I've had many posts now advocating for Mills to the midfield and Dawson to the forward line.
Part of my reason was that we had a number of good prospects that could take their place in the defence, like Gould and Ling. Also Fox and COR have been doing a good job and both can make a claim for being in the side on a regular basis. And now Campbell is slated to be a counterattack weapon coming out of defence. Swapping Dawson and Hayward between forward and defence looks a better option than what we had on Sunday.
One sluggish game doesn't make Mills a bad midfielder. I would reserve judgment for now. I think Mills would have had a sluggish game whatever position he played. It was just an off day. I also commented about the disarray our defence was in, leaving so many loose Giants to take easy marks inside 50. It shows how much Lloyd contributes to the team. Rampe's poor day didn't help either. I will get concerned if that sort of performance persists a few games into the season.
I certainly agree with your point about how slow our midfield looked and have already suggested more forward line time for Kennedy and Parker and more stints in the midfield for Heeney. I certainly concur the more of Florent, Rowbottom and Warner is needed at centre bounces.
I think we have a moving the magnets problem. With so many good kids coming through at once, we have to shuffle the magnets on the board to find the best positional combination. A lot will just be trial and error. Hewett playing in defence appears to be one of those trials, but I can't say what I took out of it. Do I want to see more of that? I'm not sure, but willing to try.
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