If Tippett comes, and Reg stays, where does LRT fit in?

[Matty10]

So many people keep saying that LRT stays, as does Pyke, as does Grundy, etc. Who then goes out if our squad is fully fit? McGlynn and Rohan still need to come in (who I think would be automatic selections). With Tippet coming in that makes three inclusions to our GF team.

25 does not fit into 22.

[Mel]

So many people keep saying that LRT stays, as does Pyke, as does Grundy, etc. Who then goes out if our squad is fully fit? McGlynn and Rohan still need to come in (who I think would be automatic selections). With Tippet coming in that makes three inclusions to our GF team.

25 does not fit into 22.

Unfortunately there are no guarantees with Gaz. From all the similar injuries, we will be lucky if he plays firsts in the first half of next season.

[GongSwan]

LRT to cover off for Jude. The Man can do anything.

Start him in the centre bounces as a smash em up player, then forward, back or sideways as the situation demands. Is there anything he cannot do?

[goswannies]

Just a point on Rohan. When I saw him at grand final day, he was not walking like a gazelle. He was propy at best! I think it will be at least 2014 before Rohan can make a contribution to the seniors.

Fractured tibias can take a year or more to get over and they don't always come back as well. Cases in point, Nathan Brown (Richmond) & Chad O'Sullivan (Centrals in the SANFL) though theirs were mid-shaft.
Both came back but took a while. Jamie Lawson, no such luck (though he was the teams runner, so could run, but the speed wasn't there).
Gary's was a compound fracture, so comparable to all the above. It's a bit of a stretch to expect him to be walking normally now. Often it's at least a year out of the game & that's not even a full recovery when they return. Still pain, still limping, reduced power, longer recovery post game, reliance on analgesia etc.

[Big Al]

If Tippett comes, and Reg stays, where does LRT fit in?

I guess it's possible, but you'd hope not with Sam and possibly Goodes as good marking targets.

Tippett tore the Hawks a new one on PF day because the focus went to Tex and they couldn't afford to double team him. Twin towers of Tippett and Sammy will produce nightmares for opposition defences...

This is exactly why I'm excited by Tippett. Terrific player in his own right but it'll be the effect on Sammy's game that makes my mouth water for next year.

[Big Al]

If Tippett comes, and Reg stays, where does LRT fit in?

LRT is so good he could could shark his own tap and then deliver a lace out pass to himself,kick the goal and then to top it off he'd give Chelsea a rest and signal his own goal.

He's close to our most important player simply because the amount of roles he can cover.

[Matty10]

Unfortunately there are no guarantees with Gaz. From all the similar injuries, we will be lucky if he plays firsts in the first half of next season.

Ok, until (or if) Rohan plays next year that still makes 24 into 22 - and this does not include Armstrong or any other players yet to declare their full value to the senior team.

[swanspant12]

Mummy is pretty injury prone and has been this year. Depth is the key to having success. We have depth in abundance.

Pyke will miss out of we get Tippett. Mummy likes the lone hand at ruck and once fit thrives on it. Mummy/Tippett rotate with LRT upforward.

[Cant turn right]

It's hard to dissect a premiership team. I don't think LRT would make way, as has been said he offers so much flexibility. If Tippett and McGlynn come in to the equation then maybe it's Morton, Mumford (fitness) or possibly AJ (as the 3rd tall defender) that are under threat. It's horrible trying to leave someone out.

[Swansongster]

Ok, until (or if) Rohan plays next year that still makes 24 into 22 - and this does not include Armstrong or any other players yet to declare their full value to the senior team.

Mitchell, Lamb, Cunningham, Spangher for starters.

[Nico]

LRT fits in wherever he wants to fit in.

[Melbourne_Blood]

If Tippett comes, and Reg stays, where does LRT fit in?

Mummy may perform better on his own ( when fully fit, and that's debatable) but the team performs better with Mummy and Pyke.

[Triple B]

....or possibly AJ (as the 3rd tall defender) that are under threat.

Did you type that with a straight face?

[satchmopugdog]

LRT is so good he could could shark his own tap and then deliver a lace out pass to himself,kick the goal and then to top it off he'd give Chelsea a rest and signal his own goal.

He's close to our most important player simply because the amount of roles he can cover.

Achilles Jones eat your heart out...The Big Men Fly

[Lucky Knickers]

People are forgetting that it's a 25 game season (or 26 if you have to play two elims).
In that time we have had:
1. ROK out with a leg issue at the start of the season
2. Parker with a broken jaw and then collarbone
3. Mumford with injection-gate
4. LRT with a foot
5. Goodes with a suspension and a hip flexor
6. Jude with a knee
7. McGlynn with suspension and a Hammy
8. Sammy Reids but-tock
9. Smooch's middle ear infection
and then a hundred and one other big or little aches and pains that flare up in the squad that can force a rest.

We need a minimum of 25 to 30 players deep who are capable of playing senior footy if we want to seriously challenge for a flag again over the next few years.
Every week that we have Goodes, ROK, Jude, LRT, Shaw and Ted fit is a blessing but it would be naive to expect these players to not continue to show the signs of age and suffer more injury and take longer to recover.