With Naismith going down with an ACL, which is obviously terrible news for him and the team I thought I would create this thread for us to all discuss the Swans 2018 ruck strategy.
Currently in 2018 with Naismith gone we only have 3 recognised ruckmen on our list.
Sinclair (200cm) - 64 games
Cameron (204cm) - 0 games
Amartey (196cm) - 0 games
and as you can see only one of those ruckmen have any experience at an AFL level, with Amartey especially looking no where near ready, and Cameron looking a fair way off in the JLT game as well.
Now we have other players who have rucked before, or Longmire has signaled before today could play in the ruck
Ried (196cm) - 120 games
Aliir (194cm) - 16 games
Towers (188cm) - 49 games
Now none of them are ideal, but Towers has had limited success in the ruck, though mostly in him roving to his opponents taps, and then getting a clearance.
So, obviously Sinclair has to play, he is our main ruckman for 2018, but what else do you think Longmire will do as Sinclair can't ruck for entire games, in fact he can probably ruck for at best 60% of a match? Who will Longmire have rucking for the other 40% of the match?
Also, since Sinclair does not have the best record when it comes to injuries, usually getting injured at least once in a season, what do you imagine Longmire will do if Sinclair misses a few games, who will be rucking for us and in what way?
Currently in 2018 with Naismith gone we only have 3 recognised ruckmen on our list.
Sinclair (200cm) - 64 games
Cameron (204cm) - 0 games
Amartey (196cm) - 0 games
and as you can see only one of those ruckmen have any experience at an AFL level, with Amartey especially looking no where near ready, and Cameron looking a fair way off in the JLT game as well.
Now we have other players who have rucked before, or Longmire has signaled before today could play in the ruck
Ried (196cm) - 120 games
Aliir (194cm) - 16 games
Towers (188cm) - 49 games
Now none of them are ideal, but Towers has had limited success in the ruck, though mostly in him roving to his opponents taps, and then getting a clearance.
So, obviously Sinclair has to play, he is our main ruckman for 2018, but what else do you think Longmire will do as Sinclair can't ruck for entire games, in fact he can probably ruck for at best 60% of a match? Who will Longmire have rucking for the other 40% of the match?
Also, since Sinclair does not have the best record when it comes to injuries, usually getting injured at least once in a season, what do you imagine Longmire will do if Sinclair misses a few games, who will be rucking for us and in what way?