Post Game Passion; AFL Rd 16: Carlton vs Fremantle

[Baggers]

Rumour (dont shoot the messenger) has it that he isn't happy with the small fwd role.

I wouldn't be at all surprised and wouldn't blame him for a second. He was recruited as a midfielder and IMHO is suited to that role. Trying to make him into a small forward is just another example of us playing blokes out of position.

Small forwards are a unique bunch. They signal their skill pretty early in their career and they love hanging around packs and creating something out of nothing. Once they've majored their craft you'll see them venture up the ground from time to time. Toby G, Milne, Edwardo... a few good examples.

But taking a natural midfielder and trying to mould him into a small forward just because he's small, is silly and counter-productive. Zachery is the kind of mid who creates something out of nothing around and in the roaming midfield pack. Plenty of very good mids have been runts. If The TT is serious about 'playing blokes to their strengths' then Zachery lines up around the midfield and is given license to drift forward - and back.