Luke Hodge

I think they've got 13 first-round draft picks

they're very lucky to have that many.

But also that comes with everyone entitled to, hey, I should be having more midfield time.

I should be playing this position.

I'm a young forward.

If you look at Jed Walt, he feels that he should be in that best forward line.

But then you look at the other ones.

They've got King.

They've got Jamara, who they've now bought in as well.

Reid is another one.

So that's the tussle of having so many high-round draft picks is who gets their spot.

And then when you bring in blokes like Petrarca and Jamara this year, you've got Dylan Patterson, who's picked five, you've got Zeke Yulin, who's picked two, Jai Murray picks 17, add in Jed Walter, three, Humphrey, six, Leo Lombard, nine.

But then the blokes who moved out last year was the Ainsworth, the Butterick, the Fiorini, the Flanders, the Dave Swallow.

These were the linchpin who were happy to play any role that they could because they want to play senior football.

You replace them with guys who, I should be in the middle.

I should be sent half forward.

I should be getting the ball.

It should be my clearance.

It's just that rumbling of having too many people that want to be the best that they can be, where the people that they moved on, where the heck would we be the best team we could be?

And unfortunately for Gold Coast, that will come in time.