saynta wrote: ↑Thu 11 Oct 2018 2:32pm Billy will be the no 1 ruckman next year according to Simon.

Source?

Rankine

I think we can look forward to more development from Marshall next year, but imo he's a forward come ruckman not the other way around.

I could be wrong, he could turn into a gun ruck forward. Doubt he would ever be a hit out monster though.

The ruck problem is a real concern for me. How can the club not see that having four ruckmen is overkill? Billy and Hick seem to struggle to finish seasons off, and it would appear that Marshall is even a preferred forward option now. The Pierce/Marshall combo worked okay in the final six rounds, b...

SydneySainter wrote: ↑Sat 06 Oct 2018 4:12pm If true, I guess that explains why we’re keeping Longer.

Nothing can explain why we are keeping longer

I'll be spewing if he gets a contract. May as well de-list him no one is going to want to pick him up

The ruck problem is a real concern for me. How can the club not see that having four ruckmen is overkill? Billy and Hick seem to struggle to finish seasons off, and it would appear that Marshall is even a preferred forward option now. The Pierce/Marshall combo worked okay in the final six rounds, b...

skeptic wrote: ↑Wed 03 Oct 2018 9:13pm

Viscount Jeremiah wrote: ↑Wed 03 Oct 2018 8:54pm Billy is on par maybe with Trent Noble.

Trent was at least an established first ruck

True and Trent was a slightly better mark and kick

I call BS

A lot of negative rubbish around here atm, at the end of the day even if jaxons does have inside info its only one persons opinion

Billy is on par maybe with Trent Noble.

derby Street wrote: ↑Mon 01 Oct 2018 5:15pm Who would you rather Lobb or Hickey? Lobb would also offer something up forward when Nic Nat returns.

Marshall who is similar to Lobb

Hickey is a better ruckman

I noticed a lot of Melbourne supporters on their forum are spewing he wants to leave and still rate him.

His highlights look good, if his body holds up then looks like a good get.

Pitty we can't get rid of Longer instead.

Longer doesn't sweeten any deal hes just a waste of a list position

Would prefer we offload Longer but I'm pretty sure no clubs would be interested.

Imagine he goes to another club and plays like Toby Green

I'm not sure he works hard enough.

He's a very talented player but I don't get a good feeling about him joining the club.

It's to simplistic to blame it all on one guy.

As a club we need to stop making decisions based on emotion

We don't need him. Our backline is the one line we already have enough mature players

Excellent prospect. Probably needs to work on his 1-1 defending a little and this is the reason Brown gets games before him.

Will be better player than N.Brown though

That pass to Paton for a goal was awesome

Don't sack him if we are not going to do it soon.

Our next coach needs to be the best we can get and the process of selection must be very diligently worked through and not rushed.

No way.

His upside is so big we would be crazy to trade him now

He would be free agent I think. And we could get him pretty cheap

I wouldn't mind again assuming it doesn't cost us anything. He's proven very good when on the field and we need guys who can finish

Have to ask how he's gone backwards so far from 2016? He was primed to become elite but has instead become very average