SCOOP said:
neither did Vickery.
griff played an important role as relief ruck and worked up the ground to contests. structurally, he was more than handy.
vickery had the easiest job in the world - too timid to ruck - and still *smile*ed it up.
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neither did Vickery.
griff played an important role as relief ruck and worked up the ground to contests. structurally, he was more than handy.
vickery had the easiest job in the world - too timid to ruck - and still *smile*ed it up.
MD Jazz said:
structure matters.
no one is saying griff was greg williams but he slotted in nicely to that relief ruck / key forward post.
did he do enough offensively? not by a long shot.
but to say vickery was "miles" ahead of griff is ridiculous.
SCOOP said:
Vickery also had trade value & finished top 5 in the B&F. Bottom line is Griff replicated his TAC form almost to the the letter.
SCOOP said:
righto, lets ignore the fact that vickery was left in the power forward slot for year after year while he continually went missing in clutch games for 2-3 quarters at a time.
bald stats ain't gonna cut it, mate. ben was prepared to step up into a more difficult role and he had a decent crack.
griff was not a success but your claim that vickery was "miles" ahead off the back of his joe the goose shenanigans, well, that's something I am happy to disagree with :hihi
I'd say no way. He's breaking the contract! He's not even playing for USC until 2019 so, in theory, could fulfil his contract for us in 2018, but he wouldn't be allowed plus crazy to risk any leg (or concussion) injuries.
Just can't see how we could be bound to pay him any more that a little good-bye package with any accumulated monies.
Just can't see how we could be bound to pay him any more that a little good-bye package with any accumulated monies.
leon said:
Dont think the club will be paying him anything to be honest , He is the 1 asking to be let out of his contract and club doesnt need to pay him anything
Ben Griffiths would have made nearly $2 mil in 8 years at the club think he has enough
I remember posting after a season in which Griffiths and Vickery traded positions that it would be interesting to see which out of Griffiths and Vickery would step up next season and take the CHF role. Course the answer now is neither were able to step up and we don't have a CHF. Honestly really happy for Griffiths that he has found a professional sporting role which matches his abilities and protects him from his body's weaknesses. Lets face it - one more concussion and he would have been forcibly medically retired anyway. Time for RFC to no longer live on dreams that he would come good and we save a year's $$ off his contract. Win all round really, big win for Ben. Its Miller time...well not quite yet.
Out of the new tall recruits who is the actual forward out of them or are they all versatile types ? Coleman Jones is a ruck/fwd , Bolta fwd/def & Miller ?
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To me, Miller, Bolta and Garthwaite can all play full forward.
My guess though is Moore will be the next in line ahead of those.
My guess though is Moore will be the next in line ahead of those.
TigerFurious said:
One more head knock (Griff even once got concussed without a head knock) and he was done anyway.
The technique for punting is the same as our torp'. I've never seen Griff kick a torp, I recall reading somewhere he couldn't kick them.
Brettstigers said:
Can't believe we won a flag without the one position that for years everyone thought was the most important (e.g. Hart, Carey).
How the game evolves.
