Didn't Lower play some of his best footy off half back for Freo?
Just mentioning this because Goodes won't be around forever, and having another hard at it player with an experienced head in the backline might be important once Goodes and Morris are gone.
his kicking is poor, and picken seems to be playing that role, and his kicking is poor but appears better than lower's. unless he is a really good one on one defender. he is hard, but can he run with a small forward on a lead. he isn't the fastest. game has changed a bit probably since he was playing off the half back flank. probably why he stopped playing for freo.
like everyone has been saying, he is a great depth player. can play a role. not best 22. but having a championship team isn't about best 22. its about having great depth.
lower released picken to the back pocket, then lower played a role. showed wallis that you don't have to be fast to tag. just gotta be tough. think he might of been a good mentor for wallis.
wallis is like a young matty boyd. tags out a player but gets more disposals than them. considering we were worrying about wallis. 29 disposals, game high 13 tackles, kept kennedy to under 18 disposals (which is less than grants disposals for the game, as grant had 20) is a fair effort.
Also Campbell showed us how important a full forward is. he is only a ruckman, playing as a forward. but he lead well, made a contest every time, so players like grant, dahlhaus and even gia could crumb and score. he had so many score involvments.
if we had a brute forward, he could kick goals and grab himself, we would be pretty darn good.
Campbell can kick goals. kicked 2. one from 50 meters and one from 40. however he hasn't got the one grab down pack. seems to juggle the mark, but presents really well. worth persisting with. would love tom boyd though