04-16-2019, 08:18 AM
(04-16-2019, 04:46 AM)LP link Wrote:I think the concept of the utility player, one who can better an opponent in any position, is a dead-set furphy. It says more about the inability of the coaching staff and MC than the capabilities of a player.
The only winners in AFL are the blokes who play their best role, in their best position and do it better than their opponents can cope with! If you don't have enough of the winners across the ground you lose!
Not a furphy, just not as common as people make out.
When reading that, the first person i thought of was SOS.
Down back, obviously flog his opponent, FB or CHB, didn't matter.
Won us plenty of games by moving forward too.
Even flogged Ablett in the GF when moved to the wing to get a kick.
Nobody had an easy day on SOS.
Secondly, i thought of Waite.
Forward or back, he was a beast.
Even flogged Matty Richardson when he was in career best form playing from a wing.
A few other names popped up, but you get the gist. Its certainly possible.