The Great Ruck Debate.

[Thryleon]

Well thats the million dollar question.

If you could tell me what our luck is like on grand final day with injuries, and injuries to the opposition, i'd be better positioned to answer that.

Of course.....you have to win enough games to make finals, and perform well enough in the finals to MAKE the grand final.
We went too tall against the Lions last year, got ran over and fell 1 game short.

We didn't lose to the Lions because of the height.

We lost because we were a bit banged up and got run over by a side on their home deck and an extra weeks rest.

Our last few games against Melbourne suggest two rucks isn't a bad idea.

A few games doesn't tell the story well enough anyway.

To close out what im getting at, Tom is 76 games into his afl career.  Given he was still finding his feet for the first 50, and of the next 26 he's probably only featured in tandem about half that, is the sample size large enough to stamp it and categorically say anything?

Over time things change.  Give it another 30 games, Tom and pittonet could very well be a winning combination.

Or they might not be.  I try not to be too definite with things these days as the afl keep tinkering with things.  At times things will work, at times they won't.

I've seen the bombers run with Draper, Wright and Goldstein with no issues at times but at other times it hasn't worked which lends weight to things being a variable at best.