All this love for CCJ after 1 AFL game.
Nank and Soldo are miles ahead of him as a ruckman
And Jack and Lynch are miles ahead of him as a KPF.
CCJ has heaps of potential but that is all it is atm.
He is still just a boy and if he plays 5 games in 2020, then it’s bonus.
Of course nankervis and soldo are in front of ccj. Neither Nankervis or soldo offer much as a fwd though.
Why does it have to be two ruckmen in the team.
Why cant it be Nankervis OR Soldo playing 70 80% of games and CC-J playing mainly as a fwd offering a chop out.
Coleman- Jones looks to be a far superior mark than in particular Soldo and Nankervis and imo is already in front of those two as a fwd.
At the end of the day CC-J may end up primarily as a kpf rather than a ruckman and if something happens to Lynch in particular or riewoldt, their is only CC-J or Chol who could come in and play kpf atm.
On Soldo i hope he can keep improving but atm hes good at the ruck contest but remains poor around the ground and Nankervis is the opposite tends to get beaten at the ruck contest but is good when it hits the ground and around the ground.
Would be nice to have a ruckman who is good at both aspects rather than playing two ruckmen to get both aspects. Which is what we do atm imo.
The questions i ask is by dropping one of the ruckmen and playing the promising better rounded cc-j do we lose too much. i dont think we would.He would compete in the ruck and offer more as a fwd imo.
What is better for the team the future and if injuries hit play two ruckmen or play a fwd/ruck. I think the latter and cannot see the point in playing two big lumbering ruckmen who only offer half of what is needed or what should be aimed at.
Premiership team or not it still incumbent on those in charge to get games into younger players who look likely to offer more than the incumbents.