Hopefully Rutten puts him straight in the guts, Woosha would have probably played him like he used Clarke and Hibberd last year.
Fark me this guy has gone from being an oft injured mid first round pick, who didnāt exactly set the world on fire when he got on the ground, to the second coming of Joel Selwood pretty quickly. How about we temper expectations just a bit?
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Inconceivable
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You better let Marketing@efc know bro.
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Heppell, Sheil, McGrath, Merrett, Parishā¦ is Caldwell good enough to push any of these guys out of the midfield?
OMG!!!
Not quite. His previous captain picked him when asked who heād give a 10 year contract to. So, there is love elsewhere than blitz
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well hopefully- its both in his interests and the clubs - given that there is a 4 year contract attached in his case. Should be a win-win if he can take it up to everyone. I guess thatās the attitude youād need to win a Brownlow as a player and flag as a team.
aim for the starts, might at least end up on the moon 
Not yet, imo.
I donāt think heāll even be best 22 this year.
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In my opinion, there is very little chance that heās not best 22. Theyāll shuffle last yearās mids to wing or the flanks.
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Can he play as a small fwd rotating in the middle. Because thatās what he will need to do. Everyone seems to knock the fact we donāt play parish and Co in the guts all day.
When the reality is we have better options and they canāt be all in there at once. A good mid must be good in more spots than on the ball.
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You think theyāll shuffle the other mids outā¦ To accommodate an 11 game 20 y/o, who once got 16 touches in a game?
Our midfield is poor, but goodness, itās not that poor that this guy walks straight into it.
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Exactly. Tom Green showed more in his rookie season than Jye has yet and heās playing in the same midfield. Caldwell has a bit of work to do, no point over inflating expectations, lots of promise but a lot of hard work ahead
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If I was Jye I would be targeting Saad and McKennaās back flanks with midfield rotations. Lock down a spot in the 22 first
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I think his stats at GWS are irrelevant because he never would have played anything but a very minor role.
If he performs over the off-season there will be plenty of opportunity for him.
Hopefully Stringerās centre square time reduces significantly in 2021 and heās stationed mainly forward. Langford will be mainly wing and half-forward.
The main centre square guys would/should be:
McGrath
Shiel
Merrett
Heppell
Parish
The next spot should be Caldwellās if heās anywhere near as good as the talk suggests. Iād personally hope he goes straight past Parish.
If qtrs are back to something longer next year, there should be more rotations in the centre square so the first 6 should get plenty of opportunities.
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Iād be moving Shiel or Merrett out to the wings and Heppell to the back flank.
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Nopety nope nope.
Nope.
Nope nope.
Floaters across the opposition F50 til the early morn
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our midfield is too one dimensional. all sh*t kicks and small. ive said plenty before, all individually pretty good players. but its the wrong mix
I dunno what they will do, but I guarantee you caldwell will play a lot of footy next year
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A lot are saying that.
There is nothing but blind hope to suggest he will, though. Parish was just as highly rated as a junior, and did a hell of a lot more in his first two years. (Yes, different midfields, I get it.)
Parish also averaged 4.24 clearances a game last year, which when you consider how often he was actually a starting mid, is damn fine numbers.
Caldwell would have to have a āJobe-likeā pre season to go straight past Parish.
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Shiel is our best clearance mid, and our worst kick. Keep him in the guts.
Zerrett yes, agree on that. Get him more outside.
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