#41 Jordon Sweet

[lutts]

Interested in the progress of Jordon. Named as an emergency this week, is there any chance he will go past Tim and become #1 ruck or will he only ever be the backup ruck.

 

[weltschmerz]

I think he'll be more of a second ruck coming off the bench. I like his tough play style but he'd need to get more of a tank on him.

 

[weltschmerz]

Wonder if we can train him as a full back?

 

[Virgin Dog]

Wonder if we can train him as a full back?

Problem is that we already have a full back who can ruck (Trengove), but Bevo won't even consider him when it comes to team selection. It's frustrating, but it's basically a thing now where we don't respect the Full Back or Ruck positions. Every tall needs to be a swingman, and every ruck needs to be an extra midfielder, at the expense of hitouts. I can't see us having any sustained success using the current model. Jordon looks promising, but he doesn't even get a chance. I honestly don't see why we even drafted him if we don't respect his position in the first place

 

[PKPK]

Problem is that we already have a full back who can ruck (Trengove), but Bevo won't even consider him when it comes to team selection. It's frustrating, but it's basically a thing now where we don't respect the Full Back or Ruck positions. Every tall needs to be a swingman, and every ruck needs to be an extra midfielder, at the expense of hitouts. I can't see us having any sustained success using the current model. Jordon looks promising, but he doesn't even get a chance. I honestly don't see why we even drafted him if we don't respect his position in the first place

Absolutely correct on all counts. We needed a crash and bash big man in lots of games. The Brick is unfashionable but he has a real crack. Sweet never got a sniff. Why recruit him then? Why didn’t Young get a game? English was thrown to the wolves with no support.
Now we are seeing how the players really felt having to ruck & stuffing their year. Exit Dunkley, a great kid who had an all Australian year in 2019.


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[weltschmerz]

I don't think he'll be on the list next year, seeing what happened with Lachie Young

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Lachie Young

Age

24

Ht

189cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.5

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

220.3

3star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.5

2star

HB

3.5

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

MG

210.0

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

MG

219.6

4star

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