Position 2023: Midfield Discussion

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From a SC perspective, Green is 10 and 17 points per game behind Cripps and Oliver respectively, after their 3rd seasons.
And 14 points per game in front of where Cogs was at the same time in his career? I’m not sure how this is relevant?
 
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Why does it seem like everyone is prioritising Tom Green over Coniglio? I see Tom Green in almost every single team and many without Coniglio.

Both have a midfield role and are priced similarly, but at least Cogs has proven premium scoring history and can be selected in the forward line.

Am I missing something?
I think it is more about Cog being a forward in SC , think he is an excellent pick but so are a lot of others forwards and can’t have them all.
 
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Who was that guy we had in SCE years ago that used to post injury news like a day later than when everyone knew about it @bluebloods - I used to think he just did it every time for ****s and giggles and was his own personal joke :)
Not sure but Spud was always good for a laugh.

The late outs thread was always good though.
 
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Ok so FWIW, Dunkley had 50% CBA last year.

Based on the preseason game, Liberatore, Treloar, Bont and Smith all had increased midfield minutes, whereas Macrae attended fewer centre bounces.

From watching almost every WBD game in recent years, I vividly remember Dunkley actually helping with Macrae's scoring due to (1) passing to Macrae after winning the contested possession (2) Bevo preferring to play the pair given their synergy, resulting in greater midfield minutes for both

Bont on the other hand has preferred to take that long clearance kick, overlooking Macrae in most situations.

Not actually sure that Dunkley leaving benefits Macrae in any way.
 
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Ok so FWIW, Dunkley had 50% CBA last year.

Based on the preseason game, Liberatore, Treloar, Bont and Smith all had increased midfield minutes, whereas Macrae attended fewer centre bounces.

From watching almost every WBD game in recent years, I vividly remember Dunkley actually helping with Macrae's scoring due to (1) passing to Macrae after winning the contested possession (2) Bevo preferring to play the pair given their synergy, resulting in greater midfield minutes for both

Bont on the other hand has preferred to take that long clearance kick, overlooking Macrae in most situations.

Not actually sure that Dunkley leaving benefits Macrae in any way.
Agree, especially if Bailey Smith is taking a significant amount of the minutes, he's a negative for all the other Dogs mids as he plays a very different and much more singular style to the rest who are all very good at creating space for teammates by hand, of which Dunkley was also very good.
 
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