Sydney Blue wrote:
Blue Vain wrote:
Very true, none are true crumbing forwards. Cuningham kicked one brilliant crumbing goal last year but who can recall another? Murphy has the potential but he's 30+ years of age. I love what the list management team have done in terms of acquiring picks but the small crumbing forward has been a glaring deficiency on our list and once again it has been overlooked.
I'd much rather we'd foregone one of the midfielders and chosen a specialist small forward to develop.
Look at his high light reel Martin seems to equip himself very well when close to goal
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Martin. Agree. Incredible radar for the goals.
He's done it over and over and over.
Cuningham has been out injured too much to build a body of work as a small forward. Bu we all know he can.
The fact he did kick a brilliant goal, says he could kick another one or fifty.
For the record, he has kicked a few 'great' small forward goals, not just one, we just need him on the park.
Picking a speccy from the draft we hope we can develop as a small forward is hit and miss too.
We've tried with speccies in LeBois, Polson, Galluci ...gosh...we have committed to smalls who have kicked goals as a small forward since way back to 2015 with Tutt and Clem Smith, and even Sumner and Garlett. We all thought Pickett might d it. No lack of trying to find a small forward.
Maybe Ramsay and Philips have been earmarked to be developed for the small forward role...they have the pace.
Fact is, that this year we have cover for the small forward role with the recruitment of Betts and Martin.
It is obvious SOS had a focus on the small forward role to the point our strategy was to pay overs and offer a first round pick for a specialist, best of breed, bonafide proven small forward in Papley. No one minded that. Showed intent to plug a hole, not hop to plug a hole. Can go again next year too. We hae plenty of ammunition.
Can't dismiss Murphy either as a small forward He is a bird in the hand. He might give us what we need IF Betts doesn't go around a 2nd year, and he gives us time to find a bonafide proven small foward specialist in 2021 if are not again successful finding one in 2020 Trade period. I think they are focussed on that role.
The small forward role is not a problem for Carlton in 2020.