Player Watch #24: Tom Powell - signed thru 2026 - finishes 5th in the 2024 SBM.

[Moti]

He is not an inside player. As much as possible, he needs space. Play him on a flank.

He is 100% an inside player. Not very inside player has to be super physical. He works well in a contained area, he is smarter than most in there. His positioning in the middle was strategic, as I watched the replay only, the commentators constantly talked about his position at stoppage and why North were doing it.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

He is 100% an inside player. Not very inside player has to be super physical. He works well in a contained area, he is smarter than most in there. His positioning in the middle was strategic, as I watched the replay only, the commentators constantly talked about his position at stoppage and why North were doing it.

He has very little defensive edge and is a mediocre ball winner. He is a decent first receiver.

 

[Themanbun]

He is 100% an inside player. Not very inside player has to be super physical. He works well in a contained area, he is smarter than most in there. His positioning in the middle was strategic, as I watched the replay only, the commentators constantly talked about his position at stoppage and why North were doing it.

Dude when he's on the inside he dump kicks it flat out.

Is an excellent user of the ball with time and space, though.

 

[amaz199]

Got it a heap. Felt like he didn't trouble the Dogs though. His preseason match felt like he was more impactful than Saturday night.

That set shot miss was very unlike him. Needs to nail those easy ones.

 

[Horizons_00]

He has very little defensive edge and is a mediocre ball winner. He is a decent first receiver.

He tackles well and has successfully defensively tagged in the past

 

[archereleven]

Put him at HB.

His kick is penetrating and usually finds it's target.

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[swaeney]

Put him at HB.

His kick is penetrating and usually finds it's target.

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Have been calling this for the past two years. His vision is elite and his skills are top5 in our team.

 

[hotchilli]

Put him at HB.

His kick is penetrating and usually finds it's target.

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Can’t play in the back 6 with Daniel back there.

 

[perplexed]

He is a midfielder, just shouldn't be in at centre bounces. This is fine, because we have others better suited to that than Tom.

 

[Reginald0]

And he is still getting used to it
I think the whole team apart from FOS were a bit nervy
TP was banging it on the boot when he had time to look
On the plus side he was tackling
So I wouldn’t rush to move him

 

[Fish Sticks]

Maybe give him more than one game before shifting him to a flank.
He will have a very good year playing in the centre.

 

[Works atErrol St]

Only ever in the midfield or wing. We have a surplus of players for the flanks/pockets.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Far out, reactive lot in here. In preseason on here he was going to be AA and now one game where he lacked poised he's banished from the midfield.

 

[MinistryOfMajak]

Not the most polished game of his career but there are some massive overreactions going on in here.

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[Its a Process]

Can’t play in the back 6 with Daniel back there.

Why not?

 

[hotchilli]

Why not?

You can’t get away with playing 2 guys in the backline who don’t defend.

 

[Its a Process]

You can’t get away with playing 2 guys in the backline who don’t defend.

Any evidence to back this up or just gut feel?

Where ever he plays he needs to be able to defend - mids should be good 1vs1 players. Otherwise there is very little point to retaining him. Heaps of defenders don’t start as forwards/mids and learn to adapt.

 

[hotchilli]

Any evidence to back this up or just gut feel?

Where ever he plays he needs to be able to defend - mids should be good 1vs1 players. Otherwise there is very little point to retaining him. Heaps of defenders don’t start as forwards/mids and learn to adapt.

Our backline to start last year when we tried to play Fisher, McKercher and Sheez back there was horrendous.

Also just don’t think we need to move Powell out of the midfield, just needs to tidy up a bit of his ball use on the weekend and he probably goes close to BOG.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

He was quite disappointing live and it was confirmed on replay.

He is wasted if not in space. Awesome vision and field kicking. He loses most of this in tight (which is really weird considering how incredible his handballing was in his first year teaming up with Cunners).

 

[Junk yard]

23yrs old, can run, can find the ball, has gotten better every year, loves the club and usually uses it well. Calm down people.

 

[HBFlanker]

He is a midfielder, just shouldn't be in at centre bounces. This is fine, because we have others better suited to that than Tom.

Who??

Should be in at as many centre bounces as possible.

 

[shinboner magic]

Got a lot of the ball in the first but kicked it like micky martyn - then did **** all in the second half.

 

[perplexed]

Who??

Should be in at as many centre bounces as possible.

Na. Tom isn't a centre square mid. He doesn't have size, aggression, or acceleration - he shits himself in close and does all his best work in space. We have others much better suited to the role: LDU, Sheezel, Simpkin, Parker should be the four at the moment. Wardlaw should join them when he returns. Five is probably too many, but I think with these players, we can make it work. Next year McKercher, Duursma and FOS will hopefully be challenging them. It will get interesting.

 

[HBFlanker]

Na. Tom isn't a centre square mid. He doesn't have size, aggression, or acceleration - he shits himself in close and does all his best work in space. We have others much better suited to the role: LDU, Sheezel, Simpkin, Parker should be the four at the moment. Wardlaw should join them when he returns. Five is probably too many, but I think with these players, we can make it work. Next year McKercher, Duursma and FOS will hopefully be challenging them. It will get interesting.

Disagree on Simpkin and Parker, and George hasnt put the body of work together that Powell has.

Our best midfield for me is LDU, Sheezel, Powell, with Simpkin and Parker rotating through for a smaller amount of CBAs. Phillips as well.

Mckercher needs to stay outside and Duursma isnt best 22.

No where near as deep as you make it out to be at the moment.

 

[Devil Fish]

Far out, reactive lot in here. In preseason on here he was going to be AA and now one game where he lacked poised he's banished from the midfield.

He became an A Grade midfielder over summer based on rot.

He is a B Grade midfielder. It’s as simple as that I’m afraid.

Coupled with a lack of want to be accountable defensively.