Which Rucks?

[SilverLion]

Pretty damn happy with Grundy

Agreed, made up for last week in spades ;D

[miamis_finest]

You pretty much couldn't go wrong with ruckman this year.

Gawn, Goldstein as your super premos, Grundy, Nank and Sandi as your cheaper guys all delivering.

[dmac07]

Pretty damn happy with Grundy

Thats the sort of game he is capable of producing regularly. Lets order up a few more of those!

[Mongoose528]

Edit : Cameron out.

Infected finger! I wonder if he was playing with his dog and it got bit?

Well that puts a pickle in plans.

Think I'm just going to pick Butler to ensure I get a forward loop. Round 1,2,3 covered. Round 4, 5, 6 Eddy can be looped with Nank being the swingman. If Butler is dropped I may even bring in Cameron once he's fit, certainly not the worst scenario.

The case for Witts couldn't be stronger, two bites of the cherry for 6 rounds. Solo ruck duties. A 76 average against his upcoming opponents. Right age for a maturing ruck. Mass confusion in the ruck division generally. An easy correction trade if worst comes to worst. Those picking WHE & Taranto are not playing the odds on my opinion, but enough said of that. Time to lock em in.

The closer we get to Round 1, the more the Goldstein/Preuss combination is looking like a pre-season experiment.

Goldstein has got premium midfielder numbers playing majority sole ruck the past 2 seasons (128 avg in 2015, 108 avg in 2016). Can you afford to miss out on that if you go with Witts instead?

I've detailed my reasoning prior but here's a brief summary.

* Goldy has a degenerative knee condition which opens the door to being managed. His numbers with Daw in the team also sees his average drop to 99.

* Goldy's averages in losses are 109 in 2015 and 98 in 2016. North have a horror run early with 6 finalists in the first 8 rounds and Goldy has a meeting with Sandi in round 5 (an opponent who reduced him to a score of 44 in 2015)

* North are rebuilding so expect some experimentation if finals are off the board.

* North have lost Dal Santo, Wells, Harvey & will be without Cunnington in round 1.

* Preuss will get games this year, particularly with Petrie out of the side.

* Goldy was a distant second to Gawn last year so if we are to assume Sandi is a keeper then we can only choose one other ruckman.

* By playing a rookie at R2 one can capitalise on any price drops with the premo rucks (and they will go down at some stage)

* The difference between Witts and Goldy is 370k, that money could be used to bring in two potential forward keepers (eg. Higgins & Ryder) thus saving a trade if all goes to plan.

Well this has worked out well so far. Cheers Bully.

[Judd Magic]

Bully's the man!  8)

Was spot on about Goldy and I am glad I took his advice.  :)

[Holz]

Bully's the man!  8)

Was spot on about Goldy and I am glad I took his advice.  :)

He scored 105 with preuss in the side.

And preuss got dropped.

Unless the degenerative knee is the reason he is injured its luck.

[Mat0369]

He scored 105 with preuss in the side.

And preuss got dropped.

Unless the degenerative knee is the reason he is injured its luck.

Yup, rolled ankle is just bad luck. If it's all rumor and he ends up playing tomorrow and smashes out a decent score then I wouldn't really give a crap if I was a Goldy owner.

[Judd Magic]

Bully's the man!  8)

Was spot on about Goldy and I am glad I took his advice.  :)

He scored 105 with preuss in the side.

And preuss got dropped.

Unless the degenerative knee is the reason he is injured its luck.

That's what I meant.

Not about Goldys score from last week but the fact that his knee is suss.

Bully was spot on about that even if it is his ankle that's going to keep him out for this week.

Apparently Goldy has been struggling with an ankle complaint all pre season.

[Mat0369]

That's what I meant.

Not about Goldys score from last week but the fact that his knee is suss.

Bully was spot on about that!

That's not how degenerative knees work. You don't just suddenly end up on crutches after a training session.

[Judd Magic]

That's what I meant.

Not about Goldys score from last week but the fact that his knee is suss.

Bully was spot on about that!

That's not how degenerative knees work. You don't just suddenly end up on crutches after a training session.

I hadn't finished my post properly when you quoted me.

Refer to edited post. :)

[Holz]

Well Preus was great.

Reckon goldy woyld have gone 130+ easy. Hes better then preuss.

Goldy preuss combo great just need no sandi injury as no dpp link

[HoleMeal]

Well Preus was great.

Reckon goldy woyld have gone 130+ easy. Hes better then preuss.

Goldy preuss combo great just need no sandi injury as no dpp link

What about R1 Nank R2 Sandi Bench Pruess combo??

Pretty happy with that so far... ;) ;) ;)

[crowls]

Gawn 72  at half time.     At this rate his price might not come down.     Last year had C on him when he got 40 odd.   Need another one of those games if i am going to afford him.

[Bully]

Gawn 72  at half time.     At this rate his price might not come down.     Last year had C on him when he got 40 odd.   Need another one of those games if i am going to afford him.

Still have a few more weeks to go before culling time. Witts on track for 380k so hopefully it's only 250k.

[rfc4eva]

Quite happy with Stef,Hopefully archie stays out of the team