Some good points raised, but also some others overlooked.
- Tap outs mean little... unless they are being fed down the throat of a mid who is in the clear... last year Ben was allowing some no-name ruckmen to do this.
That's when it hurts!
- After his fantastic first game against Carlton, for reasons unknown Ben went downhill, including no longer taking those trademark grabs around the game. For anyone who doubts, if you're bored one day, check our 2013 replays.
- Maybe he'll be bulked up at the skid marks (definitely would be if he'd gone to the Dopers
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) and that'll help him win some taps...? If so, will that then adversely affect his stamina around the ground?
- I'm rapt with the list of blokes that we got for Ben. Even if not one of them makes it (which will
not be the case) I'd still do the deal based on the potential upside. In fact, I couldn't believe what we got for Ben! By next draft time, I reckon we'll all see that we wouldn't still be able to do such a deal.
- And if Ben does manage to improve, well, as stated above, such was unlikely to happen if he stayed with us... so win/win and good luck to him. Wish he win a premiership medal...? Nuh. I wish that he, BJ, Dal, Bally all get the chance to win each win themselves a Norm Smith... before sitting down on the grass to watch our boys get their premiership medals.
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