Opinion The Ruck. We need to talk.

[Themanbun]

Rucks seem easiest to pry out of other clubs so I'm not sure I'd spend a huge amount of draft capital on it.

 

[DuckYeah]

Rucks seem easiest to pry out of other clubs so I'm not sure I'd spend a huge amount of draft capital on it.

Same as KPD.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Which one? WRFL div 3 doesn’t count

Port Adelaide
Sydney

Maybe Geelong

 

[The Nostradamus]

we need to recruit ruck depth

jordan sweet out of contract
matt flynn unrestricted free agent
grundy a cheap pick up to take his salary

Forgot also Nick Bryan out of contract at essendon behind Draper

 

[DuckYeah]

Port Adelaide
Sydney

Maybe Geelong

As a first ruck?off your 3kz

 

[hoffseason gains]

Forgot also Nick Bryan out of contract at essendon behind Draper

The Nick Bryan’s, Jordon Sweet’s & Matty Flynn’s of the world aren’t an upgrade on Xerri.

Xerri would easily be the best ruckman in the VFL if he played a full season there, Ned Moyle the only one who could contest and is a few years younger.

Free also has a bit about him to see some projection left in his game as a nice back up for a few years.

We should not spend any serious capital on ruck. Just develop what we have. Least important position in football to have a star. Far from our problem. Our whole midfield group just needs a bit of continuity for once.

 

[The Nostradamus]

The Nick Bryan’s, Jordon Sweet’s & Matty Flynn’s of the world aren’t an upgrade on Xerri.

Xerri would easily be the best ruckman in the VFL if he played a full season there, Ned Moyle the only one who could contest and is a few years younger.

Free also has a bit about him to see some projection left in his game as a nice back up for a few years.

We should not spend any serious capital on ruck. Just develop what we have. Least important position in football to have a star. Far from our problem. Our whole midfield group just needs a bit of continuity for once.

Flynn comes for free as a free agent and challenges for number 1 ruck or becomes 2nd in line

Sweet and bryan are out of contract and back ups to english and draper they would come cheap and fancy beating xerri for a spot over their current situations

 

[hoffseason gains]

Flynn comes for free as a free agent and challenges for number 1 ruck or becomes 2nd in line

Sweet and bryan are out of contract and back ups to english and draper they would come cheap and fancy beating xerri for a spot over their current situations

Sweet & Flynn could be decent gets as back ups/competition.
Bryan got a bath from Cooper Keogh, no to him from me.
Not sure we need another list spot on a ruck.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Sweet & Flynn could be decent gets as back ups/competition.
Bryan got a bath from Cooper Keogh, no to him from me.
Not sure we need another list spot on a ruck.

we will once we delist free which i expect us to

 

[the big lebowski]

Serviceable? Would he play first ruck at any other club?

Carlton
Sydney
West coast
Geelong

 

[shinboner magic]

edwards delisting stands by itself and doesnt rely on another list activity.

Just putting it out there , so there isn’t an oversight and he survives on the list

 

[DuckYeah]

Carlton
Sydney
West coast
Geelong

First ruck. Not back up

Stanley, Rathgolea and ceglar are all in front
De koning, tom hickey, ladhams, baily williams all better than X. So he wouldn’t get a game ahead of any of them.

Xerri has a long long way to go. Hence why this is a topic of discussion.

 

[hoffseason gains]

First ruck. Not back up

Stanley, Rathgolea and ceglar are all in front
De koning, tom hickey, ladhams, baily williams all better than X. So he wouldn’t get a game ahead of any of them.

Xerri has a long long way to go. Hence why this is a topic of discussion.

Based on what are they better than him?
Stanley & Hickey probably better on experience. De Koning a better prospect definitely.
X’s skillset is better than Bailey Williams & Ladhams.
Ratugolea isn’t even a ruck man.

If you want an athlete instead of a ruckman than most of these guys are fine, but Xerri is better than all of them at pure ruck craft.

 

[koshari]

Wonder if we turn Lloyd Meeks’s head from the Hawks - he came over thinking he’d be first choice but he’s fallen behind Reeves. Played VFL on the weekend.

Iam all for it, then we inherit the earth

 

[DuckYeah]

Based on what are they better than him?
Stanley & Hickey probably better on experience. De Koning a better prospect definitely.
X’s skillset is better than Bailey Williams & Ladhams.
Ratugolea isn’t even a ruck man.

If you want an athlete instead of a ruckman than most of these guys are fine, but Xerri is better than all of them at pure ruck craft.

Lol Xerri was given an absolute ******* hiding against the Hawks last week. Pure ruck craft, spare me

 

[bennymate]

Can someone please open a Zambrero in the inner-west? Yarraville or Newport or Williamstown. I'm not greedy.

Bring back Salsas and Hamish McIntosh while we're at it.

 

[Chadwiko]

Bring back Salsas

The heirarchy goes;

1. Zambrero
2. Mad Mex
3. Taco Bell
4. Salsas
5. Guzman y Gomez

 

[koshari]

The heirarchy goes;

1. Zambrero
2. Mad Mex
3. Taco Bell
4. Salsas
5. Guzman y Gomez

pollos ray​

 

[JGreezy]

Xerri seems to win the tap a fair bit but hits it to the wrong spots. I don't know if he's unaware of what we're doing, hasn't built chemistry with the mids, has bad footy smarts or what. But he needs to be better if he's also not going to add much around the ground.

 

[Mr north man]

Sweet & Flynn could be decent gets as back ups/competition.
Bryan got a bath from Cooper Keogh, no to him from me.
Not sure we need another list spot on a ruck.

Rookie Keogh his 100 miles ahead of Edwards

 

[Gasometer]

Interesting few pages of reading

My concern is that if we are going to have LDU and Wally in there it would be advantageous to have the best Ruckman we can have…or is it…is it so competitive that we end up with the “chaos ball” and the elite mids will move it on regardless?

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I’m less worried after this week than I was last week. X is not as good as Goldy is now, and will probably never be anything like as good as Goldy has been, but objectively he has barely played this year, stood up and competed ok in the ruck and around the ground against a guy who is touted as one of the best, and has time to learn craft and also learn to play with the young midfield coming up with him. I‘m not 100% convinced but it’s also dropped down my theoretical shopping list.

 

[koshari]

Isn't a ruck just a large stone?

yes, see ccj.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Bring back Pruessy

 

[travelli]

Xerri is going to be fine.

Needs 6 months without injury to appease all doubt.