I think what 08 showed us was also what a class half partner Killer was. I was super critical of De$ putting Killer in the halves. I used to think why would you put one of the worlds great centres out of position? I saw him play some good games and some ok ones. Then Killer got injured just before the finals series in 08.....anyone remember that? We copped a few losses and started looking a bit disjointed. Suddenly we realized that Killer was having a very positive effect on Ox, and he was severely missed.
Sorry to hijack the thread, but I agree on Ox, he was a much maligned player. I never thought he was brilliant, but I certainly never thought he was a dud either. One thing I did love about him was he had heart, and you can't teach someone that. Aside from his kicking game in the 08 GF what I remember is his massive hit on one of the storm forwards which dislodged the ball (I think we scored soon after).