Re Doc, everyone hopes he is able to get back to 20+ games of footy in a season.As someone else has said, Docherty doesn’t have to be AA to improve on last season. His first half of the season was actually quite good, before dropping away considerably. I’m more optimistic than most regarding his future I guess.
Williams was one of the most damaging hbf in the league not so long ago. Don’t particularly agree that he’s best described as “flakey” perhaps a little “injury prone” in the last few seasons is more apt.
Martin is flakey I agree, but his output over the last two seasons is still below what he is capable of, even compared to his GC days. Similar to McGovern in the sense that he just hasn’t had a good run at it, injury wise. More than capable enough however.
Williams, he had one standout season, in 2019, that hasn't been the norm.
Martin and McGovern are similar, blokes who just never put it together. Recruited on the promise of the odd good game...
Compare their careers to Hewett. Hewett has multiple top5 BnF finishes and every season bar 1 played 20+ games...you should expect him to be a quality contributor, finally bringing in a quality mature player!
When recruit average injury prone blokes, ain't surprising that they produce average injury interrupted seasons!!