We will ruin Edwards playing second ruck and atm rather Vardy.
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We will ruin Edwards playing second ruck and atm rather Vardy.
We will ruin Edwards playing second ruck and atm rather Vardy.
As much as I dont rate Vardy, Edwards should be our absolute last resort. He's not even a ruckman and is only really helping atm because he is tall and we have injuries.I prefer Edwards to Vardy as a backup and Jones ahead of Ahchee and Petch ..
As much as I dont rate Vardy, Edwards should be our absolute last resort. He's not even a ruckman and is only really helping atm because he is tall and we have injuries.
Since his 2018 GF performance Vardy has been a liability in both the ruck and up forward. He loses 3 out of 4 ruck contests then turns into a traffic cone. In 11 games in 2019 he didn't take a single mark inside 50, only 5 contested marks all year and didn't kick any score, not even a behind. That's beyond poor.If we really think Vardy doesn't offer much as the 2nd ruck/backup both in the ruck and then when he rotates forward and would prefer an Allen type instead but don't want to risk him in the ruck/want to get games into him as a key forward why don't we look into Brander pinch hitting?
If we did I reckon tell Brander/Allen if/when they ruck to get on their bike and run the other ruckman ragged and use their higher mobility rather than necessarily try and match physicality with a ruck beast (just provide a contest and bring the ball to ground and then use your advantage over the other ruckman).
Clearly, based on performances over 2019-20, there is no contest. Brander couldn't do worse in the ruck and it's impossible to do worse up forward than no marks i50 (contested OR uncontested), no goals, no behinds in 11 games.Guess the fundamental question is if you go with two rucks and Allen isn't one of them but is already playing then would Vardy or Brander offer more in the position and resting forward across the whole game?