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All the way through 2014 people were questioning his place in the team. Looking back, when he was in the side we had 11 wins/5 losses, but for the 7 games that he missed we had 2 wins/5 losses. When he wasn't in the team we really struggled to kick a decent score other than against Carlton. TRB said that he played a team role to great effect and the win loss ratio seems to support that. Describe his role anyway you like, but the stats are unlikely to be coincidental in my opinion.To create space you dont have to be tall or have massive endurance. Its more smarts. Id back others in before Ambrose with that.
I think by taking Ambrose out of the forward line we still arent seen as being small up front.
In 2015 maybe we can get a functioning forward line that doesn't require an Ambrose? Time will tell.