2020 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

**Ludwig** · 17th October 2020, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by andreww1

On ruckmen it wasn’t so long ago that we had so many that we thought we could let Nankervis go. Nankervis is no star but what he does he does well: creates a contest at ball ups so there are no easy exits for the opposition, then works hard to get back in defence and take some intercept marks (he took 2 crucial defensive 50 marks in last night’s last quarter). I think the role of ruckmen is overrated. The best rucks in the league are Natanui, Grundy, Gawn, and Goldstein, and look where their teams are! Richmond won 2017 Grannie with a mid as their second ruck and last night their second ruck was a career backman (Astbury). All you need is someone that is big and strong and prepared to jump in to their opponent all day to create a contest and then work hard to help out the backs.

I can see that you're lobbying for the Ludwig Koenig Von Bayern gold medal.

**Odysseus** · 17th October 2020, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Thunder Shaker

He can, but he needs to learn that plurals do not take apostrophes. (I deleted the apostrophe when posting the link.)

Originally Posted by The Big Cat

And he has to learn that the past tense of lead is not lead (as in the metal)

Originally Posted by ootf

And the difference between illusive and elusive (do we need a new thread?

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Originally Posted by 707

Nice to see that many of us on here are old school enough to pick all this up

"covering the ground as good as any"

If us were back in the days' when younger people could of told the difference between a adjective and a adverb, us'd be on the verge have a period of the clubs greatest success, back in the early 1900s.

Still, it was a good article!

**Nico** · 17th October 2020, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Odysseus

"covering the ground as good as any"

If us were back in the days' when younger people could of told the difference between a adjective and a adverb, us'd be on the verge have a period of the clubs greatest success, back in the early 1900s.

Still, it was a good article!

Then again many people say "could of" instead of "could have".

**Melbourne_Blood** · 17th October 2020, 06:37 PM

Why haven’t all these posts been moved to the grammar thread ?

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**Melbourne_Blood** · 17th October 2020, 06:38 PM

Joking obviously but crikey, the hypocrisy of getting off topic on here !

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**Scottee** · 17th October 2020, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by andreww1

Yes I agree, outside of Buddy there aren’t any Swans I have seen in recent times that have that bit of “magic” that can do the special things. We are a hard working, hard running, disciplined team of very competent players, so if we can find some magic to turn a game when we are under the pump it will make a big difference.

On ruckmen it wasn’t so long ago that we had so many that we thought we could let Nankervis go. Nankervis is no star but what he does he does well: creates a contest at ball ups so there are no easy exits for the opposition, then works hard to get back in defence and take some intercept marks (he took 2 crucial defensive 50 marks in last night’s last quarter). I think the role of ruckmen is overrated. The best rucks in the league are Natanui, Grundy, Gawn, and Goldstein, and look where their teams are! Richmond won 2017 Grannie with a mid as their second ruck and last night their second ruck was a career backman (Astbury). All you need is someone that is big and strong and prepared to jump in to their opponent all day to create a contest and then work hard to help out the backs.
Cheers

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I don't think they would have won without Nankervis's efforts in the last.

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**bloodspirit** · 17th October 2020, 08:20 PM

Papley definitely works magic. Rampe is brilliant coming out of D50. Heeney does some special stuff. And then there's Buddy. I reckon we go alright.

**Velour&Ruffles** · 18th October 2020, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by O'Reilly Boy

I'm more disappointed by Maibaum not ever having a chance, but again, Melican's rapid return to form after a couple of tentative games, along with the arrival of Gould and even Brand as big-bodied defenders squeezed him out.

Yep, me too. He seems to have been cursed.
Given he was only a rookie this season but on the main list before that, are we able to re-rookie him if we wanted?

**Ludwig** · 18th October 2020, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Velour&Ruffles

Yep, me too. He seems to have been cursed.
Given he was only a rookie this season but on the main list before that, are we able to re-rookie him if we wanted?

Yes. But what would be the point? If we wanted to keep him, he was already on the rookie list. The delisting from primary list to rookie draft move is what we will likely see with several players this year, which is what is done when there are too many players on the primary list, but we want to still keep some on the squad, so they are moved to the rookie list to make way for draft picks in the national draft.

**AB Swannie** · 18th October 2020, 07:00 PM

Is anyone else getting increasingly concerned that the club hasn’t announced the re-signing of George Hewitt?

**707** · 18th October 2020, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by AB Swannie

Is anyone else getting increasingly concerned that the club hasn’t announced the re-signing of George Hewitt?

No, very few contracts being signed around the league, waiting no doubt on the TPP announcement. George has had a very difficult year, we'll re-sign in the fullness of time.

**AB Swannie** · 18th October 2020, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by 707

No, very few contracts being signed around the league, waiting no doubt on the TPP announcement. George has had a very difficult year, we'll re-sign in the fullness of time.

Good. I hope you’re right. I needed the reassurance.