Quote Originally Posted by mjp View Post

When Geelong and Hawthorn are saying you can't play, you probably cant play. They know what they are doing.
Most of the time I would agree but they've both let a few off the hook. A few that spring to mind;

Cats let Hamling go and become a premiership player. Christensen and McCarthy have done well at the Lions.

Hawks let Suckling and Duryea come to us and they have been good acquisitions.

It does happen. As you said a player can work in a certain system but not in others (or something to that effect). They probably had their reasons for letting them go but we shouldn't be put off just because it's them and I'm certain our club won't be.

We are only a couple of ruckman injuries away from being in a crises or having to resort to using our key position players or midfielders (Bont, Dunks, Jong) to do the heavy lifting. I wouldn't have a problem with giving a guy like Buzza a go. He may not get many games but would at least be depth we don't have, can challenge for a spot, but also at Footscray help form the structure around which Bevo wants the team to play.

Well it looks like we aren't going down this path this year anyway.