I like to take a punt at f3. Rozee vs de goey vs butters vs heeney vs Jack Martin types? Happy to take other suggestions or why u would rule out consider?
I liked De Goey before the injury and he does make sense to take Treloar's spot but durability is a major issue. I think he has the highest upside of the group.
Heeney has been covered, like him as a F6 type candidate. Durability is an issue, for mine.
Butters I really like as a player but hard to see a lot of progression, think he's also an F6 type at best, as much as I rate him the midfield minutes are going to be really sparse, although if he wins them he can be really good.
Rozee I just don't like that much, basically he's not as good as Butters for mine, especially as a midfield prospect, so will have to do it as a forward in a strong forwardline that shares the load a fair bit. It can be done but would take a lot.
Martin for me is a "he is who he is" type at this point. Durability has been an issue for him as well and he's basically scored at the same level for 6 years now. A breakout is always possible for players with that talent level but I'd love to have heard a lot of stories about how the penny has dropped and he's trained better than ever, etc to think somethings changed. Realistically Williams pushes him down a rung for midfield minutes and he was already clinging to the bottom of the ladder.
De Goey is, imo, the highest upside of the group and if he can get back and play the preseason games and looks as good as the chatter indicates, I think he's still the best pick because he has enormous upside potential. Heeney feels the safest. Like both the Port guys but the opportunities are hard to envision, durability is on their side though.
Heeney's game count season by season
12 , 20 , 18 , 21 , 22 , 6
freak injury last season
still trying to work out how he is injury prone (81 from 88 the previous 4 seasons)
Has never completed a preseason and plays a lot of games carrying injuries. First season he missed 10 or so games with a knee injury. Can't remember what it was but missed the start of 17 as well and then had last year with the ankle that took the season and his preseason out.
He's also played hurt a lot which has hindered his scoring and while it's better than missing it's still a pain.
I love him as a player but he's, sadly, not been durable to date and given he's more than likely going to be a borderline F6 level scorer you can't afford him missing games or having a string of games where he's managed through them.
Ultimately he's missed a quarter of the games through his career so far from injury and I'm still not sure if having 10 different injuries is better than 1 happening over and over but for me if you've missed 25% of the games, that's a durability risk.
