North Melbourne premiership player David King has tipped his 2019 flag favourites, with King believing the Demons have what it takes to lift the cup this September.
After bringing in Steven May to help with their defensive issues, and letting Jesse Hogan go to give the likes of Tom McDonald and Sam Weideman freedom to grow in the forward line, King told SEN's Whateleyย on Monday morning there's no area of weakness over the field for Melbourne.
โFor me, they win the flag this year. Theyโre not wanting for anything. They donโt lack anywhere,โ King said.
โIf Steven May stands up down back, then they want for nothing.
โTheyโre clearly the toughest team in the competition, theyโve been rated the best list this year (by Champion Data), itโs been the perfect build the way theyโve put this list together.
โPaul Roos took them backwards to go forwards and they went four wins, six wins, 10 wins and then theyโve gone 12 and 14.โ
Not only are the Dees strong all over the field, but King has pinpointed their midfield as the team's biggest advantage.
With the likes of Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Jack Viney and co. in the centre, King says they have what it takes to lead them to premiership glory.
โI think their midfield on the back of Max Gawn and the guys that heโs hitting it to, Angus Brayshaw, Clayton Oliver and Jack Viney, theyโre just impossible to beat, theyโve got this proactivity thatโs hard to stop,โ he said.
โTheyโve got innovation in the coaches box, I think there was a maturity about them last year that we hadnโt seen before, I think the big question will be the big games.
โThatโs where they failed last year. They failed against Collingwood on Queenโs Birthday, they failed in the Prelim, letโs judge them on a couple of big games early in the season.โ
