The 2011 Merry-go-round

[Master Q]

108 Games in 5 Years doesn't mean he is the best ruckmen.

Have you thought about how he got those games? Ottens is really there only good ruckmen, and he is struggling with injury. Hawkins is normally named as a Forward. Blake was also given extra games when Mummy and King was around, because he was young and Mummy and King were in bad form.

In 2007, King was injured for most of the year, playing 5 games. Ottens also battled with injury playing 15, and Mumford wasn't at Geelong in 07'. Meaning Blake was forced to play as he was pretty much the only other ruckmen!

Not saying he is the best ruckman, but they let King go at the end of 07 in favour of Blake. They favoured Blake over Mumford in the best 22 so Mumford sought out a club where he could get a game. You don't play 100 games by pure luck.

I'm not saying he is a gun, far from it. However to simply state he is "useless" without qualifying that with any arguments or examples is a nothing statement. Quite clearly he has some semblance of talent.

Blake will hold some currency at the trade table and if you look at Richmond's ruck stocks, you have Graham as the number one, who is average at best, Vickery who has some potential, but is still very green and needs a lot of development and Browne who has shown very little. Between the 3 of them there is 66 games of experience. A 23 year old and two 20 year olds.

Blake is a good tap ruckman and exactly what Richmond need. Not just for their ruck stocks, but also to help the young midfield develop. Having a good tap ruckman will help the midfield develop in clearances, especially inside players like Martin.

You can play 80 by pure luck  ;D Mummy was in poor form anyway, plus, why would they trade him, not because he's good, because there ruck stocks are small, and Ottens is battling with injury.

[hawk_88]

I don't think they would trade him by choice. They really don't have one if he asks to be traded though and the prevailing thought is that he will.

[Barlow 21]

Jonathon Griffin will be going to Freo/West Coast.