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Gawn and Grundy - a failure?
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How good is Collingwood going that they can afford to pay a AA ruckman to pay VFL for another team, because they have a 20 year old who is better than Petracca and Oliver combined, while they sit on top of the AFL ladder?
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You legit have brain damage
Grundy’s recruitment has been an unmitigated flop for the Dees. Pies are laughing, even though we are still paying a small component of his salary. I know I’m laughing my head off. Your club stuffed up. Just own it Fitzey.
If Oliver and Petracca were seagulls they would go alright aswell. Nick is a good player but unlike every other media article, this thread isn’t actually about him.
He played alright against Collingwood from memory, hasn’t worked as good as I’d hope but he’ll be fine after a spell.
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Pretty sure he left training early the other day, reports were he was injured. Has looked hampered in any case.
Great man will be back after a nice bit of vaccy
Great man will be back after a nice bit of vaccy
The thread is not about Darcy Cameron or Collingwood then, which is the post I responded to from you. I guess you couldn't really counter what I said ¯\(ツ)/¯
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2 ruckman can work
It's obviously hard to get right though
It's obviously hard to get right though
Teams in the modern game take advantage of the lack of speed with the opposition fielding another lumbering ruckmen. It can really hurt you on the spread.
This seagull is beautiful, dominates the contested possession count , tackles like a machine , evades opponents like no other , those chips on Sandringham beach are good eating for this Seagull
He’s the best player Collingwood have ever had there’s no doubt about that, he looked quite overrated against the Dees but most players do against a good side.
Collingwood supporters were mocked when they were happy to see Grundy off, but they knew this was coming. He still has 4 years left on big coin.
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This thread isn’t about Daicos.
It’s about Melbourne’s recruitment F up. 4 years to go too. Let’s stay on topic please
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Ned Guy was a blessing in disguise. None of Grundy, Treloar or Stephenson would improve the current Collingwood side
Im happy with the recruitment, he’s having a down patch, that’s alright. He’ll come back after a couple weeks and probably win the coleman. I can wait.This thread isn’t about Daicos.
It’s about Melbourne’s recruitment F up. 4 years to go too. Let’s stay on topic please
This is pretty much it and the reverse applies. Both are great ruckman and in are in the top handful in the AFL.
It's down to poor list management choice by Melbourne. And also poor management advice from Grundy's manager.
I think Melbourne felt Gawn's body was struggling to hold up so wanted to ease the load on him. With not much available in that KPP role I think they thought grabbing Grundy with that price helped keep the ruck domination going that they'd lose with the cheaper option.
It's a tricky spot when your in the window and when you lose a player like Jackson the media can be just as brutal when your not bringing players in to replace them to keep it rolling along.
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Feel like there's a fair bit of overreacting going on in here (what's new, lol).
Grundy has been fine this year (save for his complete inability to defend). If anything, he's been a little better than Gawn.
The problem is that Gawn has been horribly out of form as he was brought back too quickly from injury, and has a history of taking a while to find form when he gets injured in-season. People are conflating that lack of form with Grundy's presence, rather than the injury, which is making it look like the partnership is working poorly.
I imagine the thinking with dropping Grundy is that they give Gawn a couple of weeks of full-time rucking to hopefully recapture that form, then re-introduce Grundy so that they're both playing at full capacity come finals time. Not ruling the tandem to be a failure just yet.
Grundy has been fine this year (save for his complete inability to defend). If anything, he's been a little better than Gawn.
The problem is that Gawn has been horribly out of form as he was brought back too quickly from injury, and has a history of taking a while to find form when he gets injured in-season. People are conflating that lack of form with Grundy's presence, rather than the injury, which is making it look like the partnership is working poorly.
I imagine the thinking with dropping Grundy is that they give Gawn a couple of weeks of full-time rucking to hopefully recapture that form, then re-introduce Grundy so that they're both playing at full capacity come finals time. Not ruling the tandem to be a failure just yet.
You could be a politician man.
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Great spin wasn't it
As good as I've read.
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Gawn pretty handy as solo ruck.
Do they bring Grundy back ?
Do they bring Grundy back ?
Nope.
Gawn was always the no.1 dog and it needs to stay that way if they are serious about winning the flag this year.
