Luke Hodge

You can see when he talks how much hurt he is.

But footy's that freedom for him just to go and release himself.

So for him to be able to perform how he has with what he's gone through, I think everyone would stand back and just say he's definitely one of the better leaders that we've seen over the years.

And I interviewed Bont on the same night and sort of mentioned

how much admiration and how much do you admire him?

And he spoke that highly of him that we need to do something on field because he's just got that mental strength and they weren't able to.

He had three goals in the first quarter and went and did what he did.

So kudos to what Jordan Dawson has been able to do.

But yeah, what he's been through, it's numbing how painful he must be.

Yeah, I know when I got drafted, you had Shane Crawford there who is as good a lead as what I've seen as far as lead by your actions.

This is the next level.

This is someone who is totally committed to the course of what they needed to do.

So if you've got any young person coming to an AFL club, especially Adelaide, you sit there and go and just follow what this person does, how he acts, how he is, the kind of person he is on the field, off the field, a great role model for any young footballer, whether Adelaide or not, coming through the system to someone.

If you want to watch closely, you'll learn a lot.

Yes, I think so.

I think with the teams that they've lost to and how they've lost, but it's also that competitive side of things that it seems like they're getting back into it.

The midfield seems to be back a bit more hardened.

Defensively, they've been really sound of late.

They're offensive as much as they were really good on Thursday night.

Offensively, they need to be more consistent to really damage...