JLT Round 1 - Blues v Hird's Old Crew (this Thursday, Princes Park)

[bmaurizio]

Agreed. We need to take every opportunity to build a properly functioning team.

Agree Spot On.

[Gointocarlton]

Why do they name sides with players so obviously out of position?

It’s interesting that both Lobbe and Phillips are playing. If one rests forward, we’ll have an enormous forward line ????  I guess we’re trialling a two ruckmen structure ????

Two ruckmen teams are back in vogue given the new rules and structures (666).

[Amers]

I'm heading down for this game, I might even get there early enough to catch some of the early game too.

Im looking for improvement from Sammo, Fish, Cuningham, and less so Dow. O'Brian and Garlett.
I will also be very interested in what the new guys bring in Setters, McGovern, Gibbons, Newman and of course Walsh!

And being the Bombers, lets pray we come away with a win !!

Go Blues !!

[DJC]

Two ruckmen teams are back in vogue given the new rules and structures (666).

Yes, I’m just not sure where we’ll hide/rest the one who is not on the ball  :-\

I guess they will spend time on the bench as well as giving Harry an occasional spell.  I wonder if we’ll see the “resting ruckmen” playing on each other as in the olden days. 

[flyboy77]

Yes, I’m just not sure where we’ll hide/rest the one who is not on the ball  :-\

I guess they will spend time on the bench as well as giving Harry an occasional spell.  I wonder if we’ll see the “resting ruckmen” playing on each other as in the olden days.

They've named every guy who can ruck bar Kreuzer....

I'd ditch TDK and Levi - give Lobbe and Phillips a run....

[Tragic]

Yes, I’m just not sure where we’ll hide/rest the one who is not on the ball  :-\

I guess they will spend time on the bench as well as giving Harry an occasional spell.  I wonder if we’ll see the “resting ruckmen” playing on each other as in the olden days.

I reckon you must be right.  If you only rotate ruckmen between each other and Harry and Charlie and Gov, then at any one time there will always be one of those 5 players on the bench, and when the 2nd ruckman is on the ground, he'll be replacing one of the tall forwards.  If you did that the structure would always remain the same.  The only problem I see with that is we want those 3 tall forwards playing together as a unit as often as possible, so you'd think the ruckman would take longer spells on the bench, otherwise there really isn't anywhere else to hide them.

[laj]

Yes, I’m just not sure where we’ll hide/rest the one who is not on the ball  :-\

I guess they will spend time on the bench as well as giving Harry an occasional spell.  I wonder if we’ll see the “resting ruckmen” playing on each other as in the olden days.

Ok though for a practice match to give everyone a run as the result doesn't matter. Still useless though picking two if the 2nd one can't do much else. With Curnow, McKay and McGovern we have no room for two rucks. With limited interchange you can't run them off the bench that much. Need the interchange numbers for the mids.

[DJC]

They've named every guy who can ruck bar Kreuzer....

I'd ditch TDK and Levi - give Lobbe and Phillips a run....

That's how the team is named; Lobbe and Phillips in the side and Levi and the King as emergencies 

[DJC]

Ok though for a practice match to give everyone a run as the result doesn't matter. Still useless though picking two if the 2nd one can't do much else. With Curnow, McKay and McGovern we have no room for two rucks. With limited interchange you can't run them off the bench that much. Need the interchange numbers for the mids.

But every other team is going to play two ruckmen.  The rule changes, and particularly the one about taking possession in a ruck contest not being prior opportunity, mean that teams simply can't afford not to have a genuine ruckman at every ruck contest.  I wouldn't like to see Kreuzer trying to take on Gawn and Preuss with only Harry as back up.  If Melbourne rest Gawn or Preuss in their forward line, why not get Lobbe to play as a defensive resting ruckman.

It will be very interesting to see how we fit two rucks into the 22 ... and we will have to find a way.

[Thryleon]

But every other team is going to play two ruckmen.  The rule changes, and particularly the one about taking possession in a ruck contest not being prior opportunity, mean that teams simply can't afford not to have a genuine ruckman at every ruck contest.  I wouldn't like to see Kreuzer trying to take on Gawn and Preuss with only Harry as back up.  If Melbourne rest Gawn or Preuss in their forward line, why not get Lobbe to play as a defensive resting ruckman.

It will be very interesting to see how we fit two rucks into the 22 ... and we will have to find a way.

Looks like we retired Rowe a year too early IMHO.