Brown's a poor mans Ben Reid with a forward bias instead of Reid's defensive bias. He can be dominant at VFL but will struggle until he puts on a little extra weight in his upper body, but given that's he's 24 he might not be physically able to bulk up anymore. I am not sure he is the type of player you would want as a KPD, he could really be exposed one on one which isn't too much of an issue for him up forward but could cost you a game as a defender. His overhead marking has been weakened by a succession of shoulder injuries. On the plus side he has good athleticism for his size, good endurance and decent speed and acceleration for his size and a good shot for goal. At best you could get a decent 3rd tall at either end but most likely his injuries have prevented him from having the development he needed to be an AFL standard player.
I can't say I am an expert on Dean Towers. Drafted first round 2012(two years in the system), played one game which is weird given that he is a mature age draft pick. I read in another thread that his form in NEAFL as been average at best but I have no first hand knowledge about this, What do you think are his strength and weaknesses and his capacity of development. Why isn't he getting played at AFL level, given that you were giving games to Rookies in the Finals last year why wasn't he considered then?
I wanted switch of 3 and 4 round pick cause I wanted to "win" the trade, most likely is would be a straight swap. A swap of 3 round picks might end up disadvantaging Geelong by the end of the year
I see what you did there
. Well Towers just needed to be a bit more consistent. And he is being groomed to play on the wing or half forward for us therefore there were others who werent injured thats why he wasn't getting games. This week he gets another shot on the big stage. Richards and Grundy were forwards before they became very good defenders. So under their tutelage he can develop even further.
At the end of the day we need another kpd. As I see it we are in a premiership window. We have kids but they are still too raw to blood so far amd two aging champs. We need to fill the gap in the middle as relief with a view to take up a full time role. So to any club who have you got and could offer us?
