As a side note, it seems that Caldwell has well and truly got over his hammy issues.
2 years ago that sounded like a fantasy.
Something our high performance has done well.
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Although I donāt disagree with the sentiment - heās actually 2 or 3 years away from his prime.
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Maybe for a KPP or Ruckman. Not for a midfielder.
23-28 are the Prime years for a midfielder.
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If you look at the drafts he was in and the one after him he is well behind most of the other midfielders and most of those guys are in better sides so I donāt think the whole being held out by parish and Merrett is really a arguement
How about the excuse that heās a midfielder who spends half the game in the forward pocket?
Itās the exact same situation as parish.
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Who said heās still young?
Thereās more then two midfield spots and if he was a jet he would be playing there more
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Itās time for the players to take responsibility for their own performances.
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LOL, Parish and Langford say hi. Played in their natural position they became A graders.
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Well in that case, as you have cleverly pointed out - he is both āin his primeā, and, ā2 or 3 years away from itāā¦ 
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Is this guy a mid, or a forward?
I have no idea
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Played ok I thought, though.
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Mid/forward
Im a bit concerned with him tbh. Have thought his two games have been average. But weāve got no better options.
I can easily see shiel replacing him though on output. And we should be moving on from shiel
He needs to find another gear imo
The problem for Caldwell is his best position is owned by parish and Merrett. His game style probably sits somewhere between them too.
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He played forward for the first 3 qtrs of the game, then as soon as he was put in the middle started jogging around and his opponent destroyed him.
My friend and I watching the game made note of it on several occasions how slow he was jogging defensively and it killed us.
Hobbs comes in for him imo.
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He is a midfielder that is being played forward as heās about our 7th best mid.
Heās not a forward but where else can you play him other than the 2s
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Iād play Merrett wing to free up an on ball spot.
Merrett played wing for most of 2020 and was damn good coz he finds space so easily and can assist coming out of defence.
I dont think zach is an amazing centre bounce mid and it would free up some midfield minutes for hobbs and Caldwell.
Playing half forward is a very taxing role, a lot of chasing. So when he went inside in the last he was probably cooked, compared to the cats mids who were rotating off the bench much more than us.
I think they had 20 more rotations.
Give him a pass until real stuff starts and everyone is playing to the same rules/load management
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Despite being so-so in our praccies, heās got enough creds in the bank to be in no danger at all of being replace by Dylan fkn Shiel.