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  • Ludwig
    Veterans List
    • Apr 2007
    • 9359

    Originally posted by AnnieH
    He is a lovely person and an absolute gentleman. I have a deep respect of this.
    Annie, would you care to add a comment about his ruck work?

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    • 56-14
      Warming the Bench
      • Dec 2015
      • 260

      Originally posted by Ludwig
      Annie, would you care to add a comment about his ruck work?
      Ludwig - wouldn't expect too much here.

      If, however, you need a wedding planner, she knows Lynette Bolton.

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      • Ludwig
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2007
        • 9359

        Originally posted by 56-14

        If, however, you need a wedding planner, she knows Lynette Bolton.
        Thanks, but don't need one at the moment and I already have my own personal divorce planner on retainer.

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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          Originally posted by Ludwig
          Annie, would you care to add a comment about his ruck work?
          Without him in the ruck, we'd be up @@@@ creek without a paddle.
          I think he's a better ruckman than a forward.

          (Do you need smelling salts?)
          Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
          Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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          • RogueSwan
            McVeigh for Brownlow
            • Apr 2003
            • 4602

            Originally posted by AnnieH
            ... I think he's a better ruckman than a forward...
            Agreed
            "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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            • grarmy
              Warming the Bench
              • Aug 2010
              • 406

              I find the love for 'The Log' infuriating. He is a grossly over-paid player who IMO simply doesn't deliver as a forward. He is average as a ruckman. Even when you combine both roles, you still don't get a winner. I don't care how nice he is, I would trade him in a flash.
              "Play like you can’t lose."

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              • 0918330512
                Senior Player
                • Sep 2011
                • 1654

                Originally posted by grarmy
                I find the love for 'The Log' infuriating. He is a grossly over-paid player who IMO simply doesn't deliver as a forward. He is average as a ruckman. Even when you combine both roles, you still don't get a winner. I don't care how nice he is, I would trade him in a flash.
                Of course we are all entitled to our opinions. Mine is that Kurt's an above average ruckman without being elite. He's above average as a forward (pretty good hands, ok on the ground, strong, a good set shot - since he's been with us). Tippett is also potentially important to our structure, as he frees up attention on Buddy & Sammy. Tippett's size & potential output demands that he is assigned a tall defender when he is forward. Hopefully Naismith or Cameron will shoulder the ruck workload and free Kurt to dominate as a strong, relatively agile, deep tall forward this year. If Reid has an injury free season, having a 196cm strong marking 3rd tall forward (when they also want to double team Tippett and Buddy), will be a headache of migraine proportions for most defences. Tippett's great flaw IMO is he is below average injury wise. Spends too much time in the medical room.

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                • Aprilbr
                  Senior Player
                  • Oct 2016
                  • 1803

                  Tippett!!

                  Word is he is on $800k per annum. A lot for a guy who is not in our best 6 players. He adds a lot to our structure but does not deliver on that kind of money. Furthermore while he has played some excellent games for us at times he does miss a lot of games and has played poorly in both grand finals. Despite what I've just said we are stuck with him till contract end as no one else will pay him that type of money. Hopefully he will prove us all wrong and deliver a career best season. I would love to see that.


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                  • RogueSwan
                    McVeigh for Brownlow
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 4602

                    Originally posted by grarmy
                    I find the love for 'The Log' infuriating. He is a grossly over-paid player who IMO simply doesn't deliver as a forward. He is average as a ruckman. Even when you combine both roles, you still don't get a winner. I don't care how nice he is, I would trade him in a flash.
                    As many others have mentioned, he is really good when given a injury free run. It is just that those injuries occur too often.
                    "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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                    • bloodspirit
                      Clubman
                      • Apr 2015
                      • 4448

                      Originally posted by 09183305
                      Of course we are all entitled to our opinions. Mine is that Kurt's an above average ruckman without being elite. He's above average as a forward (pretty good hands, ok on the ground, strong, a good set shot - since he's been with us). Tippett is also potentially important to our structure, as he frees up attention on Buddy & Sammy. Tippett's size & potential output demands that he is assigned a tall defender when he is forward. Hopefully Naismith or Cameron will shoulder the ruck workload and free Kurt to dominate as a strong, relatively agile, deep tall forward this year. If Reid has an injury free season, having a 196cm strong marking 3rd tall forward (when they also want to double team Tippett and Buddy), will be a headache of migraine proportions for most defences. Tippett's great flaw IMO is he is below average injury wise. Spends too much time in the medical room.
                      +1
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                      • goswannies
                        Senior Player
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 3049

                        202cm 105cm ... ragdolled much of today like he was the size of Simon Phillips

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                        • barry
                          Veterans List
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 8499

                          Originally posted by goswannies
                          202cm 105cm ... ragdolled much of today like he was the size of Simon Phillips
                          I am officially over tippet. Has failed to deliver.

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                          • Bloody Hell
                            Senior Player
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 3085

                            Originally posted by grarmy
                            I find the love for 'The Log' infuriating. He is a grossly over-paid player who IMO simply doesn't deliver as a forward. He is average as a ruckman. Even when you combine both roles, you still don't get a winner. I don't care how nice he is, I would trade him in a flash.
                            +1

                            There is a problem with playing 3 talls forward...it's no coincidence the effective forward line fielded last year given Reid's absence. Not bagging Reid, just the structure.

                            Naismith is a better ruckman, Franklin and Reid are better forwards.
                            The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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                            • grarmy
                              Warming the Bench
                              • Aug 2010
                              • 406

                              He was embarrassing yesterday. So much money. So little return Ryder killed us in the ruck and around the ground.
                              "Play like you can’t lose."

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                              • barry
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 8499

                                Is tippets best game still that final where he was still with the crows?

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