Expectations on this board are way too much. Lycett, Sinclair and Hickey all copped heaps of criticism as did a few more through the years including Jason Ball who was mainly a forward who could ruck. All of these have gone to other clubs and performed well for them. All of these players were also older and more experienced at the time. It's laughable at this stage comparing Williams and Jamieson to guys like Naitanui. I am happy if the ruckmen can halve the hit outs contests or at least negate opposition ruckmen. You would also like them to do a bit around the ground. If you are a giant like Sandilands you can dominate hit outs but then the team loses something when he is a liabilty elsewhere and that is where these two guys need to do some work.
on age but from memory Gardiner and nicnat showed much more early on.
