Ruck Contest: Grundy v Witts

watt price tully · Joined: 15 May 2007

Looking forward to seeing this. I didn't want to lose Witts as he got better each year & it takes time for some taller Ruckman to get the hang of the game & mature: which is exactly what he's been doing this year with GC

Grundy I think is tired or carrying something as he has been beaten recently & in my view played a shocker 2 weeks ago

The Boy Who Cried Wolf · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:17 am

MagpieBat · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:36 am

Picks 44 and 62.

62 came into 57, from memory, after Academy and Father-Son bids. We used it to pick Daicos.

BBHS · bbhs Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bellarine

Witts is painful to watch. has Zero mongrel.

Damien · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:34 am

We were never gunna be able to keep both, or Ceglar for that matter. We clearly made the right decision.

Collingwood Crackerjack · Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Location: Canberra

Was very disappointed with the decision to get rid of Witts, and we will never be certain of the timing of the decision and when he knew about it, but his effort in the VFL preliminary was below ordinary.

It should be a good contest between the 2

Member 7167 · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:28 pm

There is no wY we could have kept Witts, Cox and Grundy. I think we made the right decision.

Jury is still out on Cox. Grundy is a ripper although currently carrying an injury at the moment

thebaldfacts · Joined: 02 Aug 2007

Basically 2 first rucks who cannot play anywhere else.

Never worked with them both in the same side.

Always thought that Witts was the better tap ruckman, but Grundy better at everything else.

Will be interesting to see how they go against each other.

npalm · Joined: 01 May 2005

piedys · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:59 pm

Thought they pretty much broke even tonight.
Witts is still a lumbering nuff nuff. Grundy looks to be labouring with an injury.

Mugwump · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne

Wits did some good things but he's still Witts. Few marks around the ground, nothing much at ground level, but a good tap ruckman. Grundy gives a lot more at ground level, and won on the night as a result.

swoop42 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:42 pm

In reality we were left in a poor situation last season and traded out Witts at a time when he was always going to fetch a poor return.

We settled on Grundy as our No.1 ruck option in 2016 and the combination with Witts was never going to work as neither are great forward threats.

As a result Witts wanted more opportunity and given he's 18 months older than Grundy it was likely his best was always going to be from this season onwards.

In reality if he had of agreed to be part of the Treloar deal (assuming they wanted him) then it could have saved us a 2nd first round pick and been the best outcome for us.

Alas that didn't occur and unfortunately when you have two first ruck options of a similar age vying for the one spot the person who misses out looks for greener pastures elsewhere.

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:38 pm

GWS wouldn't want him, they have Lobb.

I thought he beat Grundy for most of the day but Grundy lifted in the last in some crucial contests.

Overall, if we could only keep one, we made the right choice IMO, but Witts will do well.

watt price tully · Joined: 15 May 2007

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

It was a pretty even contest for most of the day, with Witts probably slightly on top early on, but Grundy taking control in the last quarter when the game needed to be won.