People keep ignoring the fact that Griff is now a CHB and IMO a potentially great one.
the griff myth keeps on being perpetuated. when will people start rating him on performance and not potential.
he may play chb but he sure hasnt done anything back there to show he is one.i still firmly believe he should have been developed as a genuine ff.
chaplin - rance - grimes - mcintosh - astbury and the rookie darrou are all key backs. or do we ignore the fact the club is developing them there.
in the mean time we have just jack at ff and imo can and should play chf , elton who is not ready to play chf and vickery who is over rated and being asked to perform laughably both the chf role and 2nd ruck role.
just 3 tall forwards being played as forwards and we do nothing to alleviate and fix this problem. the obvious fix to both the second ruck and chf problem is play vickery as a genuine resting ruckman forward and bring in a bloke who has every single attribute imaginable to play ff thus when ivan has a deserved rest vickery rucks and we keep our structure at all times.
surely this is preferable to playing luke mcguane as a third tall.
the club has regularly got it wrong when it comes to developing talls they continue to stuff it up.
riewoldt was a chf and has become a lazy ff.albeit a good one.
post was a chb and was never ever allowed to settle in one position. we the club imo contributed greatly to his demise. he was literally pulled from pillar to post.
griffiths was touted as the next plugger thats how impressive as a ff he was. yet we refuse to play him forward because he struggled in his early yrs with injury. and need again over rides proper development.
astbury was a very good hit up chf and he played some reasonable games in his first yr as a forward and has never been seen there since. geez a hit up chf.
mcguane was actually a forward but in their wisdom turned him into a very poor defender. hes just ordinary anyway.
rance was a running hb when we drafted him but in their wisdom they plonked him on the last line of defense where his lack of judgment in the air is regularly found wanting.
vickery was the most promising young ruckman behind only natanui yet we hardly play him in the ruck and try to turn him into a chf. placing enormous pressure on maric foregoing a second ruckman and key forward when he actually does go in to the ruck.
they have allowed poor development or attempted to develop talls out of position because of poor list management and a dire need to play em out of position. seems they are continually hedging their bets with just about every young tall they take.
ya know if they look like a key forward act like a key forward have the attributes of a key forward and play like a key forward they likely are a key forward ditto for the backs. yet we constantly refuse to look at the obvious and try to turn em into something they arent.
