DT Rucks 2010
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The current trend from posters here seems to be value, value, value. Except for one captaincy option. I'm guessing most people are thinking of putting their captain in the midfield so are overlooking the big DC. Or the wounds still cut from last year.
So your buying him?
I don't decide who I buy until March. December is silly early.
Cox a tougher decision this year. Proven DT stud but with
1) More TOG for Nic Nat
2) No PS thus far
3) Injuries creeping in
4) One year older and a heavy workload over recent years
5) Fully priced and
6) Young improving mids so he doesn't need to get the cheap mark / kick at HB as much
There's a couple of chinks in his armour for 2010.
Interesting that the number 1 and 2 averaging rucks last year played at Subi a lot though.
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Hmmm.. if Brennan is not named as ruck i donno who to choose. My strategy is to pick 2 keepers in the ruck, instead of upgrading 1 of them.
Was thinking Sandilands and Kreuzer - butt i want Kreuzer in the forward line since there aren't many forwards at a lower price that appeals to me at the moment.
Sandilands + Cox would be awesome but they cost too much lol. I see alota people discussing about Kurt Tippet, is this bloke any good? Is he going to be playing primarily as a ruckman or interchange with the forward position?
Was thinking Sandilands and Kreuzer - butt i want Kreuzer in the forward line since there aren't many forwards at a lower price that appeals to me at the moment.
Sandilands + Cox would be awesome but they cost too much lol. I see alota people discussing about Kurt Tippet, is this bloke any good? Is he going to be playing primarily as a ruckman or interchange with the forward position?
I knew someone would ask.
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I don't know a lot about Tippet besides what I was told by Taylor Walker that he is a absolute machine. I also heard that Taylor has been training well and the coaching staff are very happy with his work ethic.
Might be reading into this a bit but Taylor should receive more game time this year and could allow some flexibility for Kurt Tippet to move around the ground a bit.
I'm a bit biased but Taylor is a very very good footballer and still very young, but'm sure he will improve his average this year.
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Yeah good point STKFC. Giving players now i think of it more player positions actually decrease variety. Similar to how everyone jumped on Deledio last year as a forward and even Harvey ect.
Yeah i watched a few brisbane games and remember him being the back up ruck. I thought they gave M.Clark pretty much the whole game to ruck with very little from Brennan, however with Brennan getting 106 hitouts he must be a very good chance of being a ruck option.
As for rucks im only considering
Sandilands, Jolly, Kruezer, Tippett, Hille and Brennan if a ruck. Im starting to lean towards the youth of Kruezer and Tippett as my starting 2 as i reckon they could become keepers. I rate Tippett really highly and will probably pick him now.
As for the above post i think only 1 spot will be allowed in the crows forward line between Walker and Hentschel. One good player will miss their. I cant see them playing 3 good talls especially with Tippett who you want, one out as much as possible.
Yeah i watched a few brisbane games and remember him being the back up ruck. I thought they gave M.Clark pretty much the whole game to ruck with very little from Brennan, however with Brennan getting 106 hitouts he must be a very good chance of being a ruck option.
As for rucks im only considering
Sandilands, Jolly, Kruezer, Tippett, Hille and Brennan if a ruck. Im starting to lean towards the youth of Kruezer and Tippett as my starting 2 as i reckon they could become keepers. I rate Tippett really highly and will probably pick him now.
As for the above post i think only 1 spot will be allowed in the crows forward line between Walker and Hentschel. One good player will miss their. I cant see them playing 3 good talls especially with Tippett who you want, one out as much as possible.
I must be going insane because i have always leaned to Kruzer and Tippett as my #1 and #2. Now that DWD is thinking the same i need to reconsider 
Haha, great minds think alike I guess.
But seriously, it could be a great ploy to start with both Kruezer and Tippett. If only one breaks out you can upgrade the other, but if both break out your laughing. Saves a bit of cash in the start up too.
But seriously, it could be a great ploy to start with both Kruezer and Tippett. If only one breaks out you can upgrade the other, but if both break out your laughing. Saves a bit of cash in the start up too.
