Joel Fitzgerald has come to Melbourne as a mature-aged recruit to join their midfield B-rotation, supporting established stars. With Tom Sparrow elevating himself this year from small forward to inside midfielder to prime mover, it is Fitzgerald who most often rotates to play the same role at a lesser intensity. With Jack Steele also providing grunt at the coal face, the refashioned Melbourne midfield group post the departures of Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver is working just as well without them. Is there upside left in Fitzgerald, like there was in Sparrow?
Joel Fitzgerald has come to Melbourne as a mature-aged recruit to join their midfield B-rotation, supporting established stars. With Tom Sparrow elevating himself this year from small forward to inside midfielder to prime mover, it is Fitzgerald who most often rotates to play the same role at a lesser intensity. With Jack Steele also providing grunt at the coal face, the refashioned Melbourne midfield group post the departures of Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver is working just as well without them. Is there upside left in Fitzgerald, like there was in Sparrow?
