I can't see them playing in the same team next year. I'm going Deluca just because of the fact that he's a handy forward option, and he takes a pretty good grab. I'd rather Deluca to stay, and I think he will.

Deluca will stay because he has a contract.

Bryan is a lot stronger, smashes a pack too take a mark, and has a real penetrable kick.

DeLuca is accurate with his kicking, has fair mobility, is very slowly improving his marking, but is soft with his ruck work.

Deluca has an advantage of 6 or 7cm over Bryan.

Really just toss a coin, there is an argument for both too stay and certainly too go as well.

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Supporting the Blues No Matter What

Bryans best is well above Deluca's, still cant figure out what he did wrong ( from limited game time) to get dropped when Pagans love-child hack Deluca continues to get a game

Deluca does the right thing on more occasions then Bryan. Bryan is exciting, but when Deluca is firing - very rarely - it's good to see.

Ideally, if we were any good, both would be delisted.

Neither. Maybe Bryan is worth another go. If he can have a huge pre season he may have something to offer.

I think we will keep De Luca though. Denis seems to get some enjoyment out of playing him in the seniors.

pretty much agree with this

Ultimately Neither..... I'd expect Bryan to be delisted and DeLuca retained, but wouldn't be surprised to see either or both kept or gone.

But I don't expect much from either of them long-term

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Love Cricket? Love me

I'm not a fan of either of them so I voted neither.

I'd rather see McLaren in the ruck before these two, and that's saying something.

While I'm mildly curious to see what another year spent in them will produce, they may wind up being gone.

They have definitely been attempting to improve in the last month though, so it may sway the footy department.

Come to think of it, if we could somehow merge them into the one ruck, they complement each other's deficiencies perfectly...

*Searches for his Mad Scientist kit*

Either that or play them on each other in every intra-club match we can and have them hang out together around the club.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

both to go before we are seriouslyy good

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

Haven't been able to register a vote (as usual) but DeLuca easily for mine.

If both of them have peaked though and there was no more improvement left in them, then both are not what we're after in the long term.

Personally, I don't think DeLuca has peaked, is still young for a big fella and has a lot to learn about ruckwork.

I'd like to see Deluca build some up some muscle and strength over the preseason.

At 202 cm, you'd think he would be handy for us, as there is no other alternative aroung the 200cm mark. At his height he should be as dangerous as Paul Salmon was at FP, but as I said still hasn't filled out. He's a hard match up, and I'm sure if our delivery and forward entry wasn't below average and solely Fev focussed, DeLuca would be a nightmare for opposition coaches.

Just remember Paul Salmon, and how many years it took for him to fill out, before he became a monster.

Keep him.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Niether are going to make our best 22 when we get back to where we should be.

We are building a team that will take us to the finals and Bryan and Deluca are not part of our building process. They are there to assist until we get what we really need.

Bryan - Not hungry enough to make it eg. Bullants game today

Deluca - Big man but soft as butter, have a look at the big blokes from the other sides they have a presence, Deluca needs to toughen up and be more aware who is around he often competes against our other forwards that are in better position to compete for the ball.