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What it comes down to is you don't develop midfielders by playing midfield in the SANFL. You develop midfielders by finding them a role at AFL level and letting them stress test their game there - and you suck up the bad part until their body catches up to them. Every position is tailor made to...

Rozee didn't look like his ceiling was anywhere near Rozee in his third year, seeing they're tracking at near identical rates. At this point there was a lot of hope from Port Adelaide that Rozee could be that player, but there is that question mark until they've done it. It would take until...

Well that's one side of the thing. It's another goal kicker and heck, it might free Pedlar up towards a midfield move seeing we should be at the point now where its something worth exploring - especially with Laird falling out of favour in our midfield unit. Or as you say, Rankine/Rachele...

The fact we switched an in-form Nankervis to sub to accommodate Curtin for a half just has to be planned (and if so, Nicks and co. deserve to be slammed even more so for it because that's being too cute). Seems like we're trying to fit him into the '23 without there really being a spot for him...

I don't think it's a case of continuing investing in the forward line as much as it is about hoarding as much talent as you can fit. The rest sorts itself out seeing football is kind of weird in how generalised it's become. There really aren't a lot of non KP players anymore whose best position...

I don't hate the Hayward offer. We're certainly paying the 'contract year' tax seeing Will is on a tear at the moment, but seeing the lad is 2 goals a game right now, a free agent, and the cap is moving upwards, it seems about what you'd expect. Just a matter of if this is the real Hayward or...

If you're not good enough to win in 120 minutes, you don't deserve extra time in the regular season. Plus the moments where everyone is loitering and not knowing how to feel is hilarious.

Whilst Keane would absolutely kill it as a third tall, I don't think it's the right move to shift him seeing what he's doing at CHB. You've got your guy who can go both ways and do a respectable job against the big threats of the competition. I think here we're just waiting for Murray to be back...

If there is ever a position where they do grow on trees, it's the defensive third tall. On that note, that might have been the worst possible time to break your arm for Woz as well, as it now solves our Curtin dilemma by freeing that spot up - and our subs the last two weeks have really been...

heck, how I love draws. Whilst Adelaide being involved in them puts a damper, there is something rather magical about them. Anyway, I only saw the last 40 minutes, so no real thoughts outside of hopefully Worrell is ok and it's very good to see Fogarty, Rankine and Dawson balling and I thought...

That's not how selection works, so no. Teams won't cut their nose off to spite their face. Whilst it is possible we move Laird back/forward/wherever, it will not be so a 0 gamer gets midfield time - unless they are a Rowell/JHF/Reid like talent and walk into the league with an elite contested...

A part of me likes this story line, especially as you could run Dangerfield as a half forward for a year and two and Geelong has been uber successful. Would a Pedlar, Curtin, Soligo, Rachele, Rankine etc benefit from this? Looks a pretty safe yes at this point. But then again, it's hard to not...

That has a large whiff of unchanged.

I do remember the Champion data guy on SEN mentioning a few weeks back that they've pushed to really punish inaccuracy in goal kicking in the ratings this year, so I think this damage thought is probably on the money.

The problem here is shape keeping is such a pivotal part of the role and one that becomes more important as you're going down the depth chart. After all, you want to be overloading teams when you're attacking which leads to a position like this becoming a wing-lite kind of role - especially as...

Nah, it's fair. Unfortunately for Cook, ball finding skills are everything when it comes to football on the offensive side of things. The damage you do with the ball can be a separator later on, when you're looking at the difference between someone stuck as a role player and the kids who ascend...

More ball coming his way is the main reason. Football does tend to become easier as you move up the pecking order if you have the talent to capitalise on it. I don't particularly see Tex retiring helping Fogarty mind you. Probably does a lot more for Thilthorpe if anything, just as it clears up...

Midfield is a pure talent check in the end of the day, so it's certainly possible Max has the ability to make the switch. I don't think Adelaide will ever pursue it, however, seeing Max is becoming a pretty rare cat in defense. But I guess we went the Dawson route and that paid off, so never...

Nah, Cook is a genuine no hoper at this level. Sure, he has neat skills, but he lacks the ball winning ability and positional sense needed to find success. If that hasn't come in four years, it never will.

Schoenberg is also a fair shout at half forward, seeing half forward is probably a good role to rebuild his AFL career at this point. That said, I do like the all round game of Dowling here a bit more - especially the extra height with our inconsistent ball movement.

If that's the problem, then we should sack Burgess for incompetence. It's not like this game hasn't been on the calendar for months and it's not like the North's game was hot.

Out: Cook, McHenry In: Dowling, Murphy Look, half forward is the toughest role in football, however, that's three out of four now where we've got absolutely nothing out of Cook. Time for Dowling to get a shot and a taster - as he might also track towards being an answer on the wing in a few...

I don't buy the 5-day turnaround as an excuse. It's a showdown. It may be in a meaningless fixture, not here. If you're desiring to play low-risk football with 15 minutes on the clock, you're in a full blown panic. It's all Port cutting it off that drove that low-risk panic. Our "groove" is...

Yup. Even watching our ball movement in the early stages of the last quarter - we were in a full blown panic by that stage. Lots of long down the line and slow play and not looking to switch and attack. We did have some form of system in the first half - seeing we were cutting through the...

I mean, it's not half true - it's the complete and utter truth in this case. There was no 'Nicks didn't trust Worrell', no 'needs to work on his game', none of that nonsense. Just a case of a lad who found himself in a bad list situation, which is always a risk with drafting a kid. As much as...

Nah, that just wastes Murray. The guy was born to take on the best KPF's on the other team.

That is another good. We've now broken even with Port in Nicks tenure.

No it didn't. Doedee doing an ACL forced that selection (and a concussion the year before). Doedee was the problem Worrell faced, seeing we've only seen him as a third tall and he had a rather solid senior player being the incumbent.

Escaped one there against Port, which makes it pretty sweet. Good: We may have just seen Soligo breakout into a star of the competition there. Really led from the front in a big game. Rankine and Rachele was dangerous throughout and popped up with some key plays when needed. It was a scrap and...

Yup, another quarter where we had ascendancy for a while but couldn't find the KO blow. A bit nerve wracking now.