I decided against trading Neale out last week, and traded Ryan out instead. Getting Neale back and getting a decent score would be great.

Taylor Adams expected to play:


“Taylor has tested quite well,” Walsh explained.
He was a bit fuzzy after the game but he has come up really well and gone through all the obligatory medical clearances and tests.
He will train on Thursday and be declared available for selection for Saturday."

http://m.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2017-08-23/which-magpies-will-make-it-back

Adams has been one of the 2 or 3 players I haven't managed to get into my team that has cost me really badly. Hopefully the pies do the right thing and don't play him.

I made a decision to start with taylor adams too late. I went to change my team during round 1 and realised his game had just started. I was pissed off i hadnt been better organised because most of preseason id been leaning towards starting him but never actually made the change.

I was moving house the weekend of round 1 and was super busy and not paying much attention to footy at all.

I brought him in as a fixup trade before round 3. Probably one of my better trades as he is a genuine must-have this season as a top10 scorer overall but a def.

Adams was a popular starting pick with the key risk being durability given he had only played 12-18 games his first 5 seasons. Hopefully for those who back him next year this season is the start of a new trend.

I'd be surprised if he retained defense eligibility next year. Would be a bold (though not crazy) move to start him as a pure mid.

This.
Apparently he has played 80% in mids this season.

It will be very interesting to see position eligibility for so many players. Lots of mids have been "resting" fwd this year - Bont, Rocky, Fyfe, Danger et al. I wonder how much time they have to play there to get the DPP?