Gtowncrow
Premiership Player
- Jul 6, 2021
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I think Laird is our 4th banana behind Dawson, Rankine and Soligo. You could argue he's also behind Crouch. We also have "hopefuls" coming through like Taylor, Max and Edwards. I'm leaving Rachelle in the forward line but for this discussion, put him in there too if you like. Bottom line is... Laird is becoming surplus to requirements as the natural progression of younger players happens. It's become clear this year in his role change progressing.He’s not playing midfield anywhere but with us. And even we’re finally becoming less convinced about impactless accumulators that can’t spread defensively.
Geelong have Dangerfield for possibly only this year and then they have Atkins, Guthrie and then the kids. Danger and Guthrie are not likely to be of much influence as they can no longer get on the park. Laird is pretty resilient at least. I think he fills the gap at Geelong until their youngsters come on.