ydraw
Norm Smith Medallist
- Apr 27, 2015
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The way you talk about the ease with which any other player would apparently be able to play forward tells me you haven’t played much footy in your time.
Banfield, Neale, Kersten, Giro are 4 that could all play forward instead of Ballantyne.
If it was me, I'd put Banfield forward, Blakely into the middle, and Hughes replace Blakely in the backline.
If it's so difficult to teach people to play as a forward, that's even more reason to start doing it now, rather than wait until after Ballantyne retires before making someone learn a new position.