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    Quote Originally Posted by 111431 View Post
    Hickey has been fantastic. As long as he continues this form Naismith won’t get a look in. Hickey offers so much more - clean taps in the ruck, mobile, marks the ball both forward and back and can kick accurately for goal and passing the ball.

    In my view Naismith only offers the tapping piece.
    One of the things that caught my eye was the way Hickey tapped, not in hope, but with accuracy to people like Mills, who would then swing the team into action. Worked like a machine!
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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    So don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Hickey to keep his place as he's been superb. But I'm pleased from a depth perspective that Naismith is getting back to full training.

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    Any time anyone criticised the decisions by the recruiters, remember this: they are paid to recruit players, so it is likely they see something we don't. How many times have the recruiters made a recruiting decision that was only good in hindsight? In hindsight for the fans, but not them - they knew what they were doing. Kennedy, Craig Bolton, Ted Richards ... and we can add Hickey to that list.

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    Hickey is joint leader with Mills for our AFLCA Champion Player of the Year award after three rounds (11 votes from max of 30).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maltopia View Post
    Hickey is joint leader with Mills for our AFLCA Champion Player of the Year award after three rounds (11 votes from max of 30).
    And Wicks got a perfect 10 . Well deserved


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    I hate to be a downer, but our ruck depth is pretty weak. Perhaps we dont really need a great ruck, but most people would agree that Hickey has been a massive inclusion. For all of our great recruiting to date, we have failed to nail a Max Gawn/Brody Grundy ruck for a good decade now. And we missed out on Jackson last year as well. Conundrum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HeeneyIsAGun View Post
    I hate to be a downer, but our ruck depth is pretty weak. Perhaps we dont really need a great ruck, but most people would agree that Hickey has been a massive inclusion. For all of our great recruiting to date, we have failed to nail a Max Gawn/Brody Grundy ruck for a good decade now. And we missed out on Jackson last year as well. Conundrum.
    Missing out on grundy on current form doesn't look to be a bad thing at all to be perfectly honest. Biggest challenge with ruckman (and don't we know) is consistently keeping them on the park.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HeeneyIsAGun View Post
    I hate to be a downer, but our ruck depth is pretty weak. Perhaps we dont really need a great ruck, but most people would agree that Hickey has been a massive inclusion. For all of our great recruiting to date, we have failed to nail a Max Gawn/Brody Grundy ruck for a good decade now. And we missed out on Jackson last year as well. Conundrum.
    How much of the Pies salary cap is being spent on Grundy? You don’t want a star ruckman, someone like Hickey is perfect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HeeneyIsAGun View Post
    I hate to be a downer, but our ruck depth is pretty weak. Perhaps we dont really need a great ruck, but most people would agree that Hickey has been a massive inclusion. For all of our great recruiting to date, we have failed to nail a Max Gawn/Brody Grundy ruck for a good decade now. And we missed out on Jackson last year as well. Conundrum.
    How many Flags have Grundy and Gawn won , they get centre taps at will but the true worth of a ruckman is also what he does around the ground , knowing when to push back as well as becoming a forward target .


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    Recruit of the year? He’s ranked #8 in the Mongrel Punts current top 50

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    Time seems to have past sinkers by. Now he's 3rd choice ruckman, and probably behind McLean as tall forward.
    He may not play again.

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