Well we have a problem in the ruck and that's fair enough to discuss. Ben needs to improve and will improve but we're only a few games into the pre season. Lets give him a chance.bobmurray wrote:If people are commenting on him being beaten in the ruck HOW is that maligning him, should they just pretend he's a world beater....Dr Spaceman wrote:Many of the competition's elite ruckman, you know, the ones we wish we had, were considered duds when they were Ben's age.
Yes I know that doesnt help our current situation however many people seem to be just writing the big fella off.
Chances are he'll be a gun by the time he reaches his mid 20s and we've just got to manage the ruck situation the best we can while we wait for him to mature.
But go ahead and malign an outstanding young man if it gives you pleasure
We shouldn't HAVE to manage the best we can...the club should have had better planning, or, maybe the well paid experts at the club expected Ben to come on
quicker than he has, if it's all to do with age then there should be incremental improvement not, he gets to 25 and VOILA he's the best at his craft. I'm waiting for the game
against the Hawks to see if he goes up against that rookie McCauley who has toweled him before.. Ben is 23 years old this year, only 2 years to go....can't wait...
Anyway, read through the numerous pages on this and other Big Mac threads and you'll see that some posters are really just dissing the bloke because they don't rate him.
This joker for instance
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bobmurray wrote:I wonder how Ben would go against Mike Pyke...He's got to be able to beat someone.....surely