Jack Steven

[Mahogany]

Bound to be a thread on him eventually. New team, now seemingly focused and fit. Hole in midfield with Kelly leaving. Seriously thinking he is great value?

[Peter]

Agree - see how he goes in the Marsh series

[Money Shot]

Martin, Whitfield, Steven and Smith are locked and loaded as my first four forwards at this point in time.

[LordSneeze]

Martin, Whitfield, Steven and Smith are locked and loaded as my first four forwards at this point in time.

Going GG in ruck I just don't feel I can go Whitfield as well, without severely hamstringing my midfield. There are very few locked midfielders for a top 10 Mid position.

I can understand Steven, Is 30 and hasn't been overly injury prone over his career. So there is a 60% that he can get back to the 90-100 average and play 20 games.

Smith I just don't understand, he will be in a lot of teams, which could make him a good POD non selection, He is likely, if fit, to fall somewhere from 75-90 average, probably a 10% chance of a 90+. The main reason in 2018 for his increase in scoring was a substantial increase in his tackle numbers, up 3.2 tackles per game and had 8 games with over 10 tackles. Coming back from a knee injury, I don't really see him coming out an averaging 8-10 tackles per game.
His highest score in the last 4 years has been 125 (57 game sample). In that same sample he has had 14 games under 70 (Approx 25% of games). He hasn't shown to me the propensity of being able to score high enough to offset the spud games that are likely to occur. To me there is a lot more reason to not select than there is to select him.

[Money Shot]

I think 85-90 from Dev isn’t unrealistic and that is enough for F6 with the forward line crop we have this year.

[jfitty]

Steven's in my team at the moment, think he could be the bargain of the year if he can go 95+ and play 20 odd games.

The oppurtunity is there with Kelly moving on, just have to see how he goes in the Marsh series

[enzedder]

Hope Steven does well. That said, he isn’t in my plans.
Will only consider him if forward rookies are so thin that I need to start a mid pricer to sure things up but prefer Smith if I go down that route.
The move down the highway to be closer to friends and family will hopefully help Steven find a better head space and keep his demons at bay. I wish him all the best but he has a mental health issue that could have further implications on his ability to front up each week/ miss weeks on end...(think Beams). It is a risk that has to be considered in picking him.