(09-27-2023, 03:01 AM)PaulP date Wrote:Williams has been in the system 11 seasons and played 136 games. If people aren't convinced about him given that extensive body of work, then even an additional 100 games won't make a jot of difference. He has played some great footy, has a nice bag of tricks and would be ahead of Marchbank and Cincotta at a minimum.An in form and fit Williams can have at least the same level of impact as Martin.
For me the high pace of modern footy means you have to accept blokes not being available 24x7, we'd like 24x7 like it was back in the 70s and 80s, but it's never going to happen. It's too easy for someone like Maclure to wind up fans about players not being fit or durable, but the modern players would run Maclure at his best into the ground inside a 1/4 of footy and then he'd break down or end up suspended. Even modern rucks now move far more than the KPPS of the 70s and 80s, a player like TDK would leave the old time players in the dust, even some of the mids!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"