Geelong premiership player James Podsiadly will weigh up whether he’s prepared to move interstate to continue his career after meeting with Crows officials in Adelaide on Wednesday.

Despite playing 23 of a possible 25 games this season, Podsiadly has been told he won’t be offered a contract with the Cats in 2014. The 32-year-old has only been in the AFL system for four years, having been plucked from Geelong’s VFL team in the 2010 Rookie Draft.

He’s played a career total of 83 games, averaging 42 goals a season. Podsiadly is ranked 2^nd in the AFL in contested marks (behind Collingwood star Travis Cloke) in the last four years and 7^th in forward 50m tackles in the same period (2010-13).

General Manager of List Development and Strategy David Noble said the proven goalkicker could provide good support to Adelaide’s talented, but inexperienced attack.

“We’ve mentioned the fact that we want to re-introduce some goalkicking power in our forward line. Eddie Betts made sense there and he also adds a lot of defence. We’ve also got a couple of our big gun forwards in Taylor Walker and Josh Jenkins coming off leg injuries,” Noble told FIVEaa.

“We felt we needed to keep our mind open to a player, who could come in and help us educate and mentor (those players) and provide some robustness with some forward line play. Not necessarily as the strike forward, but a guy who can help us progress in that area. At the moment, we don’t have a (mentor like) Ben Rutten in our forward line.

“James has been involved in a successful environment and is able to take those tall forwards under his belt. He even did a pre-season last year in defence. We think he can provide some cover in defence and support up forward.

“Sando and I have talked about it. What does he add? Does he add? Does he take someone’s spot? All that stuff has been worked up.”

Noble said Podsiadly was keen to join a club capable of achieving success.

“James doesn’t want to keep playing for the sake of playing. He wants to play in an environment where he can add some value and where there’s an opportunity to explore success,” Noble said.

“The biggest decision for James and his wife is relocating interstate. His wife is involved in some areas of business with her family, so it’s a matter of them making a decision as to whether or not they see us as a future for him.”

“Today was about them getting a feel for us as a Club and a collective."

Noble said Podsiadly, who held a dual role as a player and fitness coach for Geelong’s VFL affiliate when he was drafted, also had plenty to offer off the field

“James is a ripping guy and he brings a lot of intellectual property in regards to leadership. He runs his own business from a leadership perspective,” Noble said.

“He’s got some interest in a number of areas. He’s doing a management degree at the moment and has an interest in football administration. He’s also got some interest in sports science and strength and conditioning. He’s a really interesting guy, well put together and educated.

“And we still think he’s got some games in the tank.”