lol stiff competition from griffiths. the bloke is kidding. grif has not produced anything that should threaten a good and well established kpf. the trouble is there is no competetion. peaheart vickory or hardly touch it griffith. both have been as poor as each other.there is no blow torch and has never been a blow torch for these two there is no one else. that is the problem.
we have never ever structured our tall list up properly and we have never ever had the numbers to actually develop our own properly.
IMHO. He is right and your wrong. Griff did keep him out and if you watched the games instead of just going on about "9 touches" you will see how many important contests and possessions he had. I really don't know why you can't or wont see what most others can. He said Griff passed him on the order of big guys and yes he did.
thats fine we all have differing opinions.mine is both were shizen and there was no other competition given we played both plus jr when ever possible. when dropped for poor form there was no other tall fwd picked, when vickery was supposedly injured and then later suspended there was no other tall fwd come in. we changed our structure because there was no one else.
the club has constanly showed it wants to play 3 talls fwd as most clubs do.and rightly so imo. in fact this was very much the case.
imo there is no competition for either vickerys spot or griffiths they arent in competition for the one position and never have been. ones played ruck/fwd and one has played kpf.
in effect there is no competition for their spots unless mckenzie miraculously makes the grade from day dot or mcbean puts on 100kg in a hurry. .it was the case last yr that jr played f/f one of the two played chf and the other played ruck/fwd or vice versa when ever possible.
no one has offered any sort of competition to these two because there is no one else. both have missed because of poor form injury or suspension. not because one forced the other out.
its simple if you dont have a blow torch or in this case other players putting pressure on then you cant apply any heat.
IMO if we had just one decent tall fwd in development then both would have had some pressure on em to perform. because neither at any stage performed to a high standard. in fact both were mainly poor. if you think griffiths performances were the reason vickery did not get back in after suspension then i disagree.. ordinary performances dont keep players out of sides unless the player being kept out has been poor as well.we need to play 3 tall fwds unfortunately we dont have three that are good enough or performed to an acceptable standard.
i really cant see how you can accept the sort of out put griffiths has dished up to date. ffs vickery has copped it in the neck by all and sundry including me. yet hes out performed griffiths who is being praised. at least vickery kicks a few goals and finds a little bit of ball inside 50.
i think you need to ask yourself exactly what it is you expect from key fwds, because atm it seems you aint asking much.
