The player your club should sign to a long-term deal
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Which player should your club tie down to a long-term contract?
Let’s just pretend your club has the salary cap space and there is no consequence to offering a multi-year mega deal.
We have taken length of current contract into account when making these assessments.
See who we think your club should hand a lengthy contract to below.
Tom Doedee
There are no clear standout candidates at the Crows so Tom Doedee gets the nod.
The intercept defender position has become increasingly important in recent times and Doedee is building his craft nicely in the role.
Carlton s on-ball conundrum continues
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They have too many on-ballers and not enough centre bounce opportunities to share around.
On the weekend, Sam Petrevski-Seton finally returned to some semblance of a midfield role for the Blues and played his best game of the year.
This was only possible because he was substituted on for a midfielder, Paddy Dow.
Petrevski-Seton had been dropped following 18 months of indifferent form in the back half and one week back on the wing.
The former top-10 draft pick looked engaged, hit the contest hard and had 14 disposals playing essentially half of the game.
He only attended three centre bounces, but it was still a prominent midfield role that reinvigorated him.
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A quarter of the season has already passed and only two teams stand undefeated: the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne.
While both the Dogs and Dees should start favourites to extend their unbeaten runs this weekend, they do face some tricky opposition with the Dogs facing a Dusty-less Richmond at the MCG and the Dees tackling North Melbourne in Hobart, though that match could yet be moved to Marvel Stadium.
Elsewhere, the Gold Coast Suns will fancy themselves of winning just their fourth match at the MCG when they face second-from-bottom Collingwood, while the Brisbane Lions will start hot favourites against Port Adelaide at the Gabba in the evening.
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2021-04-29T08:38+10:00
Is it the length of quarters that is contributing to the spate of injuries across the AFL?
Many believe so, suggesting that 20-minute quarters plus time-on, doubled with reduced interchange rotations are the main reasons why there are almost 160 players on the AFL injury list.
While the players were able to enjoy reduced game time during last year’s COVID-impacted season, the game is going no longer than it did in 2019 with the main difference being the cap of 75 interchange rotations.
Dr Peter Larkins says the length of the game as we know it right now is not why more players are injured, urging them to use the increased downtime within matches to help themselves recover.