- Oct 5, 2013
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They're not excuses, that's been one of the biggest evolutions in the game the last 15 years. The full-forward spot that Ablett occupied no longer exists in that form. Teams these days no longer rely on one or two key forwards as they did in the past and therefore there is less scoring done by said key forwards.
crock!
Hawkins is a perfect example of how the full forward position is alive and well. The biggest change has been in the center of the ground, not the forward lines.
In the past, a midfielder such as Diesel Williams who often kicked a goal each game was regarded as a very rare commodity, today, half the midfielders in the game are kicking a goal per game. They are a dime-a-dozen as Geelong was largely responsible for breaking away from the reliance of forwards and putting all of it's eggs into the midfielders basket to get the job done.
How many teams crave for two or three midfielders over 6ft'3?
They often go within the first round of the National draft before any highly touted key forward.