Tom Hickey

[seeds40]

Starting price is $282,700 and is pretty much guarenteed the 1st ruck spot at St.Kilda, not the best scorer but has pulled out a ton or two in his time, is he worth it? im starting to think he is worth it along with sandi in the ruck, would free up a lot of cash to upgrade elsewhere.

Thoughts?

[jvalles69]

Too risky for me, I had toyed with the idea for a few seconds, haha.  Just think you won't be getting the consistency you need in your ruck departments going with a guy who isn't even close to proven and a guy who gets injured farely frequently over the last few years.

[Spinking]

Not going to be a traditional number 1 ruckmen. Reckon the Saints will play both Hickey and Longer, giving them relatively equal shares in the middle. Probably also both likely to be subbed out at times.

[Windigo]

Never considered.

I'd go for a more established ruck with no competition for his spot.......

[blues boy]

Never considered.

I'd go for a more established ruck with no competition for his spot.......

i.e McEvoy or Jacobs

[Windigo]

Exactly.  ;)

[DT Gun]

im gonna be the bloke who locks cox n laughs at the others who tried to be cheap n patch a ruck spot.

Why you would do anything else but get cox there is beyond me

[GM]

Heading down that road aswell.

[thefuzz]

Definitely not for round 2 onwards but I think he is a valid pick for round 1. Vsing Melbourne who have a weak ruck division, surely Hickey can get say 50 points. Hickey (50) over Cox (80-90) saves what 250k at the expense of say 30 or 40 points?

[pommyadam]

but will 250k really improve you by 40 points

DEF: Suckling->McVeigh
MID: Tyson->Cotchin
FWD: Higgins->Dangerfield

okay, I've cherry picked the cheaper quality players, but I'm not exactly convinced

[me]

the only problem with that theory is that cox is equally just as likely to get a big 120+

cox is actually a lock and even a captaincy option imo

[jvalles69]

Yep WA combo of Cox and Sandi all the way.

[seeds40]

Cox doesn't exactly have an easy task, Minson is a quality ruckman. I wouldn't be suprised if Cox pulls out an 85

[jvalles69]

Cox doesn't exactly have an easy task, Minson is a quality ruckman. I wouldn't be suprised if Cox pulls out an 85

And you can be sure any other ruckman will pull out better?  I actually think Jacobs will pull out a big score against Geelong.  Cox is far more mobile than Minson and will get all his points on +6 marks and kicks all day long.

[zeddyzed]

Hickeys a hot topic coz DT Talk mention him, haha... oh you guys ::)