You don't select anybody for them to play VFL. You select them expecting to play AFL and be good players - except every draft is packed with failures. Just because he's 23 doesn't mean he's immune to this. You can't say that Fuller is an upgrade on Howard because Howard has been shit at AFL level and Fuller has been good at SANFL level; two totally different situations.
I don't disagree that Howard is in trouble - had I been in charge he and Greenwood would both be gone. I just don't think you can say that a player who hasn't played a single game of AFL is better than a fringe player who has shown little; at this stage, Howard has shown a lot more at AFL level because Fuller has shown zero.
Not 100% sure how you differentiate between zeros though Dannnnnn.
I have seen nothing or know nothing of Fuller, so am reluctant to comment personally.
I must have seen Honeychurch play a couple of times at least, but have no recollection of him, so I am guessing he did not grab my attention at the time.
So I am just feeling a little ambivalent on our draft outcome right now. Not at all sure that we managed to fill too many of the holes in our list.
Certainly there will be more competition for small/medium forwards and defenders etc. We still seem short in the areas of outside midfield class, and
tall backs and forwards unless Tommy Williams and Ayce emerge from the wilderness in 2014.
Revisiting Bont's. highlights today, he reminds me of a gangly immature colt in motion. To me that suggests he still has a bit of growth still to go.
Will he finish up as a tall rather than any kind of mid in the end [ IE 2-3 years down the track] ?