shout right through the byes if the amount of rookie FWD/MIDs keep playing as he can switch them through the byes.

Realise I'm quoting myself here, but this really is a conundrum for me here.
I have money saved from the rucks (having already avoided Gawn, and expecting to go Grundy to probably McInerney), that I can plunge into making some rookies or mid-pricers into premos...

But I already had some great wins there:
Heppell, 89, 319,100
Ziebell, 113, 257,900
Jordan Clark, 80, 241,800
H.Young, 88, 279,400
even Taranto, 107, 453,700

Rookies:
Koschitzke, Highmore, Sharp
Powell, Dow, Gulden, Brockman, Scott
Rowe, Campbell

I don't quite bank enough to make Dow a premo, so do I actually go the other way and switch him for Jordon and run with load of extra cash?

Realistically I began with Danger and Rowell so this is probably not a decision needing made until next week...

 

[Andrew Birch]

Realise I'm quoting myself here, but this really is a conundrum for me here.
I have money saved from the rucks (having already avoided Gawn, and expecting to go Grundy to probably McInerney), that I can plunge into making some rookies or mid-pricers into premos...

But I already had some great wins there:
Heppell, 89, 319,100
Ziebell, 113, 257,900
Jordan Clark, 80, 241,800
H.Young, 88, 279,400
even Taranto, 107, 453,700

Rookies:
Koschitzke, Highmore, Sharp
Powell, Dow, Gulden, Brockman, Scott
Rowe, Campbell

I don't quite bank enough to make Dow a premo, so do I actually go the other way and switch him for Jordon and run with load of extra cash?

Realistically I began with Danger and Rowell so this is probably not a decision needing made until next week...

Grundy down to BigO is a bad tactical move when you already don't have Gawn. Weather conditions greatly favoured rucks in the Bris/Syd & GWS/Saints games. People making far too many assumptions based on 1 round of data.

 

[AFDogs]

what the f**k do I do with Reilly O'Brien

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Reilly O'brien

Age

28

Ht

202cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.4

4star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

5star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

14.4

3star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

4star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

24.8

5star

?

Didn't watch the game on Saturday, is he cooked? s**t? Or is it just not a ruckmans game anymore..?

 

[mochacinolatte]

Just stick fat in round 2, not like they gonna lose any money. If they suck, thats for something we can deal with next week.

 

[Deliverance]

what the f**k do I do with Reilly O'Brien?

Didn't watch the game on Saturday, is he cooked? sh*t? Or is it just not a ruckmans game anymore..?

Position - 2021 Rucks

Well. If he's a playing rookie, he's an absolute :padlock: at F8 Good to have you showing your ugly hide around here uncle Jisk you campaigner. 😉

www.bigfooty.com

Srs though. I think we all need to hold our structures for a little bit to see longer term trends. If you don't anticipate rookie corrections next week. Do nothing now.

 

[Unknown Identity]

Post game presser Buckley spoke about not rucking Cox as much as they would have liked.

Today's presser he says he believes Grundy offers alot in front of the ball and they will look at trialling that the first half of the season.

That does not bode well for his SC avg.

 

[TempletonTheRat]

Post game presser Buckley spoke about not rucking Cox as much as they would have liked.

Today's presser he says he believes Grundy offers alot in front of the ball and they will look at trialling that the first half of the season.

That does not bode well for his SC avg.

doesn't bode will for Collingwood either - imo Cox is a liability outside of the goal square

 

[Juzzomac]

Lower ruck scoring + less ruck time = one very scared Grundy owner.

Will give him 1 more week, but feel a correction is going to be needed. Whether that's to a Stef/Hickey to rotate with Flynn or even a Treacy type donut idk, but can't rule out any strat this year.

 

[zoomba23]

doesn't bode will for Collingwood either - imo Cox is a liability outside of the goal square

He’s a liability in the goal square

 

[Ingy]

He’s a liability in the goal square

After that monstrosity of an effort from your mob after quarter time, you should not be piffing stones from your glass shanty mate

 

[brendan84]

Anyone keen to roll with the Fleek combo this week?

 

[CotchyPls]

Hope Gawn goes alright for you this week lads because in rd3 he's gonna get slapped up by the goat

 

[zoomba23]

After that monstrosity of an effort from your mob after quarter time, you should not be piffing stones from your glass shanty mate

Mate, I barrack for a team of 22 shittrucks. If anyone’s qualified to identify a shittruck at another club, it’s me

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Here’s all the rucks’ scores.
Just their performances, other stuff like number of ruck contests etc/, so the general trends, someone else would have to look at.
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Gawn only 73% TOG is interesting. I only saw the first quarter, anyone got an insight there?

He started like dog s**t, got going late apparently, I guess there is some upside there.

 

[gutsroy]

Gawn only 73% TOG is interesting. I only saw the first quarter, anyone got an insight there?

He started like dog sh*t, got going late apparently, I guess there is some upside there.

Aah, no, something wrong with a lookup on Gawn, he was like 92%.
Have deleted, I'll fix and repost later.
Wonder what went wrong there ..

 

[ohh_v]

In 2019, Gawn scored 87 in his first game. Proceeded to ton up in 18 games for that season with one 99. His only other score a 47.

In 2020, Gawn scored 93 in his first game Proceeded to ton up in 12/13 of the remaining games. Lowest score of 87 (he also scored 184 for Round 2!!)

Why would anyone ever doubt this man?

 

[The Sultan]

In 2019, Gawn scored 87 in his first game. Proceeded to ton up in 18 games for that season with one 99. His only other score a 47.

In 2020, Gawn scored 93 in his first game Proceeded to ton up in 12/13 of the remaining games. Lowest score of 87 (he also scored 184 for Round 2!!)

Why would anyone ever doubt this man?

i hope many do..

so far 2300 people have traded out Grundy

 

[gutsroy]

Maybe Tomorrow Here you go, mate, think I found the issue and fixed it. affected three players, by the looks.

 

[The Grover]

what the f**k do I do with Reilly O'Brien?

Didn't watch the game on Saturday, is he cooked? sh*t? Or is it just not a ruckmans game anymore..?

Stoppages down 15%, has to be a big concern for ruck scoring.

Big watch on rd 2 scores.

 

[Andrew Birch]

In 2019, Gawn scored 87 in his first game. Proceeded to ton up in 18 games for that season with one 99. His only other score a 47.

In 2020, Gawn scored 93 in his first game Proceeded to ton up in 12/13 of the remaining games. Lowest score of 87 (he also scored 184 for Round 2!!)

Why would anyone ever doubt this man?

That 47 was injury affected. Had the C on him that day.

 

[Andrew Birch]

Stoppages down 15%, has to be a big concern for ruck scoring.

Big watch on rd 2 scores.

Is that 15% from Rd1 or are you re-hashing the 15% figure from the practice game round?

 

[kananooks]

Realise I'm quoting myself here, but this really is a conundrum for me here.

I do this more than I am proud to admit

 

[kananooks]

I do this more than I am proud to admit

also I would react to my own posts and laugh or cry along with you guys if I could.

 

[The Grover]

Is that 15% from Rd1 or are you re-hashing the 15% figure from the practice game round?

Round 1, stats on Foxtel on the couch