Its not just injury. The suggestion that one of our ruck men can ruck the whole game is ridiculous. I know some posters foolishly believe Kruezer competently has rucked a full 120 minutes at some stage of his life. Thats fanciful IMO.
By all means play Casboult as a relieving ruck when he is fit but who are your options tomorrow if Kruezer or Phillips are left out. Who will do that 6-8 minutes of ruck work each quarter when the ruckman is resting?

Rowe? Do you take your only mature tall defender away from defence at the time you'll be most susceptible to conceding centre clearances?
Our backline are our best asset at the moment. Rowe needs to stay there and perform his role as the senior tall.
The 2 ruck option isn't ideal but unless someone has a sensible alternative, its pointless bitching about the selection.

Phillips isnt setting the world on fire but he's showing promise IMO. We're not contenders this year. Surely the idea is to develop and improve our players so when we are a good side, these players will be developed and ready to go. Charlie Curnow hasn't earnt a game this week but the coaches are looking long term at the bigger picture. Some people here need to grasp that.
Phillips will be a player. He just needs game time.

We need to get games into Phillips. He's going to be OK. People here forget how ordinary Jacobs was.
Kreuzer is cooked but politics won't let him be dropped.

We're trapped in the mindset that Kreuzer is still untouchable.

Its not just injury. The suggestion that one of our ruck men can ruck the whole game is ridiculous. I know some posters foolishly believe Kruezer competently has rucked a full 120 minutes at some stage of his life. Thats fanciful IMO.
By all means play Casboult as a relieving ruck when he is fit but who are your options tomorrow if Kruezer or Phillips are left out. Who will do that 6-8 minutes of ruck work each quarter when the ruckman is resting?

Rowe? Do you take your only mature tall defender away from defence at the time you'll be most susceptible to conceding centre clearances?
Our backline are our best asset at the moment. Rowe needs to stay there and perform his role as the senior tall.
The 2 ruck option isn't ideal but unless someone has a sensible alternative, its pointless bitching about the selection.

Phillips isnt setting the world on fire but he's showing promise IMO. We're not contenders this year. Surely the idea is to develop and improve our players so when we are a good side, these players will be developed and ready to go. Charlie Curnow hasn't earnt a game this week but the coaches are looking long term at the bigger picture. Some people here need to grasp that.
Phillips will be a player. He just needs game time.

We wouldn't be that much weaker if White or KJ took Rowe's role down back during a game.

Carlton
Games Experience: 69.36
<=10 games: 2
>=100 games: 7
24y 161d

West Coast
Games Experience: 118.68
<=10 games: 1
>=100 games: 13
26y 145d

sorry rexy I have to disagree with you this time rowe has been our main kp back their and has been very reliable
he does make some bad decisions with the ball but sometimes but this year he has been irreplaceable for us

I bet the media boys don't bring up those stats tomorrow. We only hear about how old we are.

Jesus.

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Rowe would only be a relief ruckman.

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We wouldn't be that much weaker if White or KJ took Rowe's role down back during a game.

Wouldn't be much weaker? Simon White is 190cm. How would he go on Josh Kennedy tomorrow?
Rowe has easily been our best tall defender. While he's taking the big bodies, Weitering and Plowman can develop their games. Our defence is settled and playing good footy. Why pull that apart? Its irrational IMHO.

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Capable of miraculous skills.

Unavailable. Though would be great get.
Capable of miraculous skills.

But as has been said before, would just have to put Daniel Cross on him.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that