Thanks.
Yes, separating talls/smalls is always fraught. FWIW, I have Zurhaar as a medium forward and 'talls' for me refers to KPP's and 'smalls' refers to everyone else (i.e. non KPP). Certianly similarity between Fogarty and Zurhaar in play style although as you say, Fogarty is 4cm taller (and smaller KPP height) whilst Zurhaar is more adept at ground level, physical pressure/tackling, etc so happy to retain the division. If Fogart were to move into the 'smalls' category, I'd have him about 4th (with Zurhaar still 1st obviously). I would find Zurhaar hard to rate in the 'talls' against genuine KPP's.
I think Worpel is slightly underrated amongst North Fans. Phillips has not done very much at AFL level yet, with no real standout performances of note and is yet to have 17 possessions in a game or more than 8 contested possessions. He looked a bit raw (and overawed) to me a little in the very early stages of his career. Powell has started quite well on the other hand but even then, comparing to Worpel, whilst being pretty similar, Worpel averaged more of the ball, more contested ball, more clearances, more tackles, more goals, more everything really in his first season (and that includes games with higher intensity - such as finals). Worpel followed it up with a B&F, top 30-40 in the Brownlow (equal with Cunnington), averaging 27 disposals, 6 clearances and 5 tackles in his second year. With others (notably Mitchell) playing the same role he has regressed back but I think is marked harsher due to his early highpoint. His 2021 was still remarkably similar to LDU, despite it being LDU's best season. I think if North had Worpel instead, his output would have continued and grown from his Mitchell-less season, playing the inside, tackling, clearance winning accumulator that feeds your outside players.
With all that said, I can also see why you would choose LDU or Powell first. As always, time will tell.
