If the Hartley at FB progression doesn’t track to where they want we will either go after another FB from another club, or target another contested marking big bodied kpf (i.e. Patton - again, think he re-signed though) and move Hooker back.
Should be far easier to extract a kpd from another club than a kpf however if came to that situation.
Although how about Tom Lynch in, Hooker back?
One can dream.
I think Hartley stil has plenty of improvement in him however so we shall see how his 2018 goes.
I was expecting us to trade one of Hartley, Ambrose or Brown. KPD is the most depth we have on our list, considering we can also run Hooker, Francis, Dea, Gleeson, Ridley through there.
Someone will get a lot less game time than they deserve. With other clubs desperate to fill KPD slots, it’s a very fortunate position to be in.
For me, it depends on how we go with Stringer/Stewart. I am reluctant however, to fark with an impressive 3-tall/3-small setup that when available, worked so impressively and caused other defenses so much grief last year. But I’m a realist. If Stewart can take up Hooker’s place and Stringer+Langford balance it out, then I’m happy to have Hooker’s intercept quality and size/nous in the back-line. I’m not totally comfortable with Hartley. Should he improve this year, it would change my opinion on Hooker’s position. Our depth defenders are all more Hurley-like than Hooker-like.
Line ball… want as many guys as possible who can rotate through the middle. If Laverde can do that and kick goals then why not? Stewart needs to become a stronger marking threat this year.