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The thing about Brown is that I'm not convinced that we can throw him in for 22 games this year and that he is capable of having an AFL standard impact.
As a forward he doesn't have the grunt to be thought of anything more than a flanker, really. Gunston/Watts without the same mobility.
As a defender he hasn't been one excel against an opponent 1v1. He reads the play really well and can cut the ball off without having amazing hands. He's never showed the mobility to suggest that he can "play small".
It just seems like Brown's ability to be useful is a week-to-week proposition whereas with Hartley and Ambrose we know that they'll do a job on an opponent each week. If having someone in defence to take intercept marks is that important we have Goddard.
Harsh. He goes ok so far.