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There are always reports during the pre-season in the AFL about a certain player who is ready for a breakout or playing a revamped role.
Everyone wants to nail predictions about a player and to make it easy, I will be playing the AFL stock market.
For each of the 18 AFL sides, I will be buying, holding and selling stocks, attempting to predict the future.
Buy: Wayne Milera
This guy has always promised the world, but injuries have slowed him down. He has the ball skills, power, endurance and class to be a very handy AFL player, but we haven’t seen it. With a midfield role this year, it’s Wayne’s world.
The players who have a point to prove at every AFL club in 2021
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A new season brings a clean slate for certain players who have unfinished business to attend to.
Whether it’s overcoming injury, addressing indifferent form, performing on the biggest stage or impressing in new colours, 2021 signals a fresh start for players who didn’t quite hit the heights expected of them at certain points last season.
Who from your club has a point to prove in 2021?
Taylor Walker
Considering his overall career, Taylor Walker has zero to prove.
He is a former Crows skipper who has played more than 200 games, kicked over 400 goals and was twice named the AFLPA’s best captain. It’s a CV that many would be proud of, and no doubt ‘Tex’ is.
Who will be your club s leading goal kicker in 2021?
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Who will be your club’s leading goal kicker this season?
Every club is different, with some having an obvious choice and others will a few players capable of leading the way in 2021.
Club by club, here are our predictions:
Elliott Himmelberg
Last year’s winner: Taylor Walker (15)
You could throw a blanket over a handful of players at the Crows. As we usually see with teams in the bottom four or at the start of a rebuild, they lack a focal point inside 50 and a number of players could lead the way with a low total, as we saw with Taylor Walker in 2020.
The players your AFL club can reinvent in 2021
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Subscriber only With the new AFL season fast approaching, clubs will be looking at every way possible to improve on last year - including moving the magnets. Whether it s Jeremy Howe going from a high-marking forward to intercept defender, or Josh Dunkley transforming from inside midfielder to undersized ruckman, there s sure to be plenty more surprises on the horizon as Round 1 nears. We take a look at the players who could reinvent themselves in 2021. Â Â Rory Laird s move to full-time midfielder resulted in the Crows turning things around and Brad Crouch s departure opens up another spot in the engine-room.