Angus Graham [merged]

[Hellenic Tiger]

Gus' papers stamped?

If so that's a lot of time and resources invested for very little reward.

Waaay too many eggs in the Vickery basket atm for mine.

Our ruck situation is desperate.

then we need to target an uncontracted ruckman ... of some quality if possible!

What is Mitch Clarke's status?

Someones got a man crush...

Man crush to have a bloke of his age, size, talent and position to our club. Can fill a ruck need and play in the forward line when resting. Frees up Vickery and can play Post as a KPP in the backline. One can dream I suppose.

[WA Tiger]

Gus' papers stamped?

If so that's a lot of time and resources invested for very little reward.

Waaay too many eggs in the Vickery basket atm for mine.

Our ruck situation is desperate.

then we need to target an uncontracted ruckman ... of some quality if possible!

What is Mitch Clarke's status?

Someones got a man crush...

Man crush to have a bloke of his age, size, talent and position to our club. Can fill a ruck need and play in the forward line when resting. Frees up Vickery and can play Post as a KPP in the backline. One can dream I suppose.

Be great wouldn't he!!!!

[tigersalive]

Gus' papers stamped?

If so that's a lot of time and resources invested for very little reward.

Waaay too many eggs in the Vickery basket atm for mine.

Our ruck situation is desperate.

then we need to target an uncontracted ruckman ... of some quality if possible!

What is Mitch Clarke's status?

Someones got a man crush...

Man crush to have a bloke of his age, size, talent and position to our club. Can fill a ruck need and play in the forward line when resting. Frees up Vickery and can play Post as a KPP in the backline. One can dream I suppose.

Be great wouldn't he!!!!

WOuld be.  If only free agency was coming sooner. 

[Hellenic Tiger]

Gus' papers stamped?

If so that's a lot of time and resources invested for very little reward.

Waaay too many eggs in the Vickery basket atm for mine.

Our ruck situation is desperate.

then we need to target an uncontracted ruckman ... of some quality if possible!

What is Mitch Clarke's status?

Someones got a man crush...

Man crush to have a bloke of his age, size, talent and position to our club. Can fill a ruck need and play in the forward line when resting. Frees up Vickery and can play Post as a KPP in the backline. One can dream I suppose.

Be great wouldn't he!!!!

WOuld be.  If only free agency was coming sooner. 

Isn't free agency only applicable for blokes who have played at the one club for 8 years?

[WA Tiger]

Gus' papers stamped?

If so that's a lot of time and resources invested for very little reward.

Waaay too many eggs in the Vickery basket atm for mine.

Our ruck situation is desperate.

then we need to target an uncontracted ruckman ... of some quality if possible!

What is Mitch Clarke's status?

Someones got a man crush...

Man crush to have a bloke of his age, size, talent and position to our club. Can fill a ruck need and play in the forward line when resting. Frees up Vickery and can play Post as a KPP in the backline. One can dream I suppose.

Be great wouldn't he!!!!

WOuld be.  If only free agency was coming sooner. 

Yeah we miss out again...

[cub]

Mate reckons this Mcevoy dude goes allright at Sandringham - Gotta be better than nothing, which is what we have!
I would like to see BrownE get a run, 3 games at least though - At least give him a shot when we play the Hawks, not too much pressure there.

[wayne]

McEvoy will be Saints number 1 ruck next year. King and Gardiner will retire.

We won't get him.

[TigerLand]

McEvoy will be Saints number 1 ruck next year. King and Gardiner will retire.

We won't get him.

Pick 6 no chance hell go anywhere

[one-eyed]

Bump.

If Gus brings more of yesterday to the table each week from now on does he confirm for himself a future at Punt Rd beyond this year?

[WilliamPowell]

Bump.

If Gus brings more of yesterday to the table each week from now on does he confirm for himself a future at Punt Rd beyond this year?

The key here is "each week". History tells us Gus is on one week and goes missing for the next 3-4. He cannot afford to do that now.

I will hold off on judging him until he puts 4 solid games together

[Smokey]

To be honest, I saw a few promising signs but not enough of anything to say I would want to keep him at season's end.  He would have to do that as a bare minimum each week and show a fair bit of improvement on that by the last game before I would be looking to keep him.

[Penelope]

Hey Ox, have who checked on you old mate Jackstar?   That pack mark Graham took may have shocked him so much he went into cardiac arrest.

[WA Tiger]

Hey Ox, have who checked on you old mate Jackstar?   That pack mark Graham took may have shocked him so much he went into cardiac arrest.

 

[Ekto]

Big men take longer to develop and Gus's performances at Coburg this year and at the G yesterday show me that he is improving.

That pack mark was a ripper and his ruck work was good too.

More improvement and consistency still to come but it will be a year or two before we can expect the best from him.....just like every other bigman in the AFL.....they don't reach their peak until they are 25 or 26.

Good on ya Gus, King Islanders will be proud.

[the_boy_jake]

What we really need is someone to do what Richo used to do and take a mark on the wing.

When we try and run out of defence we have periods of the game where it works great through the middle and we run the ball out. We would like to do this 100% of the time and it would be great to watch but the reality is that sometimes the opponent gets their zones right and clogs up the middle and we need to go simple - long kick to a lead on the wing. In the end of the first and most of the second quarter when Hawthorn pulled the game back I thought we really lacked in this regard.

Not sure Gus will be the solution long-term, not mobile enough, but still nice to see some contested marks from him