Stevo has many in front of him at North and is next to no chance of getting any midfield time this year. Last year couldn't pick up a lose ball with no pressure, had a season to forget. Hope he can turn it around.
Zieball, i think it is bold move to an unfamiliar roll.
Sometimes having your old side basically pay another team to get rid of you is somewhat motivating for you at your new side though
He's more than capable of being a dangerous midfielder and presents something the Kangas don't have with his speed, they've got a lot of predominantly inside midfielders.
Don't get me wrong, his last season was a thoroughly disappointing regression as a player but it certainly seems like there was more at play in that, just looked to have zero confidence. Might just be a lack of work ethic and that might never change but if getting dumped like that doesn't motivate him, nothing will.
Like I said elsewhere I think the 'theory' around Heeney is OK to pick as a fwd but cause TT is in the mids then they aren't really comparable is 'good in theory' but just isn't how anyone's season will work out. Once you factor in DPP trades and the unknowns about what premos might become available at bargain prices can blow this out of the water before round 6.
To me I wanna max the salary cap for value and points and let it unfold. Again, we can run numbers about how many traders you need to complete a team and then classify trades as being right or wrong but the best trades, which impact rankings the most, aren't standard up and downs. Usually they are the ones which are a bit of roll of the dice which if they were posted here as ideas many would say "i wouldn't but hey good luck"
Oh no doubt on those random trades that work, sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make (Brayshaw LY...) as well.
I just don't like stepping stone logic, it's basically saying that spending the money and restricting/minimising cash generation is a better pathway than just keeping the money in the bank and maximising cash generation. The stepping stone only makes sense if that's the worst case outcome and not the probable outcome, just has to be picked as a probable keeper for mine, which I can absolutely buy with Taranto, fwiw. I'm not the guy that would make the case as I've never really rated him but I can totally hear the case for him.
Taranto is an interesting stepping stone pick.
I always like to back selections based on what has or hadn’t worked in the past - to me Taranto is very reminiscent of Jack Steven in 2015... he was coming off the back of a 17 @ 84 year, one prior season over 100 but clearly a jet in the making. I started Steven that year - he went 110 at the byes before I cashed him in (finished the year 22 @ 103). Feels like a decent playbook for Taranto. Almost identical start price from memory.
Heeney is a tough one. Felt like the whole world was on him in 2019, and it was a genuine horror show for the first half of the year. My concern is another slow start. Nicely priced though obviously.
If I could get a better read on Zorko I’d take him. He was still getting a lot of attention last year, but you’d imagine sides will be shifting to Neale permanently. Hate the talk of his forward role but he’s so classy.
Heeney has the discount this year so even if he starts a bit slow, as long as he gets to the 4 year average, he's done the job. 2019 everyone expected a role change and got what they expected it just wasn't the role change they wanted as he went deeper forward. He worked it out in the end though and dragged it back.
To be fair, I don't think Heeney has a lot of hurt factor for not starting this year. In the terrible role he's said to be playing he's a mid 90s prospect. Good starting pick but not hurtful. If he does eventually get moved to a better role, which with Horse is not likely, he's incredibly stubborn on not playing his best midfielders in the guts and risking winning the ball first, you can always just upgrade to him for probably pretty similar to what he costs now.
