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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #105 on: March 28, 2022, 11:35:44 AM »
Im a fan. His 3rd quarter where he had 2 bad contests were his only blemishes for mine and one of those he was bumped out of the contest by Hogan and the 2nd he just misjudged the flight of the footy. Other than that he did well. We should all remember GWS only kicked 10 goals. Our whole defence was very good.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #106 on: April 09, 2022, 09:50:25 PM »
Like what I'm seeing with him along with Gibcus and Biggie could be our spine for the next decade.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #107 on: April 09, 2022, 10:01:31 PM »
Ben Miller was terrific tonight. Excellent for a 3rd gamer. Won his contests. Looking like a long term player.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #108 on: April 09, 2022, 10:03:05 PM »
Not sure why garthwaite got games ahead of him. Looks very sound defensively and importantly comfortable with the ball in hand.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #109 on: April 09, 2022, 10:10:55 PM »
Good signs. Could be a player.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #110 on: April 09, 2022, 10:13:49 PM »
Looked great.

Biggie won't be getting games ahead of this guy.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #111 on: April 09, 2022, 10:21:19 PM »
Looked great.

Biggie won't be getting games ahead of this guy.

Agree 100%

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #112 on: April 10, 2022, 12:03:48 AM »
Absolutely lock for post Grimes and Tarrant era. Challenge will be ensuring his development and worth is high for next 2 years. Feel like he's too good to waste at VFL.
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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #113 on: April 10, 2022, 12:51:19 AM »
Looked great.

Biggie won't be getting games ahead of this guy.

Agree 100%

Miller finally starting to look a likely type..but Biggie will be even better.... :shh
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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #114 on: April 10, 2022, 08:35:16 AM »
Looked great.

Biggie won't be getting games ahead of this guy.

Agree 100%

Miller finally starting to look a likely type..but Biggie will be even better.... :shh

Maybe but at the moment Miller is showing the composure of a long term player and Biggie seems a little way off still.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #115 on: April 10, 2022, 09:20:29 AM »
Looked great.

Biggie won't be getting games ahead of this guy.

Agree 100%

Miller finally starting to look a likely type..but Biggie will be even better.... :shh

Might be room for both of them eventually but I watched most of the VFL match yesterday and wasn't too convinced with Biggie. Hopefully he comes good in the next 2 years before Tarrant retires or breaks down.

Backline of Gibcus, Miller and Biggie could work. Still have youthful smalls in Short, Rioli, Mansell. Vlastuin and Broad still around.

Probably just Grimes and Tarrant moving on in that timeframe you'd think.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #116 on: April 11, 2022, 10:31:00 AM »
Surely we won't be dropping Miller even when Grimes gets back or Vlastuin as well.
keep on harping on it but we need to find a way to get the games into both  Miller and Gibcus as talls, and Mansell and the only way for that to happen is rejigging the back line to allow it.

Still think the best and obvious move would be to just roll Broad up to a wing, that would mean dropping McIntosh or starting him on the bench.
Maybe it would be time to revisit Vlastuin as a mid we just don't have any big bodied ones like him if he played there.We need to play Mansell or run the risk of him looking for a game with another team.

Miller Gibcus and Mansell are the future and imo all three need to be getting games.

Back half at some stage has to go like this.

B:  Mansell - Tarrant - Grimes who plays small/med and is still one of our best players covering smaller types.
HB:Rioli - Miller - Gibcus

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #117 on: April 11, 2022, 10:34:08 AM »
Agree on Miller and Gibcus but its going to depend on matchups as we are looking a bit top heavy at times.

Soldo currently paying in the VFL for example.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #118 on: April 11, 2022, 10:48:36 AM »
Agree on Miller and Gibcus but its going to depend on matchups as we are looking a bit top heavy at times.

Soldo currently paying in the VFL for example.

Rance and later Balta , Astbury grimes Broad is exactly the same structure as Tarrant, Miller Grimes Gibcus.
To allow that same structure we simply roll Broad up to a wing thus getting games into the two young talls who don't look out of place.

Broad or McIntosh its a no brainer Broad every day of the week even on a wing.

What it means is a preparedness to make the odd shuffle to accomodate the kids and for once making a hard call on an average but favorite player something that they have been found wanting in imo.

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Re: Ben Miller [merged]
« Reply #119 on: April 11, 2022, 02:11:22 PM »
Mansell's kicking has to improve a lot if he is part of our future.