McEvoy is a good ruckman but was never and still isn't great with winning the hitouts.samuraisaint wrote: ↑Wed 23 Jan 2019 4:09pmThe thing is we had one already; McEvoy. This is why I am not happy with some of the club's decisions in recent times.tedtheodorelogan2018 wrote: ↑Wed 23 Jan 2019 1:21pmIf Billy gets tipped out by Marshall and/or Pearce and later on down the track by Alabaksis then so be it but Billy is our no 1 ruck right now. I personally don't think Billy is as bad as some paint him. Yes, he needs to get around the ground more and pick up more touches and take a few more marks but his primary role as a tap ruck and to be physical is his main purpose.Viscount Jeremiah wrote: ↑Wed 23 Jan 2019 9:04amYou mean come good?tedtheodorelogan2018 wrote: ↑Tue 22 Jan 2019 1:01pm I'm tipping Billy to rebound this year and prove the doubters wrong. I didn't realise he is still only 25. In a ruckman's sense, that is still quite young. Billy still has plenty of improvement in him and time on his side. Oppo rucks don't enjoy playing against him when it comes to the physical stuff, that is the truth.
How can he re-bound he's always been hopeless. His best year was 2017 but even then the only area he was adequate was hitouts. He still averaged only 5m gained and 1 kick per match. That's bad on an epic level.
IMO, we should go all out for a top rival ruck in the next trade period though. They are bloody hard to find though.
I think it's past the day where a ruckman's primary role is to win hitouts, it's now only 50% of the job.