Luke Hodge

So one thing that goes against him and his mentality is...

consistency in the role but once he's out there you see the impact that he has for Friot and he knows the times to stand up I think it was the smother against Adelaide a couple weeks ago right on the death knock and then obviously the match winning goal against Port last year where he pushed forward and we thought what's he doing pushing forward because we've never seen him do it before but he's got that flexibility but

I think one thing you do notice when he's there, he puts his body on the line.

He's got some good traits.

He's quick and he's strong.

But yeah, if you talk to the people over at Freeman, they praise him highly for his leadership.

You sit down and have a talk with him.

And what you see is not what you get.

On the footy field, you see the big long hair and you see him running around showing his body everywhere.

But when you speak to him, he's softly spoken.

Really nice guy.

Well, I think a lot of us tip them as top four this year.

I think their list is, their forward line is outstanding.

They needed a little bit of X factor throughout the middle and they've been able to find that with Reid sort of going in there when they've had obviously Sorong and Brayshaw.

The big discussion of Darcy and Jackson and we know Kane loves that discussion on how good Jackson is without Darcy.

We're just waiting for them to take that step.

And I think what they did learn last year, like they should never have lost that final against Gold Coast.

Being up at that position, let them come back.

You learn a lot from those losses.

So I think we're sort of sitting back going.