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Sandy, for at least a week...to see how Hickey goes as our ruck.
Seen guys like Goldstein dropped, because modern footy is so dependant on these guys giving the mids an advantage.
Hilarious. Lets drop our 3rd best player for the year so we can play a guy who hasnt done anything yet in his preferred postion because he is doing nothing in another position. Thank goodness you arent a selector this week.
I wouldn't judge anyones ability on being a forward in a game where the team kicks 6 goals. 4 of which were kicked by small forwards and another by a midfielder.
BigMart wrote:Hickey has a long way to go.... And he will never be a forwards ass.... Cannot take a grab
He is a tap Ruckman only, and nowhere near as good as McEvoy as a #1.... Can't be a #2 because he will be a liability anywhere else....
Tonight he was shocking really
plenty of contested grabs in there
Thanks for posting the link that I couldn't be bothered posting.
This kid is an absolute puppy: a second-year player with 15 games under his belt. Everyone knows ruckmen take time and people on here are giving the kid 15 months FFS!! He'll make it and will be worth the wait.
Hickey took some good marks tonight and is a work in progress, however what really let him down was his disposal, just couldn't hit a target tonight, though his kicking technique isn't too bad, hell of a lot better than Jones.
plugger66 wrote:
Hilarious. Lets drop our 3rd best player for the year so we can play a guy who hasnt done anything yet in his preferred postion because he is doing nothing in another position. Thank goodness you arent a selector this week.
No
Let's drop Ben because he isn't performing well enough in the ruck, and he is a ruckman.
3rd best all year?
Flattering, had a good week last week.
When the commentators start talking about you more as a big man floating back to help the defence, and not about your ruckwork, doesn't help us much.
If we had some wins in the middle, it wouldn't be going in there so much anyway.
Jeez give the kid a break. He is not just a tap ruckman, he can take a grab and will be probably be a dangerous forward option in 1 or probably 2 years. He and Mc Evoy are going to be one hell of a combo.
plugger66 wrote:
Hilarious. Lets drop our 3rd best player for the year so we can play a guy who hasnt done anything yet in his preferred postion because he is doing nothing in another position. Thank goodness you arent a selector this week.
No
Let's drop Ben because he isn't performing well enough in the ruck, and he is a ruckman.
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ummm last week he played out of his skin so after tonight lets drop him?
Boy, you guys are tough. He's only played a few games. Ruckmen can take a while you know. How long has McEvoy been playing? And he played his best game for us only last week.
