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When fit, still our best ruckman.
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Yer bit harsh calling him old.He's 25. Yet to peak. Hope we keep him.
I believe the plan is to have longer quarters back next year so we'll likely go back to two rucks.
Yeah I meant age wise. If the surgery has slowed him down he is cooked.Not sure about not having peaked. Really hope I’m wrong but major groin surgery has probably resulted in him losing some of his mobility
This is Moneyball/MoreyballCould easily see Nank traded at the end of the season. Out of contract at the end of the year, so could be offered up. This is from the HUN
TIGERS FLAG RUCKMAN MAY BE ON WAY OUT
Nathan Broad was close to signing a new multi-year contract at Richmond before the coronavirus pause, but has pledged his future to the Tigers.
He is one of the few uncontracted premiership players at Punt Rd, with the biggest watch on Toby Nankervis who might struggle for regular game time given most clubs will only play one ruckman this season.
Ruck/forward Callum Coleman-Jones is the youngster on the rise and is signed up despite GWS having a crack at him last trade period.
So despite two premierships in four years at the Tigers, Nankervis’s contract has plenty to play out.
He might have to find a first-ruck spot at a rival club.
nah! persist with big ivan.When fit, still our best ruckman.
I think the one ruck selection worked. As did Houli & Higgins. Unfortunately, our other smalls weren't fantastic. I would not be selecting 2 rucks this week.I think any reports of nanks demise are grossly exaggerated, Thursday we saw no benefit from an extra runner yet nank could have provided an option deep forward for an out of sorts jack or chop out for lil ivy who I thought battled manfully v Grundy ensuring that he didn’t monster us
Burson Marsteller parlance, it would have been our Yale alumnus communications chief flying the kite, if Maley was indeed still chief fifteen years later, no doubt Nank's manager would have had preliminary discussions about the hypothetical next deal, but if I were manager I would be furious about this signal'ling by Richmond list management, screams #maslowshammer #toosmartforschoolCould easily see Nank traded at the end of the season. Out of contract at the end of the year, so could be offered up. This is from the HUN
TIGERS FLAG RUCKMAN MAY BE ON WAY OUT
Nathan Broad was close to signing a new multi-year contract at Richmond before the coronavirus pause, but has pledged his future to the Tigers.
He is one of the few uncontracted premiership players at Punt Rd, with the biggest watch on Toby Nankervis who might struggle for regular game time given most clubs will only play one ruckman this season.
Ruck/forward Callum Coleman-Jones is the youngster on the rise and is signed up despite GWS having a crack at him last trade period.
So despite two premierships in four years at the Tigers, Nankervis’s contract has plenty to play out.
He might have to find a first-ruck spot at a rival club.
as you allude to, clearances are not Dimma's key metric.Bit harsh to call him old - he's only 25. That's just reaching peak for a big man.
The problem with Nank (at hitouts) is that he has short arms for a ruck. He's only 9cms shorter than Gawn, but Gawn can reach much higher. Grundy, Stanley, even Soldo, are built with a longer body and arms. Nank's a tank, and very good at the bullocking, around the ground, contesting - being a big body. But we don't win a lot of hitouts or centre clearances with Nank. Now, I'm not convinced that hitouts or clearances are that particularly valuable in today's game, and we've certainly worked out a way to manage the fact that we don't get hurt much - but that may change.
What I would love is if Soldo could take the ruck contests and then magically morph into Nank around the ground.
won't be back to 20. But depends how liberally umpires invoke <time-on>, so not a net 5 min per qtr loss.2020 Game lengths are looking like the death of the ruck. But if 2021 is back to 20 minute quarters then we don't want to be writing any of our rucks off. JR's kicking was a concern this week. Its bizarre, in the GF he was kicking from outside 50. If that persists then we need CJ/Chol as KPF.
I actually think Soldo might offer the best trade value.
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Another thing Soldo has going for him is he can actually jump at centre bounces. Was way higher than Grundy most of the night, although his tap work was very limp wristed. So nice to see a ruckman not do the Vickery.Soldo's worth way more on potential and steadily building a better record in the here and now, we'll keep him ahead of Nank if our hand gets forced.
We're yet to see Nank get back to the peak fitness and athleticism he needs to compete as an undersized first ruck and much as I dislike saying it, the groin surgery means he may never make it back to that level. He really didn't last year and this season hasn't boded well either so far.
We've seen Nank's best - performances he may really struggle to replicate in the future - and it often fell short of matching the top rucks, especially if he was carrying a niggle.
Soldo's a genuine giant with so much more upside and career length potential. He's got the height to carry niggles through games, we lose little if anything in hardness using him over Nank and his skills are pretty much on a par. Because of his raw size and late start he's got a great shot at playing into his 30's given a good run with injury.
Another thing Soldo has going for him is he can actually jump at centre bounces. Was way higher than Grundy most of the night, although his tap work was very limp wristed. So nice to see a ruckman not do the Vickery.
Nank and Soldo will play together once Nank has his legs back after last years surgery, his contest work around the ground and marking down the line will have him back in imo
Can't see why we can't use 2 rucks.
Think we only used 77 of our 90 rotations.
With shorter qtrs it actually makes it easier too manage our mids in particular.
If we're not going too use all our rotations then why go in one tall short?the most important part of it all is tying CCJ up long term ...
cause they like having the extra run a Stack or Pickett gives instead of 2 bigs i assume
If we're not going too use all our rotations then why go in one tall short?
My concern what if we lose an Astbury down back?