Player Watch #12 Ben Miller

[db26]

Unfair criticism here he had a great start to the season and went off last 10 games I agree. Plenty to work with. People forget the ball was in defence so much and was a ping pong at times coming in the dam finally breaks even if you have the best defence

 

[Danog]

Was one of our most improved in the first half of season. Not sure what happened after mid-year break.

 

[thegcat]

Unfair criticism here he had a great start to the season and went off last 10 games I agree. Plenty to work with. People forget the ball was in defence so much and was a ping pong at times coming in the dam finally breaks even if you have the best defence

He was utterly abysmal in the 2nd half of the year. A can of Spam like abysmal

 

[THE_GUN]

It takes more than 23 players to win a flag

your players rated 25-35 are extremely important

 

[sanaya]

numbers are numbers, miller has played fine enough and if he's shit then armstrong or faull can just wait a year or two and #12 should be free - no rush


on the other hand what has maurice rioli jnr done to show he's worth the famous #17? be the son of a much better player who played enough games to qualify for father-son? oh, okay, as long as we recognise we're giving out numbers to players for reasons NOT related to performance i don't care about miller getting 12

 

[Moppey]

Astbury had an injury interrupted early period in his carrier. Miller is a spud. Emergency depth only and should never have been given that number.

Yep he had a heap of injuries after his first season.
But injuries aside by the end of 2016 we were quite happy to let him go to Brisbane if he wanted to.
He chose to stay and the rest is history.

Miller reminds me a bit of Liam Jones. Jones really struggled as a forward left the dogs went to Carlton and sort of played back as a last resort. But it wasn't just the fact he went into defense it was also a bit of something finally clicking for him and it happened at around the age Miller is now.

There,s two examples of forwards ending up back and actually clicking at around age 25 there are plenty of others.
Definately a make or go home year for Miller. If he can find that bit of mongrel he needs who knows.
I think another part of his problem is he has had to battle hard to just get games and instead of being decisive with decisions he is worried about making mistakes and is getting caught out too often not doing one thing or the other..

If i was at another club and needed a tall defender Miller is one id probably give a chance to mainly because of his athletic traits. Where as someone like Young i just dont rate just very limited.
Blight we are going to find out about i think he is limited to playing on certain types only but who knows.

The three of them will be superfluous to needs if Trainor Gibcus and Balta reach their potential they just wont get a look in.What they offer atm is reasonable cover and mature bodies.

Trade currency is what we want from them. Hope They show enough to warrant a club wanting them, they get a game and we get a reasonable bit of currency back in return.

 

[Danog]

His biggest weakness for mine is that he gives up on the contest after the marking contest is done. He needs to keep focused and give the 2nd and 3rd efforts. Shit, I'd take just a 2nd effort for now.

 

[lizard man]

I’m fascinated to see how he goes …. First half of the year was good but second half was dog poo. I’ll be keeping a close eye on him

 

[Meteoric Rise]

His biggest weakness for mine is that he gives up on the contest after the marking contest is done. He needs to keep focused and give the 2nd and 3rd efforts. Shit, I'd take just a 2nd effort for now.

Why just take a second effort. I would trade that for just the third effort personally.

 

[sregit]

His biggest weakness for mine is that he gives up on the contest after the marking contest is done. He needs to keep focused and give the 2nd and 3rd efforts. Shit, I'd take just a 2nd effort for now.

Miller’s biggest failing as a defender is losing focus. Forwards get a good ten metres on him before he realises they’ve led. Also once beaten for a mark drops his head and does not protect the mark. Slow thinker.

 

[Drunken Wookie]

Miller’s biggest failing as a defender is losing focus. Forwards get a good ten metres on him before he realises they’ve led. Also once beaten for a mark drops his head and does not protect the mark. Slow thinker.

Second half of season 2024 has really damaged his brand. He had to have been injured the drop off was massive.

 

[Madtiger2006]

Pretty decent development season. He’s quick and can jump and has nice skills.

 

[The Mighty]

Shouldnt have been given the #12.

Theres every chance he struggles to maintain a spot in the side.

Balta is a lock, and Blight is hitting pre-season like a man possessed by reports.

Not to mention Broad and Tigger and even Gibcus.

 

[lizard man]

Funky miller

 

[Wrenny]

Funky miller

Jees you’re a weird egg

 

[lizard man]

Jees you’re a weird egg

Funky is his nickname haha

 

[lizard man]