Jason Ball

[penga]

Originally posted by TheMase
Got this from Bigfooty ....

"Michael Griffiths from Glenelg is a HUGE kid. 19, 207cm, very mobile for his height and can play up forward."

we have a winner!!!

[penga]

http://www.messenger.net.au/Sport/htm/footy29.html

New Glenelg coach David Noble says he is excited to have 20-year-old ruckman Michael Griffiths, recruited from VFL team Port Melbourne.

''He's 208cm, so pretty tall, and did some pre-season with Essendon in the lead up to the rookie draft, so they had their eye on him,'' Noble says.

Noble recently signed the promising young prospect after talking to AFL scouts.

''(This is) an opportunity to bolster our stocks in the ruck and provide him with an opportunity to develop here and I guess potentially get drafted.''

Griffiths joins fellow key position recruits Leigh Brockman and Trevor Cranston, signed before Christmas, but the Tigers are still looking for a couple of on-ballers.

he played for port melbourne, can anyone tell me if they saw him play???

[TheMase]

Originally posted by penga
we have a winner!!!

Could you even imagine the match up problems sides would have?

207cm ruckman in the ruck, and 204cm player down forward, or vice versa.

Could you also imagine if they were in the forward line AT THE SAME TIME and move Goodes into the ruck for a quarter.

Just bomb it and let their height do the rest

Imagine also if we had Ball still. 3 200cm+ versitile players

[penga]

add lrt and meiklejohn!!! sure theyre not 200+ but close enough

[TheMase]

Originally posted by penga
add lrt and meiklejohn!!! sure theyre not 200+ but close enough

Michael Griffiths 208cm
Stephen Doyle 204cm
Jason Ball 200cm
James Meiklejohn 197cm
Lewis Roberts-Thompson 196cm
Jason Saddington 194cm
Barry Hall 194cm
Adam Goodes 194cm
Mark Powell 190+cm
Tadhg Kennelly 190+cm
Andrew Schuable 190+cm
Daniel Hunt 190+cm


We'd have to be the tallest side in the League

[desredandwhite]

Not getting a bit ahead of ourselves are we, boys?

[penga]

never

[Plugger46]

Originally posted by TheMase
Could you even imagine the match up problems sides would have?

207cm ruckman in the ruck, and 204cm player down forward, or vice versa.

Could you also imagine if they were in the forward line AT THE SAME TIME and move Goodes into the ruck for a quarter.

Just bomb it and let their height do the rest

Imagine also if we had Ball still. 3 200cm+ versitile players

Your getting far too ahead of yourself, what are the chances of this actually coming into action?
Very unlikely I would suggest!!

[Louellyn]

So we haven't actually recruited this guy yet? I wondered why I hadn't heard the name.

He sounds tall enough, but can he actually play?? Sometimes you can be too tall for this game, and become ungainly/unwieldy while running and kicking. Marking okay, but the rest of it can be an ugly game. (I am thinking of someone I saw a couple of weeks ago, but can't remember who, drat it)

[thommoone]

would it be Sandilands from Freo?

[TheMase]

Originally posted by Plugger46
Your getting far too ahead of yourself, what are the chances of this actually coming into action?
Very unlikely I would suggest!!

Chances? I dont know. We definitely need another option in the ruck, and if this guy can play we could probably get him for a second round pick.

It was just an 'imagine' idea, not something that definitely will happen!