Top 2/5 rucks, 2018 Thread

[Money Shot]

vote for top 2 and list top 5.

Gawn
Ryder
Kreuzer
Jacobs
McEvoy

Really just a stab in the dark this year.

Goldy will be replaced by Preuss by seasons end meaning a drastic drop in points as well as being traded too a team in the premiership window in need of a ruck in the trade period for a draft pick at around the 40 mark.

Martin too share the ruck load with Smith or McInerey as they develop there rucks of the future which will see him drop in points and not be a viable option.

Grundy will have to spend time with Cox before Buckley gets axed in the late rounds of the season. Next season Cox won't get a game and Grundy/Gawn will be the dominate combo.

[crowls]

Most points
Gawn
Kruezer
Ryder
Jacobs
McEvoy
Good comments MS.     Ruck sharing sucks for SC scoring.
I cannot see NicNat putting in 20+ games so for me he is best a first half season goat option.     

[Money Shot]

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Gawn
Kruezer
Ryder
Jacobs
McEvoy
Good comments MS.     Ruck sharing sucks for SC scoring.
I cannot see NicNat putting in 20+ games so for me he is best a first half season goat option.   

In the perfect world Nic Nat plays all games up until round 11 for a 95 average (if he is scoring more than that you would be inclined to keep him which would probably end bad) and makes some money. We Can then trade to Ryder who has went down a little bit in value while maintaing his 105 average for cover over the byes.

However by round 11 im sure there will be many other issues that need attention before trading out a guy like Nic Nat.

[jfitty]

For me:

Gawn
Ryder
Kreuzer
Jacobs
Grundy/Martin

NicNat will be up there in terms of average - but agree that I don't think he'll play every game. Still a lock from the start though.

I really like Ryder this year - he'll definitely continue on his form from last season. Gawn is the elite ruck in the comp, and Kreuzer should be solid again if he can stay healthy.

I still think Grundy and Martin can be around the top 5, but I'd be surprised if they averaged over 100.

[LordSneeze]

Pretty confident with Gawn & Ryder being top 5

The others is anyones guess.
I think it will be
Goldy
Martin
Jacobs

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Gawn
Kruezer
Ryder
Jacobs
McEvoy
Good comments MS.     Ruck sharing sucks for SC scoring.
I cannot see NicNat putting in 20+ games so for me he is best a first half season goat option.   

In the perfect world Nic Nat plays all games up until round 11 for a 95 average (if he is scoring more than that you would be inclined to keep him which would probably end bad) and makes some money. We Can then trade to Ryder who has went down a little bit in value while maintaing his 105 average for cover over the byes.

However by round 11 im sure there will be many other issues that need attention before trading out a guy like Nic Nat.

That is the problem with these type of strategies.  come mid season we are in the middle of it all it becomes easy to defer what we should be focussed on.   

[SilverLion]

Jacobs
Gawn
Kreuzer
Ryder
Martin
Naitanui
McEvoy
Grundy
Goldstein
Witts

Jacobs the most likely to play all 22, thus the most likely to have the highest EOY total IMO.

[Money Shot]

Most points
Gawn
Kruezer
Ryder
Jacobs
McEvoy
Good comments MS.     Ruck sharing sucks for SC scoring.
I cannot see NicNat putting in 20+ games so for me he is best a first half season goat option.   

In the perfect world Nic Nat plays all games up until round 11 for a 95 average (if he is scoring more than that you would be inclined to keep him which would probably end bad) and makes some money. We Can then trade to Ryder who has went down a little bit in value while maintaing his 105 average for cover over the byes.

However by round 11 im sure there will be many other issues that need attention before trading out a guy like Nic Nat.

That is the problem with these type of strategies.  come mid season we are in the middle of it all it becomes easy to defer what we should be focussed on.

Exactly. I think Naitnuai's value is too good too pass up and ideally I would use him as a small stepping stone but there is a good chance I will be stuck with him for the season haha.

[Money Shot]

Jacobs
Gawn
Kreuzer
Ryder
Martin
Naitanui
McEvoy
Grundy
Goldstein
Witts

Jacobs the most likely to play all 22, thus the most likely to have the highest EOY total IMO.

Fair enough. Gawn probably only needs to play 18-19 games to have the most points at the end of the season however and Ryder and Kreuzer seem to be past there injury troubles but I agree Jacobs is most likely to play 22.

[shaker]

Ryder
Kreuzer
Gawn
Jacobs
Witts

Ryder and Kreuzer for 1 and 2 and I have thrown Witts in as a roughy for top 5 think he can improve along with GC team but will start Gawn and either Kreuzer or Ryder but still can't get excited about Nic Nat that horrible word " degenerative " when they were talking about his knee just scares me off

[meow meow]

We Can then trade to Ryder who has went down a little bit in value while maintaing his 105 average for cover over the byes.

Wouldn't mind swapping NN too Paddy after he was went down a bit. He should be the dominate ruckman after there bye.

[Money Shot]

We Can then trade to Ryder who has went down a little bit in value while maintaing his 105 average for cover over the byes.

Wouldn't mind swapping NN too Paddy after he was went down a bit. He should be the dominate ruckman after there bye.

Ideally, this is what I plan on doing.

But there will be bigger problems come round 11 so who knows what will actually happen.

[Grufflez]

No fkn clue.

Rucks are going to be very important this year.

[Adamant]

Gawn
Witts
NN
Longer
Bellchambers

[Holz]

No fkn clue.

Rucks are going to be very important this year.

Agree on the first comment but not on the second.

my answer to the original question is who cares.

barring injury the obvious set up for me is NN Gawn, the fact people are struggling to come up with who is the number 1 option proves this.