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Impact on the new club:
The suspension of Tom Hawkins in Geelong’s Preliminary Final loss to Richmond highlighted the clubs lack of tall forward options.
With the recruitment of Josh Jenkins provides ready-made depth to a side who are pushing to add another premiership to the cabinet.
Tom Hawkins‘ spot in the side is safe, while Esava Ratugoela showed enough late last year. Geelong’s key stocks in Geelong’s forward line are stitched up at least for now. So the Jenkins’ trades looks like his move to the club is to bring depth to the club.
Impact on the old club:
The Adelaide Football Club has been very clear about the team’s long term direction. The Crows are looking to the next generation as the side begins its rejuvenation after another failed season.
Even before the clubs significant changes in the offseason during last year we saw that Josh Jenkins got ignored by the Crows for Darcy Fogarty and Elliott Himmelberg.
His departure from the side is cancelled out with the clubs inclusion of Billy Frampton as a trade from Port Adelaide.
Fantasy Summary:
Key position players are rarely SuperCoach or AFLFantasy relevant, and when we discuss Geelong’s latest recruit, it’s no exception. The best of Josh Jenkins from a fantasy footy perspective was the 2016 and 2017 seasons. In AFLFantasy he averaged 80 and 81, and for SuperCoach he averaged 85 and 79.
The trade to Geelong won’t increase Josh’s fantasy footy relevance. The variable is if he has a radical role change and becomes the new #1 ruckman. That’s probably not going to happen.
