Ruckman, my kingdom for a Ruckman

Get Smart · Joined: 05 Dec 2001 Location: St George area, Sydney.

Here I sit Looking at the hit outs stats for 3/4 time.
Mckee 4 Others 6
Porter 15 Burton 8 Others 4
Gee! We need a ruckman.
We just can't get our hands on the ball first.
Not good. We won't win many if we have to chase all the time.
I thought we have been keen on Porter for years. Wonder what has stopped us from getting him in the past.
Why did we ever chase McKee? Why have we in the past settled with second best?

Get Smart · Joined: 05 Dec 2001 Location: St George area, Sydney.

Full time
Hit outs
Collingwood 14 Kangaroos 43
Burton 20 hit outs what a super star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NICK THE PIE MAN · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 4:59 pm

lol my kingdom for a ruckman.
Nice touch.

I agree.
Thanks Noel!
We need one desperatly because McKee is not up to it.

"Good 'Ol Collingwood Forever"

Brown26 · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 5:42 pm

don't forget Fraser!!!

remember Richards rucked for a fair chunk too, it's not all McKee's fault. and Richo did a bit (actually I thought Richo was the best of the ruckmen today!!)

Pies for Premiers 2002, 3, 4, 5, 6....

BJ · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 7:36 pm

We don't need a ruckman.... what we need is quality midfielders to take the ball away. Bucks, - off for a half - O'Bree, Not there, Tarks - dissapointing - Didak, Still learning.... we never had a ruckman last year.. Josh was a forward most of the time, but our boys adapted to the oppostions ruckmen and used them to our benefit.....ruckmen are over-rated.. if you have quality midfielders, then it should not matter.

We are all Collingwood supporters-- It's just the depth that varies!

BJ��

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 7:53 pm

Ah, ruckmen schmuckmen.

Who needs a ruckman already.

I agree, BJ. The only people who think ruckmen are important are ... er ... ruckmen. They're an endangered species. Lumbering dinosaurs from a by-gone age.

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Fradam · Joined: 21 Jun 1999 Location: Bendigo, Victoria

We do have a ruckman in Fraser but like most clubs we don't have two good ruckmen and if we did it would be almost impossible to keep one coz they'd leave to persue more oportunities at other clubs ie Porter and Allan at Carlton, one had to go coz you can't play both.

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Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2002 8:22 am

Fraser's no ruckman. He's too brilliant to be wasted in the ruck. Play him CHF.

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Rohan Coventry Tateson · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2002 10:05 pm

Don't need a ruckman? LOL

This will kill us this year and thanks to those intrusted with recruiting players to cover key weaknesses.

A good ruckman is so important to the structure of a side. First use of the ball and now with flooding a quick kick from the center is even more important.

A good midfield will struggle to combat roving to a dominant ruckman because they come against a different ruckman each week/quarter.

It is to hard to learn the merits of these ruckman in a short space of time and thus the best bet is to develop a good ruckman.

Josh Fraser will take years of his career if he continues in the ruck.

In Skob We Trust

Greg J · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2002 6:10 am

Yeah, I agree Alf. People have to start accepting the fact the Josh will probably not spend too much time in the ruck, if he is able to contribute as a CHF.

What a dream, having a match winning CHF wearing the black and white, week in and week out.

Rule 1. Barrack for Collingwood
Rule 2. See rule 1.
Rule 3. There is no rule 3.

CARN DE PIES!
Greg J

@shLicuria · Joined: 12 Jul 2001 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia

MACCA IS A FINE RUCKMAN

geez maybe if ppl would stop putting him down, then he mite get more confidence, and then WIN THE BALL FOR U

plus we hav benny kinnear so if u dont like macca, then they can swap benny into ruck, but then you probably won't like benny in there eitha, no matter how good a job he does FULL STOP.

Luv da 1 da only da @sh Licuria

PS enough said.

RODE + #45 4 EVA!
#21 4 EVA GO BRENT!
always legends,will stay legends
wait for tuckey and nicki stone
to kick our butts:
COLL VS WEST COAST/COLL VS HAWTHORN

GO RUPERT 10 · Joined: 27 Apr 2001 Location: THOMASTOWN,VIC,AUSTRALIA

why didnt we look at the sanfl or the wafl for a ruckman over the summer?we are gonna get killed in the centre again cause mckee is hopeless,the sooner we realise that the better

RoyAndOrHG · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 11:44 am

Sorry guys, but anyone who thinks that Steve McKee is any chop whatsoever must be either
a) blind
b) ignorant
c) blind - couldn't think of anything else

We have given him a TON of time and if anything he seems to be going backwards. He rarely jumps off the ground at ruck contents for Buckley's sake! Richards is still years away of being up to this level as well so we are rooted in the ruck again this year!

I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts

WhyPhilWhy? · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 12:36 pm

I suspect Alf is right, after all Brisbane played a ruckman that was just a giraffe dressed in lion's jumper last year and still won a premiership (and it was a slow giraffe at that).

Any year we beat Carlton is a good year

paulie · Joined: 26 Feb 2002 Location: victoria

its simple really bring back monk and killer manson