Fair point.
One thing we all want to take stock with:we have the following on our list all trying to be midfielders or flankers:
Bail,Bennell, Blease,Davey, Grimes, Gysberts, Jetta, Jones, Maric, McKenzie, Moloney, Morton, Petterd, Scully, Strauss, Sylvia, Tapscott, Trengove, and current rookies- Nicholson, Evans and the one whom starred in the midfield last weekend at Casey-McNamara.
So this gives us 21 players to cover-2 hbf's, 2 on the wings, 2 hff, a total of 6 positions.Therefore if Tom does go- we surely have the cattle to cover him.They may not be as good but could develop to be nearly as good.I personally think Grimes & Tapscott could turn out to being brilliant on ball players.Another is Nicholson.