DEFENDERS - Tarrant, Balta, Grimes, Vlastuin, Broad, Rioli. Then Short along with Gibcus, Brown, Banks, HRS, Smith.
MIDS - Taranto, Prestia, Hopper, Martin, Cotchin, Bolton, Sonsie. Then Ross, Graham, Baker, Short.
WING - Pickett, McIntosh, HRS, Banks, Short.
FORWARD - Lynch - Riewoldt, Cumberland, M Rioli, Bolton, Martin, Taranto, Sonsie, Clarke possibly Miller fwd/ruck . Then Castagna, Campbell, Short.
They are close to the pecking order imo in each area.
So what you're saying is he's a walk up start because he can play across all four lines?
Lol maybe as a sub. The old saying of okay at all things but master of none comes to mind.
Fmd Miller can play fwd Ruck and kpd and in anyones language is more important to structure is he a walk up start. If it came to it Miller or Short i know who id pick and for all the right reasons.
In all four roles there are better credentialled players than Jayden. As i have already said his ability to perform reasonably well in all of them still leaves him behind those who are better at the singular role.
The blokes in the back half all get a gig in front of him imo. so lets do it
B: Vlastuin - Tarrant - Grimes
HB: Broad - Balta - Rioli.
Lets not kid ourselves every day of the week these six are the backline now that Gibcus is injured. He may be the next cab off the rank if Rioli gets hurt but exactly at what stage do we pick one of the kids we have explicitly drafted as hb.
Lets also put our long term hats on!!!!. Brown is talked up big time by the club and a pick 17 to boot. Probably only size holding him back last year.
Another year in, another preseason and we would be dumb dumb dumb not to be looking at him especially after all the club spiel as the next big thing at H/B... You seem to think its some sort of specialist position but refuse to acknowledge just how much freedom it provides Rioli and before him Short Ellis Houli.
We have to find a good balance of oldies and youngsters and play the promising kids in their best roles or maybe you think development of kids doesnt matter. Why draft specialist defenders and then not play them.
C: Pickett - Taranto - McIntosh
Wings okay i will keep it short for once. No way is he being picked in front of Pickett or McIntosh on a wing, and thats as much as i think McIntosh is replaceable. Always thought wing was a place we could play kids as well. Banks and Ralphsmith should be getting a look in in the role and even Brown.. It is a place we can play these types and get some afl games into them.
Not going to continue on too much.
Mids - Taranto, Cotchin, Prestia, Hopper, Martin, Bolton and Sonsie. there is no more needed. if picking mids he is well down the order if say him playing mid meant Sonsie missed then it would be a mistake and wrong.
Same story with the fwds why would we pick Short or Baker or Graham in front of Rioli or Cumberland or even Clarke for that matter.all specialist small fwds and better with their forward craft.
The bench or sub well this is where his versatility can help him so for me he's somewhere between best 19 to 24.
Miller Baker Sonsie are bench it doesnt leave many spots left.
