When Fraser is dominating he is obviously a great asset, he occasionally wins a game of his own boot it is true but I think there are substantial negatives that outweigh the positives.
1. His defensive play is non-existent. He can't turn sideways, no second effort, his man becomes the free man when the defence turns over our inside 50 entry, and he hasn't laid a tackle in the last 3 years.
2. He never breaks a pack open. A guy his size should smash packs to bits, but Fraser almost never does. He gets outmarked overhead more often than not and can be too easily shepherded away from a contest.
3. Kosi operates much better when he is the one nominated full forward, he does crash packs and take contested marks better than anyone in the side. Either he changes his game or gets confused in the fwd line when Fraser and Roo are there and his input drops off.
4. With Gardiner and King in the side we can use them as resting forward pocket to stretch the defence. Both good contested marks themselves and used by their former clubs in this capacity. Kosi and Roo are enough to have as key talls. Add the resting ruckman or Charlie Gardiner as a Ryan O'Keefe style running HFF and it will be much better balanced.
5. He keeps a younger developing player out, whether that is Charlie Gardiner, or another midfield rotation like Armo, Birss, Jones.
A forward line of Roo, Kosi, Schneider, Milne, C. Gardiner and either the Resting ruckman, or a Clarke brother or even Goddard would be a better combo with more flexibility and defence than the current set-up.
Would love to have Fraser on an extended bench where he could come on and be tested, but benched if its not working. With the 4 man bench you can't afford to carry a player that can only play in one postion.
I also recognise his worth when he is firing...he will probably kick 6 on Scarlett next week.
