McAuliffe, smillie, lalor were hurt and hotton is coming back from a knee.
There's not many options
Exactly
Let’s not pretend that when those guys have been available that yze wasn’t still spamming the TT, Hopper and Prestia combo.
Yeah the nank/prestia/hop/TT middle stats are very high and look unbalanced compared to other lists.
More so when you consider only taranto has a long term future.
Even more dire when one considers Kamdyn McIntosh is about the next most CBA
McAuliffe 59%, Dow 44% and even lalor 20 odd % were getting a run there when fit. Not much they can do when everyone is hurt.
I think they have worked out Ross (34%) isn't going to be enough for a mid at afl level.
Hotton and Balta had their most Centre Bounce Attendance v North. maybe that is something to build on. Assuming lalor , smillie and McAuliffe get some luck with injury next season.
Overall I think it's a strong case for looking at sharp in the draft assuming wce don't take him one or two