Part of the fun of posting here is being an armchair expert then seeing how right or wrong we are when those in charge at the club make their decisions.
Tom Vs Mike
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I am so tired of all the negativity towards our ruckmen at the moment.
Pyke... is returning from injury. He handballs because players have obviously been told to run past for a handball. It has been happening for years now. Pyke was running back to the goal square to shepherd what should have been a regulation shot at goal from Goodsey.
Derricx....is still learning his trade. It was written in an article somewhere that he is working on bodying the opposing ruckman not tap himself.
In case no one has noticed, our midfielders usually read the opposition ruck taps pretty well. The past couple of weeks they haven't been quite as good at it. Might be something to do with McGlynn & Hanners not being there.
I'm sure there are more things I could say, however, the coaches, seem to be pretty good at what they do and if they want Derrickx & Pyke in the team at this stage, that is fine by me.Comment
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Pyke at his best is not a bad ruckman. He wins his fair share of ruck contests. He's a very good contested mark and has been an accurate kick for goal. We can only hope that he can regain his form in due course. I'm not worried about his age. He should be able to go for another few years and I think we have a succession plan in place with Naismith and Nankervis.
As I have said many times, I doubt we will ever see Derickx play good footy. I know Steve Taubert is known as the 'ruck whisperer' but he would become 'the miracle worker' if he could turn Derickx into a good ruckman. Good luck to him.
We need to push along the succession plan. Nankervis looks like a player. He's got the basics right. I think we have to take a chance and push along his development. Against GWS we should drop Derickx, give Tippo another week to recover and play Nanko.
I think we might look at developing Allir as a ruckman as well. I like the idea of an athletic player who can complete around the ground.Comment
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Pyke at his best is not a bad ruckman. He wins his fair share of ruck contests. He's a very good contested mark and has been an accurate kick for goal. We can only hope that he can regain his form in due course. I'm not worried about his age. He should be able to go for another few years and I think we have a succession plan in place with Naismith and Nankervis.
As I have said many times, I doubt we will ever see Derickx play good footy. I know Steve Taubert is known as the 'ruck whisperer' but he would become 'the miracle worker' if he could turn Derickx into a good ruckman. Good luck to him.
We need to push along the succession plan. Nankervis looks like a player. He's got the basics right. I think we have to take a chance and push along his development. Against GWS we should drop Derickx, give Tippo another week to recover and play Nanko.
I think we might look at developing Allir as a ruckman as well. I like the idea of an athletic player who can complete around the ground.Comment
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Just watching the replay on fox. The last goal to franklin was as a result of a boundary throw in. Pyke tapped straight to k jack who then kicked to franklin who got free for being held. Point is that is that goal probably wouldn't have occurred without the tap ruck work of pyke. Yes pyke was sluggish but he got better and better. That's why I think he has more upside than Tom going forwardComment
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He's a great kick in front of goal though. One of our best (accuracy not distance).Comment
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What was Pyke like as a ruckman after 15 games?
He had Mummy to learn from.
I remember being impressed but I honestly don't remember how good he actually was.
Don't get me wrong, I like Pyke (greatest Canadian to play AFL hands down) I just wonder if Derickx isn't being held up to unreasonable expectationsChillin' with the strange QuarksComment
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