Originally Posted by
vincere
I hope that Longmire was foxing when he said that Tippett would become a back-up ruck when he returns from injury. If that happens, we'll get little return on Tippett's full forward ability for which we've invested heavily.
Tippett has chronic knee tendinitis. Its common name is Jumper's Knee, as it's an over-use injury caused by the stress of jumping and landing. That Tippett's tendinitis should have reached stage 3, after a relative handful of games following a long period of rest and presumably treatment, is a real concern.
Rucking is out of the question. It would also be smart to put more emphasis on being a leading rather than simply a contested marking full forward. That, of course, would require our mids to stop simply bombing the ball in and instead hitting a bloke on the chest.
Since Tippett isn't a ruck option, the question becomes, who is? Obviously, not LRT.
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