Jack Whitlock has come into the Port Adelaide side at a time of great need at the crucial centre half forward position, with Ollie Lord on the LTI list and Todd Marshall tried in defence to combat a chronic lack of confidence. Whitlock is too young to really compete in the most difficult position in football at this early stage of his career, as he needs several more seasons on the protein shakes to build up his wiry body. He has more than enough potential, glimpsed at times in this rebuilding season for the Power, and is worth persisting with. Dynasty owners should consider him an investment.
Jack Whitlock has come into the Port Adelaide side at a time of great need at the crucial centre half forward position, with Ollie Lord on the LTI list and Todd Marshall tried in defence to combat a chronic lack of confidence. Whitlock is too young to really compete in the most difficult position in football at this early stage of his career, as he needs several more seasons on the protein shakes to build up his wiry body. He has more than enough potential, glimpsed at times in this rebuilding season for the Power, and is worth persisting with. Dynasty owners should consider him an investment.
Jack Whitlock has come into the Port Adelaide senior 22 at a fraught period, with the coach as a lame duck and the club lacking direction as it plays out its contractual obligations from another failed season. He managed a few garbage time goals last week, and obviously has talent, but we won't really see his capabilities until the Power start playing serious footy again next year. Like all tall forwards, he will take the best part of five years in the system to come into his full powers. Until that time comes, he will vie for a third tall forward spot in a middling team.