The Western Bulldogs and Tom Williams have together decided he is a ”born forward” and will use him in that role as Brendan McCartney’s makeover of that area of the ground continues.
Kicking a winning score on a regular basis has been the club’s main problem during McCartney’s tenure, but there is growing optimism that the addition of Stewart Crameri, a resurgent Liam Jones and a healthy Williams could give the Dogs a winning mix.
Williams has played the majority of his seven-year career as a key defender, but he showed signs of coming on as a forward when the switch was made just before his latest stretch of bad injury luck.
“He’s a fantastic athlete, we probably haven’t seen him at his absolute best in any year that he’s been out there,” said Brett Montgomery, the Dogs’ senior assistant coach.
”He loves [playing forward]. He thinks he was born to be a forward … he has all the attributes, so that’s the main thing.”
Williams is training strongly but has been held back at times, with the Dogs mindful of the injury issues which have resulted in the 27-year-old playing just five games over the past two years.
