Probably a bit late for this but......
High end midfield churn:
The following is a list of top 8 mids by year who did not make the top 8 the following year. The number in brackets is their midfield ranking for the following year. I haven't taken into account DPPs
2018: Titch (DNP), Oliver (10), Cogs (25) If we ignore Titch for his LTI, then Laird went from 9th to 33rd
2019: Fyfe (10), Cripps (44), Dunkley (31), Danger (11), Bont (9)
2020: Neale (25), Trac (11), Kelly (19), Merrett (12)
2021: Steele (14), Titch (43), Walsh (11), Parish (12)
2022: Neale (18), Touk (33), Macrae (28), Mills (56)
So in any year we can expect around half of that top 8 to not be top 8 the following year. Of those that miss out, there is a 50/50 chance that they will come in 9th to 12th. Not the end of the world.
Here is this year's starting top 8. Which 4 to miss? Which 4 to miss badly?
Bont, Oliver, Trac, Laird, Zerrett, Daicos*, Libba, Dawson. I'll add Spudniacke due to Daicos being a defender
High end midfield churn:
The following is a list of top 8 mids by year who did not make the top 8 the following year. The number in brackets is their midfield ranking for the following year. I haven't taken into account DPPs
2018: Titch (DNP), Oliver (10), Cogs (25) If we ignore Titch for his LTI, then Laird went from 9th to 33rd
2019: Fyfe (10), Cripps (44), Dunkley (31), Danger (11), Bont (9)
2020: Neale (25), Trac (11), Kelly (19), Merrett (12)
2021: Steele (14), Titch (43), Walsh (11), Parish (12)
2022: Neale (18), Touk (33), Macrae (28), Mills (56)
So in any year we can expect around half of that top 8 to not be top 8 the following year. Of those that miss out, there is a 50/50 chance that they will come in 9th to 12th. Not the end of the world.
Here is this year's starting top 8. Which 4 to miss? Which 4 to miss badly?
Bont, Oliver, Trac, Laird, Zerrett, Daicos*, Libba, Dawson. I'll add Spudniacke due to Daicos being a defender
Oliver, Laird, Libba and Zerret. Oliver only because of the pre season. Libba the most likely. Zerret because he usually is not in the top 8, but just outside it.