So far this season he's spent 36% of his time on ground up forward.

So far this season he's spent 36% of his time on ground up forward.

Yes, but apart from that 36%, I don't think he's spent more than 10% of game time up forward.

So how about that match committee strategy everyone?

The thread was doomed from the start because I dared to put my name on it.

I've updated the title to prevent Moshe, BV and Cimm from stroking out, violently swearing in his study and murdering a cat respectively.

I'm in good company. Cimm seems like a good bloke, and BV I know, and he at least knows footy, probably better than anyone else on this site.

So yeah, whatevs.

The thread was doomed from the start because I dared to put my name on it.

I've updated the title to prevent Moshe, BV and Cimm from stroking out, violently swearing in his study and murdering a cat respectively.

Mate, PM me the source if you have to, because I'm not buying the metric.

The thread was doomed from the start because I dared to put my name on it.

I've updated the title to prevent Moshe, BV and Cimm from stroking out, violently swearing in his study and murdering a cat respectively.

All threads get derailed from time to time, it's not personal.

Keep the faith, save the life of a cat.

I'm not sure anyone knows when I'm taking the piss any more. I'll have to get winking lessons from AGRO

Carlton

Matthew Kreuzer began the season as clearly the Blues’ No.1 ruckman but Andrew Phillips is spending more time in the ruck than the former No.1 draft pick. After such a promising finish to 2015, Kreuzer has struggled to have an impact this season and coach Brendon Bolton has placed plenty of responsibility on the 203cm Phillips, who has a good spring and could be a late developer at 24. Both are not high-possession winners and do not take enough marks around the ground, but they contest strongly at stoppages and are reasonably efficient at ground level. They do not have much effect on the scoreboard, scoring two goals apiece in the five games. Levi Casboult has done little ruckwork this season, concentrating on his key forward role. - Howard Kotton

Average minutes spent in the ruck in 2016
1. Andrew Phillips (62 minutes, five games)
2. Matthew Kreuzer (55 minutes, five games)
3. Levi Casboult (0.5 minutes, five games)

West Coast
The back-up ruck is a very important role at the Eagles. They believe Nic Naitanui is at his best as an impact ruckman and are loathed to use him for more than 80 minutes. So they need a competent ruckman to complement him. The Eagles lost Callum Sinclair to a trade so Scott Lycett was forced to step up. He has rucked well, averaging 15.5 hit-outs in 42 minutes of ruck time, but hasn't impacted forward quite as much as he did in 2014 when he kicked 13 goals in 12 games. The Eagles used Fraser McInnes last week instead of Jonathan Giles when Lycett was out suspended, but at 197cm McInnes is only a stop-gap. Giles is there in case Naitanui goes down or needs a break at some stage during the year. But the Naitanui-Lycett combination leads all comers for hit-outs in the AFL this season and will remain in place provided both players stay healthy. - Alex Malcolm

Average minutes spent in the ruck in 2016
1. Nic Naitanui (79 minutes, five games)
2. Scott Lycett (42 minutes, four games)
3. Fraser McInnes (36 minutes, one game)

They're both quite inept at this stage. Kreuzer is of particular concern currently