Western Bulldogs speedster Jason Johannisen says he’s open to playing wherever coach Luke Beveridge and the team may need him this season.
Johannisen is likely to call half-back his home in 2021, but is prepared to move further up the ground if the Bulldogs need more speed.
“I’ll most likely predominantly play half-back, but I’ve told ‘Bevo’ that I’m just happy to play wherever the team needs me,” he told Dwayne Russell on SEN 1116.
“If the team is lacking speed up forward or needs a bit of speed on the wing, I’m happy to play there, but I’ll (mostly) play half-back with Caleb Daniel, Bailey Williams and Hayden Crozier.
“(Bevo) has maintained the style that he wants us to play, but obviously there are a few areas in our game that we definitely need to improve on.
“We were getting the ball inside 50 but teams were running it out too easily, (so) winning the ball back, intercept possessions and intercept marking are probably the main focuses for us – if we can get that right, we’re going to be a much harder team to play against.”
Now in his 10th AFL pre-season, the 28-year-old has also set a personal goal – consistency.
“The best players in the competition perform week in and week out, which is what I’m aspiring to do,” he said.
“It obviously hasn’t gone to plan (yet), but I’ve just got to keep working on the training track, and keep trying to improve my game and the performances will come.
“Each week I’ll just go out and try and do my role to help the team get the victory, but the main thing for me is to try and keep working on (my game) and get better, so then who knows what can happen.”
