Three-time premiership player Robert Walls thinks Greater Western Sydney small forward Toby Greene should be used in the same vein as Richmond superstar Dustin Martin.
Speaking on SEN's Hungry for Sport, Walls believes Greene can be wasted when played strictly as a forward when the supply isn’t there, so pushing him into the midfield would give the 2016 All Australian another string to his bow.
“I reckon Toby Greene is a really, really good player. But they have to develop him into a midfielder,” he said.
“It’s no good Toby Greene being in the forward line and the ball not coming down there. They have to use him how Richmond use Dustin Martin.
“Martin is a great forward and he is a great midfielder. They have to get a tank into Greene so he can go in the midfield and be explosive there.”
The former Carlton skipper has also pin-pointed power forward Jonathon Patton as another key player who needs to be more flexible, while the need of a small forward is evidently clear.
“They keep Patton up in the goal square," Walls said.
"That’s ok, but they have to develop him also as a footballer and I think a great combination would be Patton and Lobb sharing the ruckwork and the full forward position.
“I reckon Mummy (Shane Mumford) is just about shot. Jeremy Cameron is a great player but I get sick of seeing him on the half back flank when he is playing as a full forward.
“They need a small forward. They are hard to come by but a player of the quality of Eddie Betts and young Daniel Rioli they need something like that and they haven’t got it.”
For the second consecutive season the Giants have fallen at the Preliminary Final hurdle, and the Carlton premiership coach has urged Leon Cameron to show more imagination in the box and not allow games to drift when things aren’t going their way.
“I worry a little bit about their coach (Cameron),” Walls said.
“I don’t think he makes moves and I think he just lets the game unfold and if it’s not working they don’t make any changes. I think the coach has got to be a bit more proactive.”