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    Quote Originally Posted by mcs View Post
    Or its simply a reflection of us being short of rucks at the current time.... but a simple answer like that doesn't quite create a story.
    AA was a pleasant surprise in the ruck last weekend, and shows he might be a pinch hit ruckman if we need one. But he did get very badly beaten at hit-outs. His value came because a combination of his efforts and those of the midfielders managed to make it a ground level competition for first possession.

    I think Witts is a reasonably talented footballer and he's clearly pretty tall, even by ruckman standards. I suspect he's not the smartest ruckman going around, though. Put Aliir up against someone like Gawn, who is very tall, highly talented AND pretty smart (at least in a football sense) and he'd get trounced. Gawn would find a way to feed midfielders standing a little further away and the Dees would have the ball in their forward 50 before you can blink.

    What the AA ruck "experiment" did suggest, however, was that maybe AA could occasionally be used as a ruck rover in the Goodes mould. Not regularly, but just occasionally, to change things up. He showed surprising agility at ground level and some of his close-in handballing was very good too.

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    Here's my crack at R1 for what it's worth (most probably not much seeing as it's Monday!):

    B Rampe Grundy O'Riordan
    HB McVeigh Aliir Lloyd
    C Jones Mills Cunningham
    HF Parker Reid Papley
    F Hayward Franklin Hewett
    Foll Sinclair Heeney Kennedy
    Int Florent Clarke Blakey Dawson

    I really like Parker up forward. Such a good mark and accurate kick. JPK is another in that category and would be good to see him do well in a new role. All dependent on our young on ballers stepping up but we do need more avenues to goal to be competitive. Ronke is my out - he has been out of sorts for too long now and needs some NEAFL time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blood Relative View Post
    Ok, begrudgingly ill drop one of my Parkers for Mills...but Fox stays.
    Based on some of the form I saw in pre-season games, I'd be happy with three Parkers.

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    'I'm ready to go': Buddy pushes 'Horse' to pick him - AFL.com.au

    Sounds like Buddy will play if he gets through training.

    So my guess for Round 1 team is.....

    B: Rampe, Grundy , McVeigh
    HB: Mills, Aliir , Lloyd
    C: Jones, Kennedy, Florent
    HF: Papley, Reid, Dawson
    F: Ronke, Franklin, Hayward

    Foll:, Sinclair, Parker, Heeney

    I/C: Hewett, Cunningham, Clarke, O'Riordan

    EMERG: Blakey, Melican, Thurlow

    Aliir and/or Reid to pinch hit in the ruck.
    Rampe may play CHB depending on matchups and O'Riordan in the BP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by liz View Post
    AA was a pleasant surprise in the ruck last weekend, and shows he might be a pinch hit ruckman if we need one. But he did get very badly beaten at hit-outs. His value came because a combination of his efforts and those of the midfielders managed to make it a ground level competition for first possession.

    I think Witts is a reasonably talented footballer and he's clearly pretty tall, even by ruckman standards. I suspect he's not the smartest ruckman going around, though. Put Aliir up against someone like Gawn, who is very tall, highly talented AND pretty smart (at least in a football sense) and he'd get trounced. Gawn would find a way to feed midfielders standing a little further away and the Dees would have the ball in their forward 50 before you can blink.

    What the AA ruck "experiment" did suggest, however, was that maybe AA could occasionally be used as a ruck rover in the Goodes mould. Not regularly, but just occasionally, to change things up. He showed surprising agility at ground level and some of his close-in handballing was very good too.
    As always Liz, some reasoned and good comments. He can do a job for us on the occasion, but its not, as that article suggested, some longer term solution beyond that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ernie koala View Post
    'I'm ready to go': Buddy pushes 'Horse' to pick him - AFL.com.au

    Sounds like Buddy will play if he gets through training.

    So my guess for Round 1 team is.....

    B: Rampe, Grundy , McVeigh
    HB: Mills, Aliir , Lloyd
    C: Jones, Kennedy, Florent
    HF: Papley, Reid, Dawson
    F: Ronke, Franklin, Hayward

    Foll:, Sinclair, Parker, Heeney

    I/C: Hewett, Cunningham, Clarke, O'Riordan

    EMERG: Blakey, Melican, Thurlow

    Aliir and/or Reid to pinch hit in the ruck.
    Rampe may play CHB depending on matchups and O'Riordan in the BP.

    Ronke no certainty

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blood Fever View Post
    Ronke no certainty
    Agree given his underwhelming form in the JLT.

    But if forward pressure is what they want I suspect he'll be given a go.

    Otherwise Blakey, as a third tall threat, against an undersized Dogs defence must be tempting for our selectors.
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    We'll have to play strong.....apparently we're playing 22 Thor's!

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    I wonder if we’ll be selecting our away strip, given that the backs of the 22 Thors will be identical to our normal strip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by liz View Post
    I wonder if we’ll be selecting our away strip, given that the backs of the 22 Thors will be identical to our normal strip.
    I did read somewhere last week that we will be wearing the predominantly white strip for this match .


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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain View Post
    I think Buddy will get up.

    Very surprised if this isn't our round 1 team:
    I’m always very surprised when the team that I think should be picked isn’t

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