Reading that interview, it confirms that Caddy is our 2nd key forward right now, and Townsend was our 2nd key forward in the last two weeks.
Do we play Caddy midfield when he comes back?
Also, this reaffirms my belief that 198cm+ tall forwards are supremely overrated and overpaid. We can literally play anyone in that role and they'll do better than Vickery, even if they're a former midfielder 15cm shorter. 15cm of height isn't much in a game where even the elite I50 kicks can vary by 5 metres or so due to the difficulty of controlling the unusually shaped ball.
Townsend is better at being a 2nd key forward than Vickery ever was - and he's trained as a midfielder turned small forward. Greg as relief ruck is not noticeably better or worse than Vickery ever was.
While the sample size is small, when you factor in Caddy's goals as a "2nd key forward" tasked with the responsibility of bringing the ball to ground for our faster smalls to dine on, why should we ever overpay a poor footballer due to his height and the traditional belief that every team needs a 198cm flag pole to bomb it to?
Surely Townsend and Caddy's success as a "2nd key forward" makes a mockery of the Casboult/Vickery tall types with no actual football ability.
No disrespect to Townsend, but he was in the delist bin as a midfielder / defensive forward. With just a few days notice, he was called up to play Vickery's old role and dominated. So did Caddy (while doing double duty up the field gathering 20 touches as a relief midfielder).
If being 15cm taller was such an advantage, how does a medium forward like Townsend kick 5 goals and take 5 marks on a near-AA quality tall defender in Carlisle... ever??
Townsend has emerged as our KPF saviour!
