He is all elbows, knees, angles and awkwardness. There is little smooth or fluent about him to attract people to notice and admire him. These attributes work in his favour as opposition players have to find a way around his marking the ball at its highest point, and his natural body movement putting people off balance. 

I LOVE his long straight runup, and I am bewildered many other young forwards don't attempt the same. He runs in a straight line towards his target, and kicks it in that line, while being at a slow running pace. 

Having said all that, he makes our forward 50  effectiveness 30% better just by being there. I rate him very highly and still cannot believe the stupidity of North to treat him the way they did, and then let him go the way they did. 

 I’ve been promoted to sharp-edged scissors! Round-edged scissors are SO last week. 🙄

A lil sneak peek…

But a pinky promise first. 🤫 Don’t tell anyone! Ok everyone, pinkies in!

Our illustrious leader asked me to choose from this side to cut out or BBB’s pic. Since no one wants to see  BBB’s hair trimmed, I chose this side. 😁

#SquadLife 

I’m sure the irony won’t be lost on him and the Kangas fans, gave great service to them so they should be giving him a cheer at some point (though not holding my breath). 

Would love nothing more to see him kick a huge bag and remind them of how good he could be. 

Edited May 19, 20222 yr by Pates

Congratulations BBB I can’t believe how excited my family were when we heard that You were coming to the Dees. We hated and respected you at the Roos but what a revelation you have been at the Dee’s finally made our forward line click. 150 games I hope that you make it to 230. Well done Ben.!!!

6 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

It’s been said multiple times but just how good has our trading been! Lever, May, Langdon and Brown. All of them add so much. When he came bk in last year he gave us the final piece in the puzzle imo. 

How we got him fr a mid second rounder still surprises me. Great bloke, great footballer. A pillar in our premiership side. congrats on 150. 

Agree.

Alot of credit really does need to go to those who sealed these deals.  Not only did we get it done with a reasonable exchange of picks in pretty much all cases, but the efforts to convince these players that they should chose the MFC over the many other potential suitors shouldn't be underrated either.  It's not like we were exactly a destination club until 2021.  From what I recall, most players that have arrived at the club all stated at the time that they were super impressed with the approach and vision outline by Goody in their talks with him, but I dare say there are probably also others in our admin that quietly did a great job behind the scenes as well.

I think that Melksham and Pig Dog could also be added to that list of great trading and I can hardly think of a trade bust that we've had in recient years.

Edited May 19, 20222 yr by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Congratulations on Big Benny Brown reaching 150 AFL games! Well and truly deserved!

Would love to see Big Benny Brown kick 10 goals against his old side North Melbourne! Which will probably be more than their entire team kicks.😁

But I will settle for 6 or 7 goals.

Edited May 19, 20222 yr by Supreme_Demon

I'd argue that Brown joining the club has had the sort of impact that rivals the impact of us getting May and Lever. He was made to earn his spot last year but ever since he's been a 'best 22' player we've been a considerably better football side. 

 

Absolute gun 🔫 and a nice bloke

Hope he kicks a bag on the weekend

I remember in 2020 when we were after him whilst everyone else was after Joe Daniher. He really opened up our team's potential and above all else he's a really good bloke. So wrapped he's a Dee.