Darcy is second only to Sandi as a ruckman on our list, to say he is no good up forward is about as far-sighted as saying Apeness is our next first ruck. Apeness looks good, but he has a little way to go yet to prove himself as a key forward, let alone lead the ruck. Darcy was good leading the ruck last year, and some of us were looking forward to seeing him share the ruck and key forward slot with Sandi.
All the great coaches coached to the strengths of their teams, they didn't try to force their teams to play a style that did not suit the list. While many people believe the game has gone past the big fellers, Everyone still raves about how great Grundy, NN, Kruizer, Jacobs, Goldberg and Sandi are for their respective teams, and all supporters are looking for big forwards to kick goals, and big defenders to stop them. If we rested a few of our less accurate mids and got them to upskill their disposal, and played our mids that can hit a target time after time, we might start beating teams by 15 - 20 goals again.