Tolman is a toiler. One of those no frills players that just tucks it under the arm and runs. In recent times he's started to develop an offload, but there is nobody around to sniff them out.
Tonight he was brilliant.
68 minutes
22 runs for 159m
1 tackle break
17 hitups
42 tackles / 0 missed
His workload is good but it's not effective. Does he break the line? No.
Does he offload where he is a threat to the defence? No
Does he have the mongrel to intimidate? No.
Do teams fear him? Absolutely not.
Tolman is your typical no frills player but that's not who we need in our team. He is your Des Hasler robot that will do the little things right statistically with no flair. This has proven not to cut it to win a premiership.
We need a forward that has that intimidation factor with and without the ball, mobility to break the defence and create options through the forwards with ball skills.
Tolman has been a good servant for the Dogs but it's time to try and offload him asap.