With Hentschel and Gill to return, the arrival of Tippett, Burton, Jericho, the crumbing Douglas and guys like Sellar, McGregor you only have 6 forwards and this gives you 6 plus 2 reserves so they should stick with macca on the half back line not the forward or centre where he played so well last year

Alternate between Goodwin and Edwards in the forward line and centre where they are still needed as I feel the midfield is still a year away from coping w/o the highly rated trio.

I feel as though the midfield will still require the experience of Goody, Macca and Zoom Zoom. It's just whether or not we can hold under the pressure of the likes of West Coast, Geelong etc.

So like all of us crows people i am looking forward to what structure Craigy chooses. Whether he sticks with it and whether or not the off season choices that seem so foolish will come back to bite them. Wont have to wait long with hudson and welsh in rd 1.

And 2, Bill, Porplyzia is a going to be a great player in a couple of years, he is averaging the most possesions for the Crows at the moment and we need that with maybe only 2 or 3 years left with Mcleod and Thomson.

How come everyone wants our best midfielders in the forward line? Mcleod, Goodwin and Edwards, they are fast evasive and courageous. They are still needed as followers and keep Porp in the Centre so then we have a great midfield.

With say Edwards on one wing and Van Berlo on the other, we can stick Knight on a half forward flank or back flank where Van Berlo usually stick and have Sellar at CHF and McGregor in the other forward flank, then have Tippet at FF.

The FP's can be tossed around a bit. We got plenty of young guys to go in there. Jericho, Douglas and many others, but don't forget we are still awaiting the return of Gill and Hentschel. They'll eliminate some of your forward worries too.

You see, by sticking Douglas or even the Porp up forward it makes way for our older midfielders to go in there later in the games for a break without having to take them off!!!

Or whether this is just something he's experimenting with during the pre-season to allow more of the younger players a run through the midfield.