Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

[GVGjr]

Sweet did okay but English was the better player on the day. The difference wasn't great though and English should have torched him given he's played just 18 senior games.

[jeemak]

In a lot of ways a ruck is only as influential as his midfielders, or the opposition's will allow him to be. In Sweet's case both ours and Ports made him look really effective early.

Not saying he didn't have some decisive taps, but they were only half the story today.

That doesn't get Tim off the hook though. He should have been prepared for Sweet to want to make a statement and he was too soft in the early parts of the game. If he doesn't get his head into the game he's doing both us and himself a disservice.

[Happy Days]

English cooked him you guys are crazy. There is plenty of other real shit to be mad about.

[SonofScray]

Sweet helped wit h the good start but didn’t have a huge influence beyond highlighting just how little aggression Tim invests into the game.

[bornadog]

English cooked him you guys are crazy. There is plenty of other real shit to be mad about.

My big issue on the day is the midfield. Rozee, Butler and Wines completely took control. Rozee's first quarter with 18 disposals, finished us off

[Go_Dogs]

It was so weird when Darcy started in the centre square for the first contest. When has a club ever done that?

English got the points, Sweet was effective in the middle, Port’s entire midfield made ours look slow and second rate. We should’ve been more powerful and experienced and beaten up on them, instead we seemed overawed by the next tier of the comp coming at us. And not for the first time.

Good on Sweet, but he won’t be their first ruck when they’ve got a full list.

[bornadog]

It was so weird when Darcy started in the centre square for the first contest. When has a club ever done that

Was a strange move to try and unbalance Port, but didn't work. Darcy doesn't have the strength to be a ruckman yet.

[Hotdog60]

It one of those things if it came off, brilliant bit of coaching but it didn't so wear the result.

[mjp]

It one of those things if it came off, brilliant bit of coaching but it didn't so wear the result.

Reliable not Remarkable.

Sorry - this one was one of those ideas that should absolutely been talked about but you don't do it in a critical game.

You have only ONE CHANCE to make a first impression - and your ruckman does that at the first CBD of the day...

[jeemak]

Reliable not Remarkable.

Sorry - this one was one of those ideas that should absolutely been talked about but you don't do it in a critical game.

You have only ONE CHANCE to make a first impression - and your ruckman does that at the first CBD of the day...

I said somewhere this was the game English was looked in the eyes and told he needs to dominate his underling physically and aerobically from the outset.

We were way to clever for ourselves with whatever bullshit the Darcy move was, discussed at length or otherwise.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Did Sweet win Oort this game against the Hawks and do what English couldn?t?

[Hotdog60]

The difference is one has heart and the other doesn't

[Rocket Science]

A real shame the arse dropped out of the market for English.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

A real shame the arse dropped out of the market for English.

Just needs another preseason I reckon.

[JanLorMill]

A real shame the arse dropped out of the market for English.

Maybe someone would have upped us if we offer 750 or less?