DiamondDogs8
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Quite relieved that number isn’t a lot higherWeightman will miss the next 6 due to surgery on his elbow
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Quite relieved that number isn’t a lot higherWeightman will miss the next 6 due to surgery on his elbow
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And for the millionth time, he can't have been all that bad last year given he was literally deemed All-Australian.How good is it seeing English getting his pants pulled down by first gamers, geriatrics and journeymen?
It was about Sweet V Lobb.And for the millionth time, he can't have been all that bad last year given he was literally deemed All-Australian.
Whether or not he is as apparently physical in some random ruck contest and how that flows on to all other elements of the game that helps teams win or lose is far less important than modern footy. It's like people are taking their assessments of rucks from the era of Polly Farmer, Gary Dempsey and John Nicholls even though the game is completely different.
There's no point having good discussion on this forum if people are suggesting that Jordon Sweet is a comparable footballer to Tim English, or that either can play key forward anywhere near as well that either can play in the ruck, or whatever. It's just pointless. People wanting to be obtuse for the sake of it.
How good is it seeing English getting his pants pulled down by first gamers, geriatrics and journeymen?
It was about Sweet V Lobb.
How good is it seeing English getting his pants pulled down by first gamers, geriatrics and journeymen?
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Just replying to your ignorant post. I should know better by now.Nek minut
Yes, a unique game-by-game voting system decided upon by three individuals in a short period of time after the game and with a weird view of the game at the time is exactly the same as a large number of professionals who have limitless time to construct a team from all angles. The same.How many of those defending English saying he’s All-Australian are also critics of the Brownlow and other awards? Is it only one that’s rigged/ poorly ran? Why not all?
English had a good game overall , in fact maybe in our best 6 ?
but he is just a crap ruckman .
I know Charlie doesn’t agree with me .
Ruckman have been important since the game began. It’s one position you can’t always just apply stats too for their influence on the game.
I almost feel sorry for him , cause if he wasn’t 210 cm he wouldn’t have to ruck
I'm not sure if you watched Sweet's game on the weekend but he had enormous impact. 6 tackles & 6 1%'s and beat an elite ruckman in Marshall. There were several things to his game on the weekend that surprised me.How good would it be seeing Sweet running around this year in our best 22. Zero marks and zero impact outside the ruck contests.
Would be a joy to watch.
Just replying to your ignorant post. I should know better by now.
Yeah. We're clearly asking for too much when we want a ruckman that can actually ruck.English had a good game overall , in fact maybe in our best 6 ?
but he is just a crap ruckman .
I know Charlie doesn’t agree with me .
Ruckman have been important since the game began. It’s one position you can’t always just apply stats too for their influence on the game.
I almost feel sorry for him , cause if he wasn’t 210 cm he wouldn’t have to ruck
Let's not confuse Charlie with reason and logic.I'm not sure if you watched Sweet's game on the weekend but he had enormous impact. 6 tackles & 6 1%'s and beat an elite ruckman in Marshall. There were several things to his game on the weekend that surprised me.
He's the complete polar opposite to English in literally every aspect of the game. If English & Bevo were on board, we could've made it work and played both but it was not to be. That ship has sailed.
I'm not sure if you watched Sweet's game on the weekend but he had enormous impact. 6 tackles & 6 1%'s and beat an elite ruckman in Marshall. There were several things to his game on the weekend that surprised me.
He's the complete polar opposite to English in literally every aspect of the game. If English & Bevo were on board, we could've made it work and played both but it was not to be. That ship has sailed.
Nek minut
Let's not confuse Charlie with reason and logic.
It makes him angry.
It's such a bizarre thing to even talk about though, as that's not what you need to be comparing.It was about Sweet V Lobb.
No. What I was saying is that we'd be better off with Sweet & English and 2 second round picks, rather than Lobb & English and no second round picks.It's such a bizarre thing to even talk about though, as that's not what you need to be comparing.
What needs to be compared is Sweet to English as a ruck, and then compare English to Lobb as a forward. It's a small sample size, the only time we can definitively say English has been a forward primarily are the games where he's played with either Jordon Sweet or Stefan Martin.
As a pure ruck, Sweet averages:
8 disposals
3.8 score involvements
1.8 clearances
3.5 contested possessions
22.46 hit outs
34% hit out to advantage (7.6 hit outs per game)
2.08 marks per game
0.15 goals per game
1.46 inside 50s
As a pure ruck, English averages:
15.3 disposals
4.8 score involvements
2.6 clearances
7.2 contested possessions
20.79 hit outs
31.3% hit out to advantage (6.4 hit outs per game)
4.96 marks per game
0.58 goals per game
2.31 inside 50s
So in this instance, if you prefer Sweet to English in the ruck, you're really saying is you'd rather the extra 1.2 hit outs to advantage, at the expense of the rest, because the facts are English beats Sweet in every other measure listed above as a ruckman.
Now let's do the exercise where we compare Tim English the forward/ruck to Rory Lobb the forward/ruck - which is something we'd get if we had Sweet playing as the pure ruck and we never got Rory.
In games where English has been forward/ruck (the games where he and either Sweet or Stef Martin have played - admittedly a small sample size but these are rounds 1-6, 11, 12, PF and GF in 2021 as well as rounds 18 and 22 in 2022), English averages:
12.5 disposals
1 goal
2 tackles
5 marks
4.3 score involvements
12.6 hit outs
As a forward ruck, Rory Lobb averages:
11 disposals
1 goal
2 tackles
4 marks
1.7 score involvements
9.3 hit outs
The fact of the matter is, Tim English is just a bit better than Rory Lobb in the forward ruck role on the small sample size we have, no doubt about that, but the advantages there are well and truly lost in what we lose by moving English out of the ruck.
Yep, I'd give your left nut for him too. Maybe even your right one.I’d give me left nut for Jack Henry.
Gotta be zero chance given the shitshow of Ollie making his way to Geelong.I’d give me left nut for Jack Henry.