I'd argue most of those players listed as a midifeld chance are a long way off the capabilities of Cerra, Mundy and Fyfe and you'd want to get more talent in there while you can. You'd want more elite players in the midfield rotation than bit part players, especially since there's often 8 or more of them on field at any one time opposed to often 2/3 key position forwards.
The list balance is something you want to weigh up carefully and with Tabs there for a couple more years, Treacy developing extremely well, Lobb able to split time between forward/ruck and Cox every chance to be a dominant forward, our key forward stocks aren't actually too bad. I don't believe our key forward issues are any worse than our midfield issues and would argue the talent through our midfield is in more need of replenishment.
We're almost guaranteed to add Benning as a long term option and whatever we trade 19 down to is likely to result in a key forward like JVR/Williams. I think there are clearly better midfielders than any of the key forwards available at pick 8 and 10 unless we're converting Gibcus to attack like Naughton. If we trade those early two picks down the order, we're probably signalling that we're going for a forward. Switching 6 & 8 for GWS 2 & 13 would be a more viable option for selecting a mid and KPF.
