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I've been of the opinion that both Martin & Garland will be used as 'swingmen' in our future plans. Depending on the best matchups for us.

Warnock, Rivers & Frawley are more defenders & Martin & Garland both strike me as the types who can turn their skills to offence.

Agree completely. Stef and Garlo just look like they could be anything. Garlo even looks like he could eventually have a run in the middle as well. Guys like Pavlich and Goodes started as KP defenders, so, you never know.

In the past i've toyed with the idea of playing Rivers forward, mainly because of his ability to take a big pack mark and how well he reads the play, but also, more recently because of the emergence of the other young KP defenders on our list. We have 5 key defenders that all have some claim on a spot in the best 22, as well as McNamara on the brink of selection.

I feel because of the overabundance of key defenders, guys like McNamara will have to develop another side to their games (as Tmac has shown this year playing back, wing and forward for Casey). Rivers could be the same, in that of our 5 KPD's, he is the slowest and oldest, but is the best mark (IMO), and his uncanny ability to know where the ball is going before it gets there (something which none of our forward seem to possess) could well be handy as a marking forward.

It's never happened, but does anyone think there is even a remote chance that in the future Rivers could become a forward? For some reason i can easily imagine him playing his last 2 or 3 years of his career out as a forward.

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    Agree completely. Stef and Garlo just look like they could be anything. Garlo even looks like he could eventually have a run in the middle as well. Guys like Pavlich and Goodes started as KP defenders, so, you never know.

    In the past i've toyed with the idea of playing Rivers forward, mainly because of his ability to take a big pack mark and how well he reads the play, but also, more recently because of the emergence of the other young KP defenders on our list. We have 5 key defenders that all have some claim on a spot in the best 22, as well as McNamara on the brink of selection.

    I feel because of the overabundance of key defenders, guys like McNamara will have to develop another side to their games (as Tmac has shown this year playing back, wing and forward for Casey). Rivers could be the same, in that of our 5 KPD's, he is the slowest and oldest, but is the best mark (IMO), and his uncanny ability to know where the ball is going before it gets there (something which none of our forward seem to possess) could well be handy as a marking forward.

    It's never happened, but does anyone think there is even a remote chance that in the future Rivers could become a forward? For some reason i can easily imagine him playing his last 2 or 3 years of his career out as a forward.

    It's an interesting conundrum that we will find next year as T Mac emerges, [along with, (hopefully) a fit & healthy Garland], that some will have too push forward. Plus Watts (wing/hff) & hopefully Butcher @ the club, & most likely playing @ Casey early season.

    I can see trades taking place at end of 2010.

    It's an interesting time for DEES supporters.

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