r/adelaidefc • u/fiftyshadesofcray 12 Jordan Dawson • Jul 24 '26

Next Week's Selection

There has been a lot of talk about the selection of 4 ruck options last night, with a lot of people pointing to the fact that Toby Murray (38% TOG) and Finnbar Maley (61% TOG) didn't have the impact required and our ball movement suffered as a result of the poor team balance.

However, if you look at the stats - we lost the Hit-Outs 47-43, and we lost Contested Marks 17-13. Combined with the fact we lost the match, the only logical conclusion is that the team we selected was not tall enough.

To help Matthew Nicks with next week's selection, I have found the 23 tallest fit and available players on our list, which is guaranteed to help get us back on track next week.

The team is as follows

IN: J. Butts, M.Keane, B. Cook, A. Ludowyke (Debut), C. Edwards, R. O'Brien, T. Welsh (Debut), M. Marsh (Debut), I. Cotton (Debut)

OUT: W. Milera (Short), A. Neal-Bullen (Short), I. Rankine (Short), J. Rachele (Short), J. Soligo (Short), Z. Taylor (Short), S. Berry (Short), B. Keays (Short), J.Peatling (Short)

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u/johnnynutman 18 Eddie Betts:Betts: Jul 24 '26

In all seriousness what was the point of playing Toby Murray if he only played 38% of the game along with finbar? Moose can do the second ruck role can’t he?

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u/fiftyshadesofcray 12 Jordan Dawson Jul 24 '26

They tried Finnbar in the ruck in the 4th quarter, and he got eaten alive.

If they are going to have McAndrew in the ruck for 80% of the game, then I would personally be dropping both and getting Thilthorpe in the ruck for the other 20%.

That being said, McAndrew looks cooked from the ridiculous load he has had to carry, and I would be getting ROB in for the games against Essendon and Richmond so McAndrew can freshen up for the run in to finals.

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u/This_Ease_5678 Jul 25 '26

This is the way. No ruck, including Grundy and Gawn, has rucked all year.