Player Watch Trey Ruscoe (Delisted 2023)
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Howe's signed for next year. He wouldn't be so dedicated to his rehab and back at the training already if he had any intention of retiring.
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Trey understands.
Another injury and he will and it's always on the cards now.
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My reply was to someone who said he will retire now.
Fair enough.
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Back to Ruscoe, he did start his career at Collingwood playing as a forward and kicking goals. If there's no place for him down back, this could be an option if we need another tall lead-up forward.
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Looks like there are a few players who DO play better when they’re in the seniors. Rusco, Kelly, both good. Ruscoe is so cool - a fine replacement for Murphy.
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Ruscoe has been playing very well in the ressies.
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True, he was excellent last week.
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That was Fantastic by Ruscoe
I’ll take your money on that.
Bianco, Murley, Harrison and even poor Begg may go before him.
And that Ned is his dad. And I’m not going to begrudge a father pulling strings to keep his son on the list. So be it. And he isn’t without merit. As we’ve seen yesterday, when given a role on a wing. Who’d have even thunk that……
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He hadn’t planned on snapping his arm when he signed.
He’s dedicated to his recovery because he wants to be a part of this year’s tilt at a premiership.
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He needs to stay in the team for at least another game after that performance. I thought he was in our best couple of players in the second half, did very well defensively and his kicking is a nice addition to the backline mix.
He was a kid back then so hard to make too strong an assessment but he wasn’t particularly good up front. Otherwise they wouldn’t have switched him down back you would think. Yes he kicked a few goals but they were largely good fortune than good forward craft. If he is to continue his career longer term I doubt it is as a forward.
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The thing I loved about Trey's game was the lack of the attempt at the miracle handball or kick - too often he's favoured the difficult disposal over the simple and it's come undone - I was waiting for it on Tuesday and it didn't come - he kept it simple and he was really impressive - he's got such good hand and foot skills that he really doesn't need to try to do anything special. Yesterday he stuck with the KISS principle and he pulled it off really well. I hope there's a spot in the side for him this week as he has some very good skills.
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Yes, I know, hence my comment. And if you re-read your comment which I was replying to it was specifically in reference to you saying he was going to retire NOW. If he's dedicated to his recovery and wants to return to footy this year and he does, then he won't be retiring NOW, will he?
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End of the year. I never said ‘now’, that was your inclusion. Let’s see if I’m right. Until then, pull your head in.
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I don't get it. He got a very lucky bounce, then tapped the ball to space then went to ground and Will Kelly helped him?
Back to reality, if he took those marks when in the first half that he could've instead of punching he would've played a very good game. Hope he gets a string of games together.
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I thought it was an okay-to-good game where Ruscoe built in confidence. Early on defensively shaky with poor positioning. After he won some contests he relaxed and played better. He isn't very good overhead marking or spoiling. He really mistimed some spoils. However his pace, ground level game and field kicking are excellent. I was really pleased to see him gain some confidence.
No he didn’t. He contested well, pushed the ball into open space and saw Kelly was there for the out number and then went across the Essendon player and engaged him to shepherd for Kelly. Who then took the ball and cleared long.
It’s simple and you made it difficult. If you don’t like Trey. That’s fine. Hey I have those types. But I choose my targets. Trey is just a kid and growing his game. He may taken longer to cook than most players. But if persisted with. Has some very high end AFL qualities. Size, Speed and quality of disposal. Most bit players have maybe one or two of those. He has all three. If he could just remove the brain farts and his lack of urgency. We’d have a serious player here.
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I was happy with his game, thought he showed a bit particularly in the 2nd half.
He contested well because the ball bounced at right angles straight into his arms, then he tapped it to space and Will Kelly ran across and made it a 2v1.
