Rucks: 1 gun, 3 rookies?

[mike_3456]

how do you guys feel about using a strategy of 1 gun and 3 rookies in the ruck this year?

At the moment I have:

Leuenberger, Giles (Stephenson, Longer)

Considering Stephenson and Giles should have decent JS, you can use the cap space elsewhere then trade up one of the ruck rookies to a premium when they've increased in value. I'm hoping Giles will be the Z.Smith of 2012.

[PurpleArmy]

you better hope Giles gets you 70+ a game then. id get rid of Longer, he's up against Berger and Hudson this year, i cant see him scoring well enough to pick. Its pretty simple with rucks, get 2 premos and sit and forget (unless injuries occur), nothing worse then using trades in the rucks unless its downgrading benchies

[Jukes]

I'm going Leuenberger, Giles, Stephenson, Jenkins, the best strategy for rucking

[mike_3456]

haven't heard much about jenkins. is he going to get a game?

[Jukes]

The crows ruck is weak as all they have is Jacobs, Jenkins and a couple of other rookies I've never heard of, and most people going premo/rookie/rookie/rookie has Jenkins as the last rookie.

[mike_3456]

yeah i think longer might be overpriced, with even less of a chance of getting a game.

[valkorum]

I don't like this strategy as you lose too many points and you waste a trade.  If you get a rookie ruck who scores you 70 points a game (prob closer to 50 points a game) compared to the 90 you would get from a prem, you miss out on about 400 - 800 points for the season (if you don't trade)

If you lock and load 2 premiums you don't miss out on those points and you don't have to waste a trade (excluding injury trade) to get to 2 x prem rucks which you will want by finals.

[Phasir]

I'm going with the Gun/Rookie (Rookie/Rookie) "strategy this year, there's the perfect opportunity to do it with two mature ruckman coming into the comp at rookie prices.
Remember Graham Angus? he was/is a 2nd rate ruckman who was just playing as a backup & managed to increase his price to 300k which was enough to let some coaches upgrade him straight to someone like Goldstien or Leuenberger.  This year we have 2 ruckmen who will probably average close to, if not higher than 70.
Giles is going to be the #1 ruck at GWS so will be getting his share of points, only need to hold onto him & Stephenson until they hit their peak & trade one or both of them for a super-premo ruck combination.
The value for money in this rookie-ruck strategy is much better than putting it into the other positions, but that's just my opinion..  8)

[Kuruki]

The crows ruck is weak as all they have is Jacobs, Jenkins and a couple of other rookies I've never heard of, and most people going premo/rookie/rookie/rookie has Jenkins as the last rookie.

Who will you pick to swap him with in the bye round?

[Colliwobblers]

I'm in the middle of bot hstrategies, hoping I can set and forget with the starting rucks yet end up with 3 upgrades instead of 2 and premium duo for finals.

SANDI - HMAC - giles - stephensen

hmac is cheap at about 270k - happy middle ground for me if it works if it doesnt i would have been better off with either 2 premo or 3 rooks, i stand to lose the most but possible gain the most also?

[Andrew]

What about Rowe from Carlton? I'm picking him in RUCK and then may trade in Hale mid-season to cover byes.

[Cicjose]

Rowe has to get past Kruezer, Warnock and Hampson

DPP is good

JS is nearly non-existent

[Andrew]

Lots are talking him up though... we'll see. Maybe Pattison from Hawthorn will be a better option to start with as a R/F?

[Colliwobblers]

rowe will get some games i feel, but he will play up forward and may ruck for the stoppage up fwd i doubt he will go into the ruck much at all more choose him based on what he can score as a fwd

[Cicjose]

if rowe gets games i would be inclined to drop Giles for him