08-07-2016, 07:37 AM
(08-07-2016, 07:25 AM)pinot link Wrote:I think Casboult, Phillips, Gorringe, Rowe and McKay would need to ruck next two years and trade Kreuzer and find a proper ruck in 2019.
We looked at trading Kreuzer last year, didn't work. Mckay isn't ready to ruck but will play some next year, Casboult should be rucking with Kreuzer, then you'll see both improve alot when played to their strengths, don't need two as it's useless to us. Means we could play another key forward too. Not only that Everitt kicks goals as the defence are looking after the two key forwards. He kicked heaps when we had two keys forwards but bugger all when we had one. Right now, playing 2 rucks and just one key forward, rather than having 2 players doing well, we have 3 players struggling, which is alot out of 18. A bad structure works it's way down the chain.
Not sure if Bolton is bringing over that method from Hawthorn, two rucks and Roughead, but it won't work here. To start with Hale could play forward as well as he could play ruck, Roughead is a gun, unlike Levi, they had other gun forwards, gun mids and were essentially a gun side. That's not Carlton, our rucks are useless when not on the ball leaving Casboult to carrying the can up forward and while he has been decent in his 4 years in the seniors he's far from good enough to do that on his own.