When we're chasing a premiership and every little bit counts, 'yeah we are prone to taller forwards taking advantage of us at times' isn't something you can just gloss over.
That we are even considering “chasing a premiership” has nothing to do with the league best defense we fielded this year?
Everyone’s so focused on the upside of having this supposed amazing tall defender they’re glossing over the fact we fielded the best defense and that the reward of having a mobile intercepting quicker smaller defense this year far outweighed the negative of exposure to taller forwards.
That exposure didn’t cost us a grand final berth whatsoever this year by the way.... A slow midfield did.