Rucks Tonight

[CarltonFan]

playing against a man with a broken foot! it was woeful. We were smashed in this department, and need MASSIVE improvement.

Both Cloke and Kruezer were so pre-occupied with Cox, that they were always out positioned when the ball went up aroung the grounds. And in the centre, you could see them watching Cox instead of jumping at the ball.

On a positive note, it would have been great for kruuuuuz to run around with cox. will gain alot from the experience

I think its HAMMER time!

 

[prettyboy65]

yep
hammer back in
kruezer down too ff
(due to fev suspension)

 

[[ToTTi]]

Shaun has to come in, but with due respect to Clokey and Kreuz (in his 5th game mind you), Coxy was special tonight. He was everywhere.

Go blues.

 

[Blue Dimension]

Kreuz is still growing and needs to build body strength.

Clokey was just too small.

Hampson is needed. We need that leap.

 

[The Coach]

Failure to make a contest was getting ridiculous, put Kruise at CHF

 

[Cruiser23]

Shaun has to come in, but with due respect to Clokey and Kreuz (in his 5th game mind you), Coxy was special tonight. He was everywhere.

Go blues.

Hampson will play next week, he has to. Cox killed us tonight, 44 hit outs to 17, last week it was 55 to 19. We can't keep having these numbers against us week in week out if we want to beat the better teams.

 

[ParaBellum]

I really need Hampson to get some game time and build a cult following.

I've had a container load of MC Hammer pants sitting in my spare room since 1992 and my only hope is off-loading them on some Carlton supporters.

Spoiler

You can't touch this

 

[blues1985]

Failure to make a contest was getting ridiculous, put Kruise at CHF

he is 18 you tools for god sake

 

[jonoman89]

Dare i say it....but...is it Ackland time?

Hammer is still very raw and won't offer much improvement to what we already have got going. Cloke + Ackland worked ok together early last year.

 

[TGR]

On a positive note, it would have been great for kruuuuuz to run around with cox. will gain alot from the experience

Yep couldn't agree more. Got given an absolute lesson by the best ruckman of his generation and by the time he's through one of the all-time greats. Whilst it was clearly a contest between man and boy, Kreuz got to see first hand what a great technician Cox is, not only his palming but supreme body use.

 

[Captain Judd]

Dare i say it....but...is it Ackland time?

Hammer is still very raw and won't offer much improvement to what we already have got going. Cloke + Ackland worked ok together early last year.

Id rather have Eddie Betts do the ruck instead of hackland

 

[[ToTTi]]

Dare i say it....but...is it Ackland time?

Hammer is still very raw and won't offer much improvement to what we already have got going. Cloke + Ackland worked ok together early last year.

Err.. No. (h)Ackland is last in the pecking order, he showed why with his unwillingness to throw his body around for us last year when we needed it. Hampson has to come in.

 

[RiCHii]

Dare i say it....but...is it Ackland time?

Hammer is still very raw and won't offer much improvement to what we already have got going. Cloke + Ackland worked ok together early last year.

NO ... NO ... ANYBODY BUT HACKLAND. Bloody put Eddie Betts in the ruck.

 

[RiCHii]

Id rather have Eddie Betts do the ruck instead of hackland

Great Minds think alike

 

[downtheguts]

We are lacking a bit in our ruck department but give it a year or two and our rucks will be right up there.
Cox is just a gun. Good for Kruzz to learn from

 

[Captain Judd]

Great Minds think alike

LOL they sure do.

 

[Doza]

No doubt we got killed in the ruck again tonight (against the #1 ruckman in the league, albeit injured).

But geez come on guys, Kreuz is in his first year and playing every week. This is a fantastic effort and he will be something special, even the commentators mentioned that he looks like he's been playing for three years already.

And poor old Hampson just keeps getting injured.

Yes we get killed in the ruck, but there is plenty of potential upside!

 

[thylacine60]

FMD, I thought Cox was going to beat us on his own. What a freak. Can't recall a more mobile quality tapman. Maybe Len Thompson.

 

[blues4flag]

Dare i say it....but...is it Ackland time?

Hammer is still very raw and won't offer much improvement to what we already have got going. Cloke + Ackland worked ok together early last year.

Pass.

 

[legendtofski]

We got totally *******ed tonight by a guy with a busted foot! But shows you how Weagles burn players out!

our rucks is a long-term project if we are to be finals side..

 

[Warsaw]

Does this mean that having a shot at getting Warnock is a move that we should consider. He's a 206cm ruckman and is a waste of talent at freo and considering he's ready to play in the ruck full time would he be a good option to get??

 

[The Coach]

Yes we get killed in the ruck, but there is plenty of potential upside!

But is that upside in the ruck?

 

[walkers a legend]

Hampson must come in he will hold his own atleast against the burger and charman and he's already a big unit.

 

[Mike_blues]

Dare i say it....but...is it Ackland time?

Hammer is still very raw and won't offer much improvement to what we already have got going. Cloke + Ackland worked ok together early last year.

anyone but hackland
put ellard in the ruck or eddie betts anyone but this pathetic ruckman

 

[AlecDuncan]

Kruezer is probably coming to the end of his senior stint. The MC won't flog him and will give him light runs in the twos every now and then.

Hammer will get his chance soon. Cloke is the workhorse for 2008 though, so it'll either be: Cloke & Kruezer, or Cloke & Hampson, or maybe even Cloke & Aisake (but that's quite unlikely on current form).