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The fact I had to google him suggests young Ned is coming from a long way back imhoHawks CEO's son - project ruck. He is tall.........
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The fact I had to google him suggests young Ned is coming from a long way back imhoHawks CEO's son - project ruck. He is tall.........
Very happy we have TDK at our footy club as well. Kid could be very very good.
do you think he projects as a ruckman?
lot to like about the kid - bear with me here - there’s something very Dustin fletcher about him
so a rung under the top 3 or 4?Tim English ceiling is being what Kreuzer could have been without all of the injuries.
so a rung under the top 3 or 4?
Didn't help him in 2016 and 2017 was the only time he was ever in the top 3-4 ruckman and that was partially because of Gawn and Naitanui not playing much due to injuries and Grundy hadn't fully come on yetKreuzer would have been top 3 or 4 if his body was capable of seeing out whole seasons.
Didn't help him in 2016 and 2017 was the only time he was ever in the top 3-4 ruckman and that was partially because of Gawn and Naitanui not playing much due to injuries and Grundy hadn't fully come on yet
He was a good ruckman but just wan't in the top echelon of ruckman. Nothing wrong with that and that doesn't take away from his career or unfortunate run of injuries
Didn't help him in 2016 and 2017 was the only time he was ever in the top 3-4 ruckman and that was partially because of Gawn and Naitanui not playing much due to injuries and Grundy hadn't fully come on yet
He was a good ruckman but just wan't in the top echelon of ruckman. Nothing wrong with that and that doesn't take away from his career or unfortunate run of injuries
I said he was in the rung just below the top 3 which puts him in that 4-5 bracket.I think it's reasonable to say that Kreuzer could have been a top 5 ruckman and challenged the elite if he had an injury free career.
Lack of continuity and decreasing performance due to injury do have a real impact imo.
I said he was in the rung just below the top 3 which puts him in that 4-5 bracket.
Thats not a knock on him at all
His ability below his knees I will give you. Very agile and mobile for a big man but wasn't a big possession winnerOh he was better than Gawn around the ground when the ball hit the ground or went bellow the knees.
Kreuzer was oustanding as a ruck that roved when on song.
His tap work wasn't elite like a Gawn or Natanui but he was a far better resting ruck forward than Gawn or Nic Nat.
He had top class forward leading talent for a ruck.
Which I think English could develop as he's similar in many ways.
Sean Darcy is a decent young ruckman, got to say I haven't seen a hell of a lot of him.
From what I have seen yes. I suspect he'll be a good ruckman that can push forward and take a good mark.
Has a very good leap on him.
Who would be examples of this?Ruckmen always take a long time to develop, apparently, as long as you conveniently ignore the fact that most of the best ruckmen are already elite players by the time they are 23.
Ladhams seems to be quite a unique player, almost silky with the ball in hand. Looking like he'll be a quality ruckman for a while to come.
Probably better off being a good around the ground ruck that needs to improve on pure ruck craft than an old school ruck who can win hit outs but can't do much else.Pistol has a lot of assets, good mover for a big bloke, loves getting on the end of possession chains and has shown a bit up forward, biggest issue for him (other than being a pantsman in a pandemic) is the ruckwork itself. Been monstered a few times now (Ryder this year, Goldy and Pittonet last year), he isnt overly big for a ruckman so will be interesting to see if he can develop that part of his game to one day be a standalone ruck.
Who would be examples of this?
How does this example support your statement that young rucks are elite players by 23?Nathan Lovett-Murray was only 27 when he led Essendon's ruck division.