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I think our midfield will be fine TBH, it's just a year or two off.
Next year the core rotation will be:
Heppell (25), Zach Merrett (21), Zaharakis (27), Parish (20), McGrath (19), Myers (28), Bird (28), Colyer (25) with Tippa (24) and Fantasia (21) rolling through.
We've got a few good kids coming through in Langford (20), Laverde (21) and Mutch (19) who have shown a bit at both AFL and VFL level. My expectation is that Langford and Laverde will gradually push Myers and Bird out of the rotation, they're big bodied kids (both 6'3") who should come of age over the next 18 months. Begley (19) is a big, competitive beast who also looks like he could roll through the midfield and do some damage.
We need to find some rebound off the half back line to replace Pops Kelly (retired) and McGrath who will move up to a wing but other than that the list is in reasonable nick. Dodoro and Keane have done a great job with very limited draft resources over the last few years.
Ambrose, Hurley, Bellchambers, Daniher, Hooker is a really good spine and we have tall depth with Mitch Brown, James Stewart, Aaron Francis, Mick Hartley.
Next year the core rotation will be:
Heppell (25), Zach Merrett (21), Zaharakis (27), Parish (20), McGrath (19), Myers (28), Bird (28), Colyer (25) with Tippa (24) and Fantasia (21) rolling through.
We've got a few good kids coming through in Langford (20), Laverde (21) and Mutch (19) who have shown a bit at both AFL and VFL level. My expectation is that Langford and Laverde will gradually push Myers and Bird out of the rotation, they're big bodied kids (both 6'3") who should come of age over the next 18 months. Begley (19) is a big, competitive beast who also looks like he could roll through the midfield and do some damage.
We need to find some rebound off the half back line to replace Pops Kelly (retired) and McGrath who will move up to a wing but other than that the list is in reasonable nick. Dodoro and Keane have done a great job with very limited draft resources over the last few years.
Ambrose, Hurley, Bellchambers, Daniher, Hooker is a really good spine and we have tall depth with Mitch Brown, James Stewart, Aaron Francis, Mick Hartley.
Yes our midfield will look very different next season & we could see a jump in it's effectiveness very quickly.

