Adelaide Ruckmen

[hawka187]

Just relised that since Ben Hudson and John Messen have gone to Western Bulldogs and Melbourne respectively. Why do other clubs love Adelaide ruckmen so much more than other clubs ruck stocks, In the past Hawthorn got Shaun Rehn (good player) and Mathew Clarke (done nothing tho) to St.Kilda. Not sure if there were any others I missed.

Interesting I think.

 

[Campbell's Chunky]

Big Benny Marsh.

 

[claf-43]

Port, Brisbane and Adelaide have always had loads.....

Now both us SA clubs are getting slim, we've given Ackland, French, Brooks and Biglands

 

[FlyingCrow]

Maric will be ok...By the end of next year Bighlands will be the number two ruck.

 

[BlackDouglas]

Maric will be ok...By the end of next year Bighlands will be the number two ruck.

Hopefully not - hopefully third or fourth for the long term benefit of the footy club. If he has moved down the pecking order, Griffin, Maric and one more will have improved and this has to be a good thing.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Well, at times we've almost overstocked ourselves with ruckman. Alot has to do with our fascination with players that play junior football at ruck, yet we seem to think will develop into KPPs.

Its not a terrible position to be in. Ruckman tend to be in demand in trade week, and we've still got good young stocks with Maric, Griffin, Tippett in waiting.

 

[FAITH]

Why dont we as supporters just face the fact that our club made a huge stuff up by picking Cam Wood over Meesen.

Would have been a beauty in my opinion to have as part of our squad, think Colligwood have got a bargain here for pick 14.

Also i'm not at all dissapointed to have lost Hudson and Meesen, but to lose Mattner in my opinion is a big mistake.
If played in the correct position and given confidence to attack, would be a great player, dissapointed with that decision.

 

[Farmy]

Mattner was never going to be that player again at the Adelaide Football club, the dye had been cast.

 

[-VC-]

I can't begin to say how sick I am of people saying we should have picked Wood over Meesen. Meesen was a much, much better prospect and was not expected to slip to our pick. Hindsight (and bias) is a wonderful thing...

 

[jenny61_99]

What's to say Wood wouldn't have had the same problems at Adelaide that Meesen has had? With Huddo an Biglands/Clarke flying and Maric, Griffin in the background - would he have done better? Pure speculation. How did Wood go in AQFL?

 

[FlyingCrow]

Meesan beat Wood at Footy Park

If we get Symes, losing Mattner is no big deal

 

[Stiffy_18]

I can't begin to say how sick I am of people saying we should have picked Wood over Meesen. Meesen was a much, much better prospect and was not expected to slip to our pick. Hindsight (and bias) is a wonderful thing...