You think this is ground related? I guess tallying all rucks average at the ground over 22 weeks is the only way to check if this is coincidental or not. Sandi and Cox are pretty much top of the tree when it comes to ruckmen, let alone DTers.
And if neither breakout?Haha, great minds think alike I guess.
But seriously, it could be a great ploy to start with both Kruezer and Tippett. If only one breaks out you can upgrade the other, but if both break out your laughing. Saves a bit of cash in the start up too.
Then you have 2 durable ruckmen averaging 75.
Yeah and thats definitely not the end of the world.
Also, I had a look on fanplanner and Sandilands + Robbie Gray combine to be roughly the same price as Kreuzer + Deledio. I would expect about the same combined average from them (95-100 for Sandi and Lids, 80-85 for Gray and Krueze) but Krueze and Lids definitely hold the edge in durability.
Also, I had a look on fanplanner and Sandilands + Robbie Gray combine to be roughly the same price as Kreuzer + Deledio. I would expect about the same combined average from them (95-100 for Sandi and Lids, 80-85 for Gray and Krueze) but Krueze and Lids definitely hold the edge in durability.
Isn't it weird how the last few years have given us cheap injured rucks in Hille, H-Mac and Simmonds.
Brennan looks very tempting to me. Didn't he have a game with like 15 tackles this year?
Brennan looks very tempting to me. Didn't he have a game with like 15 tackles this year?
Sandi and Gray are a ruc and fwd combo, kruzer and lids are ruc and midfielder combo
Lids as a midfielder loses a bit of value (so many mid options).
Brennan as a forward is an interesting prospect. reasonably durable the past 3 years 21,22,18. Average the past 2 years has been 84. Are you considering him because you think his average will improve?
Sandi and Gray are a ruc and fwd combo, kruzer and lids are ruc and midfielder combo
You missed the part of my post where it says "I had a look in fanplanner". He is listed as a forward there, and at this stage im more likely to go by that than what you think.
Normally i would agree with you, but i highly doubt that lids will be a forward
Willing to put money on it
Alright then for arguments sake, replace Lids with Pavlich. Pav should get his average back up to 95-100, so is comparable with Sandilands. So it comes down to Kruezer. Both should average a similar amount, but Krueze still holds the edge in durability. The point still stands.
Yes I do. More time in the middle hopefully.
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I must be going insane because i have always leaned to Kruzer and Tippett as my #1 and #2. Now that DWD is thinking the same i need to reconsider
Ha and what is your highest rank
Much prefer Lids and Kruezer. Their both keepers and both durable. Also expect both to improve.
However i could be a little bias im not on the Gray train. I dont think he will avg very high. Not enough to be a keeper. As someone stated before hes a dmaging player like Thomas, not a hige accumulator, but thats only going off a few years i guess. More time in the midfield might mean just more rotations through the midfield. If i here of him running a high beep test or doing well in a 3km run than i might consider. Will also watch the bigpond games, because i havnt seen a huge amount of him.
Sandi and Gray are a ruc and fwd combo, kruzer and lids are ruc and midfielder combo
You must have an inside source, because you seem very sure about players being in certain positions. I think theirs a possibility that Lids could be in both, because we didnt expect him to be a forward last year and he was. Depends if Virtual sports go in with the mindset of giving more player multi positions or going the other side of the spectrum and giving players less positional options. Last year they opted for the earlier.
However i do think that Lids will only be a mid.
. Could make my job easier as i am picking 3 forwards and really like 4 alot, who to leave out could be made easier., very early on but.Again Brennan could very well be a ruck. I didnt realise how many hituouts he accumulated. Probably more than some actual rucks like Robert Campbell.
would love your crystal ball or inside source
Lids played stuff all as a forward this year, that is why i am confident he wont be a forward. It is only my gut feel. Mitch Clarke, Charman, Luenburger, Brennan? I know brennan played a little in the ruck, but i wouldn't think they would give the lions 4 ruckmen? never know i guess.
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