Claw.
80-90% of afl key backs as forward as juniors.
Griffiths or astbury are both tall enough for this role.
And i hope the other goes to overtake miller at the other end.
griffiths and astbury are key forwards plain and simple. id say only griffiths would have all the neccesary tools to play fb. hes quick hes tall and hes a good mark. he should be playing ff of this i am 100%certain.he is easily the best forward prospect we have on the entire list.
have you ever watched astbury play footy other than the few senior games for us. may play chb but i doubt it. unlike griffiths is not quick enough and not good enough in the air. hes a hit up player and a good one. happy to give him another crack at chb who knows.
even if we allow that both will become good defenders we will still lack for enough tall defenders especially if as is likely mcguane is cut and moore retires.the need for someone like merret or his type as cover for a player like griffiths if he ever becomes a fb would still be there.
the simple fact is atm going forward we have just 3 tall defenders who are up to standard proven, and none of them are big enough.
its the one type we do not have on the list, that is a dour big strong defensively rarely beaten 195/100 kg kpd ffs lets go and get one or at least try and develop one what harm is there in doing it. actually getting atype, if possible a proven type we have none of.
the worst that can happen is we end up with one or two kpds too many and we trade the worst of them out for good picks and repeat the process or use the picks on some other need.
i would be doing everything i can to shore up fb with this type if in charge.
as i said we have real good chb but dont play him there in rance. astbury may play there who else is likely in the long term.
just one question and i will leave it be. would you have any objections to the club going out and getting say for example daniel merrett from brisbane when free agency comes in.
regardless of other tall defenders on the list i would be over the moon if we could do this.
we would have a proven ready made player filling a hole we currently have.
if griffiths astbury or any other young player can develkop into the role the more the merrier thats all im saying.
i will finish by saying ben griffiths is our best chance to play ff and for the life of me i do not understand what the hell they are doing with this bloke.
they do get things wrong have got heaps right and wrong thus far and imo they are wrong on this.
b/ morris 185/84 - merrett 195/103 - grimes 193/87
hb/ dea 187/84 - rance 194/93 - batchelor 188/78?
is potentially a premiership backline. it can go man on man with every single type of player thrown at it. if a tall goes down on match day say rance you still keep your structure.merret can play on the 196/100kg clokes of this world or brown or roughhead and many others. he goes with them pound for pound one on one and keeps them quiet without having to rely on too much help from teammates.
why would any tiger supporter be adverse to getting a player of this type is beyond me. we need to get a few kpds anyway just to balance up the list.its not as if we would be taking a kpd at the expense of say a mid.
unless one of astbury post or griffiths can step up there is no long term backup for any sort of injury to our talls in defense.we can do with another ready made tall defender and he may as well be what we dont have, that being a 195/100kg type like merrett.
