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Which is hard to fathom GTC? As many have stated on this and other threads, our defence is probably the one area that we are covered....apart from maybe a key defender if one of Jones or Weitering goes down (hence Oscar McDonald training with the club). We have probably lacked that good ball use coming out of defence but with Saad and Docherty, I think SPS could be better used in the middle. Hopefully Stocker comes on this year as he's another option down back as a shut down smaller type of defender.

Not really.  Teague has made it clear why Samo is required in defence. I think that it will take someone like Stocker showing that they can perform the role just as well before Samo is released to play as a midfielder or half forward.  Newman regaining fitness and form will be another option.

As for our midfield rotations, 2020 saw us using Cripps, Walsh, Murphy, Curnow, Setterfield, Newnes, Martin, Gibbons, Kennedy, Betts, Dow, O'Brien, Cottrell, Philp, Fisher and Cuningham, and I think that Simmo and Doc may have had an occasional run through the guts too.  This season we will add Williams and possibly Fogarty, Stocker, Kemp, Durden and Carroll.

We have an abundance of midfielders and half forwards who can can take a turn in the midfield.  We mightn't have the quality midfielders of other teams but we have the quantity and potential to achieve that quality.

We don't have a lot of small defenders who can shut down an opponent and hit a target under pressure.  Newman is probably the closest to Samo in terms of role and skillset, but he doesn't have the same poise.  Saad and Docherty play very different roles with Saad literally replacing Simmo and Docherty continuing his loose man role.