King on the midfield mix

With our midfield group at the moment, we are going to have to be a team that relies on weight of numbers.

We have got the flexibility in there, at times other teams have a cemented three or four players that play in there, we are going to have to bat a bit deeper at times.

There is a real opportunity and excitement about that, we are pretty optimistic even though tonight at times there was a lack of cohesion, because so many numbers were going through there.

That will settle down more as we get into the season. 

King on Gryan Miers' Impact

His pre-season has been one of the best at our club.

Every session he has been available, he has put together a huge body of work. He is a really important player for us structurally and the way we go about it.

He is someone that studies the game really strongly, he has a great footy brain on him and is very comfortable with his place in the team.

He has been really important for us, with or without the ball throughout the pre-season. 

King on Jack Bowes' Performance

I thought he was good tonight.

Early in the game Essendon's pressure was really strong and we invited that too with overuse by hand, but Bowesy I thought was really important.

He got his hands on the ball a lot, when he kicks the footy more than he handballs he makes great decisions for us. I thought that was a real positive for us tonight, what he did through the midfield.

He is a flexible player, he gives us a lot of options with where he can play but I thought his midfield work tonight was great. 

King on Jeremy Cameron

He has had a great pre-season again.

He is fit, resilient and just keeps getting to work everyday.

Again I think Jeremy got everything he wanted to out of tonight, he was up and down the ground with freedom and moved around a bit.

You also get excited about seeing what he can do around the footy as well, he is a great player and a unique athlete with his size and the way he covers ground.

We will continue to use that to our advantage.