imo Astburys role as a defender should be to play on and stop the taller gorillas and the resting ruckmen. he needs more size and strength and aggression to perform this role. his lack of pace is a big concern.
imo we still lack a quality lock down full back like mcpharlin .we need to keep looking until we find one. imo we lack the numbers in defensive talls.
grimes imo is too small to play kp. he has good height but size is a real issue.
his role should be as a third man up type who gives run off hb.his strength is reading the ball in the air and making a spoil. He really needs to find enough ball and provide run and rebound to compliment his spoiling ability.if he cant add some strings to his bow i dont see a long term spot for him. it would be a huge bonus if dylan can perform this role.it would allow us to play a very tall backline.
kamdyn mcintosh should be developed in a grant birchall role, good height, has run and skills. he can also play accountable footy hes decent in the air in fact hes good in the air.
looking at the players we have next yr id like to see something like this. id like us to get in a player like james frawley if possible.
b/ morris - chaplin - grimes
hb/ mcintosh - rance/astbury - dea/vlaustin/ellis..
that includes realistically all of our tall defenders. it includes all 3 kpds chaplin,rance,and astbury and there are issues with all three.
