Long gone are Levi Greenwood's 80+ midfield days. The ex-Roo was pushed to half back permanently last season, embracing the role and becoming a reliable, tough defender. He dealt with hamstring issues early in the season before a heartbreaking ruptured ACL in September put the tough-as-nails Pie on ice. Greenwood will be hoping for a quick recovery but will undoubtedly face a delayed preseason. His vacancy could open up a spot for Isaac Quaynor to seize, even a young Trent Bianco if cards fall his way. On the chance of a round 1 miracle, Greenwood's scoring isn't near good enough these days anyway. Pass.
Pasture for Greenwood
Long gone are Levi Greenwood's 80+ midfield days. The ex-Roo was pushed to half back permanently last season, embracing the role and becoming a reliable, tough defender. He dealt with hamstring issues early in the season before a heartbreaking ruptured ACL in September put the tough-as-nails Pie on ice. Greenwood will be hoping for a quick recovery but will undoubtedly face a delayed preseason. His vacancy could open up a spot for Isaac Quaynor to seize, even a young Trent Bianco if cards fall his way. On the chance of a round 1 miracle, Greenwood's scoring isn't near good enough these days anyway. Pass.
Levi Greenwood managed to break back into the star-studded Collingwood midfield with a game either side of the bye, one good stat line and one bad. His average is still well under the midfielder baseline and his scoring is already heavily based on tackles, meaning he may have to learn to get involved more on the spread to lift his ratings enough in the short term to attract fantasy interest. His game is built around inside grunt, so a more lucrative option is winning the footy instead of sitting on blokes for plus-fours, in the style of a Crouch brother. Doubtful at this stage.
Greenwood is old growth
After moving across from Arden St following 2014, Levi Greenwood’s scores in the black and white have constantly dipped every year since. His last season at North Melbourne delivered a 100+ average, but thereafter his next best doesn’t even come close. Nathan Buckley has pushed Greenwood into a team-first role, often rotating on a half back flank, or tagging opposition guns, as he did in the 2018 grand final. The injection of Dayne Beams, plus the rise of young Brayden Sier means that Greenwood will be scrapping to maintain his spot the Pies' star-studded midfield. This hard nut has become the type of the player who can pump out serviceable scores on the odd occasion, but overall has lost most of his fantasy allure. Bench cover at best, and there are plenty of better options out there.
Levi Greenwood is one of several examples of players who are not quite tagging any more, but playing more of a general defensive midfielder role without chasing the footy quite as much as they used to, like Jack Graham and Liam Shiels. This has led to a drop off in his fantasy output, coming off a 2017 season where he averaged over a ton in basic formats to now be posting sub-90s more often than not. He never attracted much attention in salary cap competitions but he has been a bit of a bust in draft leagues if picked in middle rounds.
Levi's brief release
After his usual tagging roles in midfield to open 2017, Nathan Buckley decided for the Hawthorn game in round 9 to shift Levi Greenwood to a HFF. Five goals from six games later, it took until the return match against the Hawks for the experiment to end, as Tom Mitchell ran riot yet again. His stopping roles in the next four games were hugely successful, before he injured a knee. Greenwood's fantasy numbers during that sojourn at half forward were much better than his stats in midfield, as he's not the Cameron Ling type who hurts you the other way. The discrepancy was over twenty points, and was the difference between startability and fantasy obscurity. Don't be fooled by his average, he is highly likely to play tagger once again in 2018 so he should be avoided.
