Forward options aplenty for Giants

GWS Giants forward Jonathon Patton says the club boasts a number of avenues to goal. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph

GWS Giants power forward Jonathon Patton believes his job will be much easier this year because of the growing number of avenues to goal his club will have in their second season.

The Giants' midfield has been transformed into a double-edged weapon this pre-season with midfielders, including No. 1 national draft pick Lachie Whitfield, also spending regular time in the club's forward line, sharpening their attack.

Ahead of the Giants' final pre-season hit-out against St Kilda at Blacktown International Sportspark on Saturday, Patton and Giants' leading goal-kicker Jeremy Cameron said the forward line's development and the impressive marking ability of their centre ball-winners will make them much harder to handle up forward in 2013.

"I've only played a few games this year, but it feels a lot easier, a lot different than when I was playing last year,'' Patton said.

"A lot of that is due to my fitness. Now that all the midfielders have got another pre-season into them, there's going to be a lot more different avenues to kicking goals.''

The club's forward line has also been given added venom by the return of Patton at full flight after he struggled to recover from knee surgery in 2012 which left Cameron as the club's only major goal kicker with 29 majors.

The club has also been bolstered with new depth in their forward line with the emergence of work horse centre-half forward Adam Tomlinson, the recruitment of former Carlton veteran tall Bret Thornton and the key positional switch of moving Irishman Setanta O'hAilpin up forward from the defence.

It gives GWS five tall targets along with goal-kicking ruckman Jonathan Giles, small forward options led by Dom Tyson and the presence of star midfielders to kick goals this season.

With the number of interchanges allowed clubs to be restricted to 80 per match from 2014, AFL coaches have resorted to giving midfielders a rest in the forward line or backline to catch their breath rather than have a spell on the bench.

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