(08-15-2016, 05:59 AM)LP link Wrote:You keep pushing that Casboult bit in bold but it's bogus. It has delivered us massive disappointments time and time again, we rob our only useful contested mark inside F50 to have him ruck poorly around the ground. It's never worked ever because as a ruck Casboult has almost no idea other than jump and hit. He gets out-bodied by the small and medium sized players, and has zero second effort when the ball hits the ground.
All those others in bold are ruckmen turned forwards, and Tippett when in the team has played ruck all year not forward, and he does so in combination with Sinclair. Tippett hasn't played as a forward once this year, and never as a solo ruck! :o
In terms of the Dawks last year, McEvoy and Hale effectively divided ruck duties right down the middle. I agree they are dead lucky they had Hale, because without him they would have been cooked. But Hale was clearly the best ruck forward in the competition last season, better than Boyd, better than Patton, perhaps only Cameron is his equal, but rightly so GWS don't ruck Cameron anymore.
If you want to fix the forward line, find a better forward option. If you want to fix the midfield division fix the midfielders. Don't shoot yourself in the foot in the ruck hoping to cover for some other deficiency, it just doesn't work.
As for Casboult, what use is a 200cm x 100kg clunking target who can only deliver when he's played as the support act! We need a bloke who can take the top job, not play as the second banana! FFS, Liam Jones takes the heat off him and he performs, holy cow that is an indictment!
You're talking crap. i dismantled your argument completely. Spin won't change anything.
For 4 years it hasn't been bogus. We play our best with one ruck two key forwards and Casboult backing up. Be shown for the last 4 years. He marks well around the ground, better than anyone else we have, and it improves his game up forward, not to mention improving Kreuzer's game. Been that way since 2012. Our rucks are crap around the ground hence why a Kreuzer/Casboult ruck combo has work best. One ruck and Casboult was one of the few things that did work well last year in a miserable season. Levi and Everitt were able to hit the scoreboard and Levi did a decent job when he rucked too. Did a decent job as permanent 2nd ruck early in the year with Wood. You know it, I know it unless your eyes were shut. Worked well on the odd occasion we tried it this year. We actually won. Means we can pick and extra runner. What would your prefer, 2 lumbering ruckman or one ruck, help from Casboult and and an extra runner. Not a tough question for anyone that knows anything about football in regards to Carlton.
If you, or anyone else, haven't noticed that then sorry you have failed to follow football as results back that up. So spare me your spin on the subject.