Sorry, can't agree with this. We can't put our already weakened forward line in the hands of a bloke who has poor timing and poor nous at AFL level.
The game might be going past Drew a bit, but at least he has good game sense. Maj needs an experienced player around him, it's too much to ask an 8 gamer who by all accounts is having trouble consistently affecting the game to be the number one target.
Meh, does it really matter? It is not like Brad is going to wheel in the changes.
Maj wants to take the shots, Drew doesn't. The rest is irrelevant to me. His standard isn't good enough, it is as simple as that really. If you have to change things up because your options are limited then change things up. Put the onus on the midfield to run and carry more and kick more goals, go with a smaller mobile forward line and put pressure on the mids to hit targets rather than bomb it.
Drew is only part of the problem, he is an icon for players shirking responsibility by not taking the game on and not pushing themselves to create space and opportunity. The mids who fail to deliver should also be held accountable but Drew is fumbling marks he would be confident taking one handed a few years ago. His own form is just no good and it is exacerbated because the mids are not doing what they are meant to be doing.
I am not excusing the mids for their failures, they should also be judged on form. But even if the midfield form improves, Drew still has to want to take the shots, if he doesn't he will fumble marks and miss sodas from dead in front. It is unfair to punish him, his team mates and the supporters by playing him when he is out of form.
Go back to the VFL, kick some bags of 10 goals on bunnies he relishes and get some confidence, get the desire to take the shots and come back in with some form and confidence. Going through the motions didn't help LT when he couldn't kick a goal from the goal square.
He just needs more volume at an easier standard to get some confidence.