JJ stays in the game longer right now based on experience but he's not the $600k pa player we signed him up for.
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Theres a bit of a copy & paste feel about this article talking about us being in the hunt for a key defender
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl...0105ef1d9a672d
Darcy Moore would be a dream come true but how could we uproot him and at what cost & how does he fit into our structured salary cap system.
We need an “A” grader key defender to compliment Keath, so Keath can play that interceptor role like Lever.
Cordy is almost done for mine...very much treading water
Not at all convinced Gardner is any better than VFL
Lew Young has no confidence in himself or from the match committee
Khamis is still a little unknown having not played a game.
Keath is almost our most important player right now.
So to unpack that statement "Khamis isnt a key defender" who in the league actually is?
Are they really still a prevelant position or is "key" now intercept?
For me Khamis is the poster boy for intercept defender. Can play tall or medium. Good skills, reads the play well.
The days of the big defender might be long gone.
Even guys like McGovern peel off and intercept space.
I do wonder whether the new rules will bring them back but it looks like the coaches have worked out how to quell them already.
It will be interesting to see how Khamis develops this year. He might very well be slightly undersized as a key defender but his athleticism and ability to read the ball in the air and intercept make him an ideal 3rd tall defender. There are plenty of undersized players that can play tall and perhaps he is one of them.