Toast Ben Griffiths

[fred swift]

I think Astbury will eventually fit into our forward line. Doesn't wear the #12 for no reason.

i think griff will be chb for next ten years and elton will be chf,by the way did anyone hear the old wooooof when he bomb from 70 in the last quart .

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

i think griff will be chb for next ten years and elton will be chf,by the way did anyone hear the old wooooof when he bomb from 70 in the last quart .

Jeez i thought you were dead Freddy...

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Griff was amazing yesterday. He played his role and did some nice things - he did far better than I expected him to.

Let him take the kick outs, he can just kick over the opposition's press

I think our defence is getting pretty crowded, from the team who played yesterday, Grimes, Batchelor and possibly Moore/Astbury could come in. Great depth we are building

FWIW, I'd play the following back 6

Grimes Rance Morris
Newman Griff Batchelor

Ellis, Houli and Dea (could probably include Newman and Batchelor for some stints) can rotate through the middle/backline as needed. Exciting times ahead

 

[FootyIcon4]

FWIW, I'd play the following back 6

Grimes Rance Morris
Newman Griff Batchelor

Ellis, Houli and Dea (could probably include Newman and Batchelor for some stints) can rotate through the middle/backline as needed. Exciting times ahead

Thats the same back 6 that i thought of with Dea rotating off the bench and Ellis and Houli pushing into the midfield


With how teams push numbers forward to keep the ball inside their 50, any desperation rebound 50 by the opposition could be snapped up by Griff and booted in for a goal

 

[rammbo]

griff was very good at chb but was he better than grimes? (no way) so it will b interesting to see how they work it when grimes is back and batch.

 

[cairo tiger]

look guys he played one reasonable game. give the kid a break. long way to go. he aint no superstar. he is learning the caper and his body is now ready. long way to go. you blokes saying he is this and that and elton is going to play chf, take a chill pill, enjoy the ride and watch it happen if it does thanks everyone

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Was great yesterday for his first game in defense and his 7th overall. Need him to now hold his spot for the rest of the year

 

[rammbo]

Has long as his limbs stay on his body this guy could well develop into a serious weapon .

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Surely they'll keep playing him if he keeps performing. Rance, Grimes and Post lined up in round 1 so I reckon the 2 key backs thing is due to the lack of quality options rather than a structural thing.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Surely they'll keep playing him if he keeps performing. Rance, Grimes and Post lined up in round 1 so I reckon the 2 key backs thing is due to the lack of quality options rather than a structural thing.

Fair call......

I'd hate to think what would happen if Rance went down with injury....

 

[TigerBlood87]

look guys he played one reasonable game. give the kid a break. long way to go. he aint no superstar. he is learning the caper and his body is now ready. long way to go. you blokes saying he is this and that and elton is going to play chf, take a chill pill, enjoy the ride and watch it happen if it does thanks everyone

Mate I think everyone is just pleased for the lad that he could finally get onto the park and have a really positive start to the year. Without going too over the top I think everyone here can see how important he could be for our spine and that he shows a lot of promise for the future. Has all the weapons to be a very damaging player and I can't wait to see it all unfold. Great time to be a tigers supporter.

 

[Dr Awkward]

He's clearly good enough to become a good defender the big question for me is if he is good enough to become a good forward.

 

[Parquet Court]

quite funny how one game can completely change a career path and a game plan

supposed to be the next CHF...nek minnit : playing CHB and with accomplishment.

Still needs a month or so of good performances, one sparrow does not maketh a spring. He is just such a likely type, no word better describes this fellow, just has all the attributes to be a beast of a footballer.

just need to make sure we have enough sticky tape for that shoulder

 

[IsthatGriffiths]

What a gun - I called it first.

 

[Danog]

What a gun - I called it first.

You did, did you? In January 2012?

 

[Bazzar]

When will Big Griff get his rising star nomination?

Im tipping round 17 against North. By then he should be primed (unless he gets an easy one in the GWS, Melbourne or Suns games)

 

[bigpapagman]

IT'S THE PREDATOR, AND HE'S BAAAAAAACKKKKK!!!!!!!

Haircut looking better than ever

 

[richolovesgoal]

God he looks good.

He's huge, agile, and that boot is amazing.

In regards to our talls, I think our backline should look like this in future:

Grimes Rance Morris
Newman Griffiths Houli (Batchelor on the bench)

Let Rance and Griff take the 2 bigs, and have Grimes floating around and covering, ala Scarlett. WOW

And our forward line:

Nahas Elton/Astbury Edwards
Vickery Riewoldt King

How good is it to struggle to fit players in the team!!

 

[Morro]

quite funny how one game can completely change a career path and a game plan

supposed to be the next CHF...nek minnit : playing CHB and with accomplishment.

Still needs a month or so of good performances, one sparrow does not maketh a spring. He is just such a likely type, no word better describes this fellow, just has all the attributes to be a beast of a footballer.

just need to make sure we have enough sticky tape for that shoulder

His shoulders appeared fine when he smashed Buddy over the boundary line loved how the commentators even mentioned that Buddy never gets knocked over in a one on one. Loved it.

 

[SumTingWong]

quite funny how one game can completely change a career path and a game plan

supposed to be the next CHF...nek minnit : playing CHB and with accomplishment.

Still needs a month or so of good performances, one sparrow does not maketh a spring. He is just such a likely type, no word better describes this fellow, just has all the attributes to be a beast of a footballer.

just need to make sure we have enough sticky tape for that shoulder

These comments should in all honesty fall by the wayside He hasn't had any shoulder issues for over a year now. So much in fact that he doesn't even wear shoulder strapping (See C.Judd)......

 

[TigerTime88]

Touch wood ^

 

[Goldust]

Reserve my judgement til he strings a few games together and plays as well as that consistently.

 

[SA TIGER]

He's clearly good enough to become a good defender the big question for me is if he is good enough to become a good forward.

I'd take a flexible utililty any day of the week!

Anyone remember Jimmy "the Ghost" Jess? What an uncanny resemblance!

 

[rammbo]

I'd take a flexible utililty any day of the week!

Anyone remember Jimmy "the Ghost" Jess? What an uncanny resemblance!

havnt seen griff kick a torp yet ,the ghost was the master of this kick .

 

[Ancient Tiger]

havnt seen griff kick a torp yet ,the ghost was the master of this kick .

Ah the memories!

Can remember him unleashing several "ball bursters" a game. Some going through the big sticks! Had the crowd in raptures, did the old Ghost!