Ben Miller [merged]

[the claw]

Sorry crawski but I love the guy. Still learning when to mark vs spoil but he is still very raw in football experience and a relative babe as a key back.
He is the perfect key back for us. Huge bonus to help us build out the team from the back 6.

Laughable post. Still raw my arse. where do you get this crap from. A relative babe as far as key back goes now i really am laughing my head off.

Some of us backed him in at draft day but had the guts to say he was not travelling too well.
It was his first half of 2023 that saved his arse. What was disappointing was the way he finished that year back to the bad old days.

He was lucky to be retained on the list and was rookied at one stage thats how well he was travelling and thru that some of us held faith, but fmd at age 26 and in his seventh season and he falls off another form cliff i think people were entitled to start questioning him.

Thankfully this year he finally stayed consistent and actually showed his first half of last year was the new norm. Or is it?

I have often likened his career to Liam Jones and hope that he now can stay consistent.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

He’s played 69 games of senior AFL football so yeah, that’s raw in terms of games played. In addition, less than half of those games have been as a key back so yeah, that’s raw in terms of afl experience.

I know that perhaps you expect every player to float down and have impact from day 1 but that is not going to be B Miller.
His 2025 was significantly better than 24 and that WAS better than his 23 year.
All parts of his game are improving and providing the curve continues to track up  - particularly spoils and intercept possessions which are tracking up nicely.
He kept a number of key forwards from scoring heavily - a huge result considering the lack of pressure on the opposition midfielders this year.

He’s travelling beautifully for a raw, developing key back.

I did second guess when you said “where did this crap come from”  as you are the king of said subject matter and therefore should be good at identifying it in a post. Maybe not.

[Andyy]

He’s played 69 games of senior AFL football so yeah, that’s raw in terms of games played. In addition, less than half of those games have been as a key back so yeah, that’s raw in terms of afl experience.

I know that perhaps you expect every player to float down and have impact from day 1 but that is not going to be B Miller.
His 2025 was significantly better than 24 and that WAS better than his 23 year.
All parts of his game are improving and providing the curve continues to track up  - particularly spoils and intercept possessions which are tracking up nicely.
He kept a number of key forwards from scoring heavily - a huge result considering the lack of pressure on the opposition midfielders this year.

He’s travelling beautifully for a raw, developing key back.

I did second guess when you said “where did this crap come from”  as you are the king of said subject matter and therefore should be good at identifying it in a post. Maybe not.

All of this is correct. Just cbf saying it myself.

Bet you love getting quoted 5 weeks later at midnight.

[Hard Roar Tiger]