I'll say again, he was part of the #1 best back line in the AFL...it is laughable that people can't even give him that. Yes he played a role...fist, spoil to the boundary, reset...thereafter it becomes the responsibility of one of the best ruckmen in the league to take it from there, tap it to some equally good team mates, working great stoppage structures, to send it back to our forwards (ahhh dammit.)...thats generally where the wheels fall off. Freo have had a totally disfunctional forward line for ages now, but for years, even when he was in the best defensive unit in the AFL and playing his role, all people have ever done is rag on the bloke! This thread just typifies it yet again.
He stops his man from taking marks and scoring goals...thats his role. And then he relies on his team mates to help him mop up. Its not glamorous work but jeez it sounds like a defenders job to me don't you think??