I do agree with you on Dow as a fwd.
I just get it if someone sees Dow improving in 21 and becoming a midfielder, he might not be ahead of Cripps, setters and curnow in the starting midfield, so either Dow starts on the bench or forward. I can understand that view as the match committee in the past have rested him fwd when not in the midfield.
We are picking forwards, which Dow isn't