Agreed.
Broady IS the player who came into the side to play the important cover, shutdown role in our back half that would then allow Tigga and Rance to play loose nullifying the opposition with their intercept marking effectively changing the defence to the wall that won us a flag when our midfield was not dominant. and our defence was doing well without being the force it became.
He has played nearly every game since save for injury and being omitted once for form and once for teddy pictures.
Says a lot to me, that he keeps playing but its understandable.
I Like Nathan he aint flash but he gets it done, and more often than not is reliable on all opponents tall and small.
He's towelled up Toby Green in the Prelim, and then held Lynch in the Grand Final, Gunston multiple times and again last year in the qualifying Final, flogged Westhoff for Port, has beaten Franklin when playing on him, was one of the few that held his own against the Maggots in last years Prelim, but more importantly does alot of the unheralded stuff the heavy work, the hard running, and covering of others opponents so they can run forward ie Bash, Tigga, Short etc.
Also has a big tank is not benched regularly and thus saves rotations for the midfield another reason he is important.
The bloke is not pretty nor will he be the most polished and he does make the odd error but geez I for one am happy hes in our defence ahead of plenty of others.
He is more important to the team structure than many appreciate.
