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

[Blightys Barrel]

So please to see his game today. Might snag a Brownlow vote behind Jackson and Brayshaw.

 

[The Butcher]

Shoulda seen this coming.. week of gastro who's the man.. T****inP!

 

[Lomas]

Shoulda seen this coming.. week of gastro who's the man.. T*inP!

Let’s hope he has a good run.

 

[bennymate]

NDS vibes, absolute beast and tracking very nicely.

 

[Ischenko]

Never in doubt.

 

[Devil Fish]

Best game he’s played for the club.

 

[RossHenshaw]

Wa so so good !

 

[zoomba23]

Always had it. Hope he joins Errol and JUH as a star who beat the cursed draft

 

[Val Keating]

That handball over his shoulder was awesome

 

[R00StaR]

Let’s hope he has a good run.

 

[Zondor]

Impressive game by Tom Powell. Got plenty of it and kicked 2 goals as a midfielder. But we need to see this week in week out. :stern look

 

[Sphynx]

It’s now a 2 game sample size. If he repeats on GF against Cripps and Cerra the lid may be off.

Let’s be honest also, these aren’t just your run of the mill breakout games. Wheelo has him #11 in the comp so far after the 2 games and slightly ahead of LDU.

He’s also the youngest player currently in the top 30 of that list

If he’s emerged as another player on LDU’s level, we will be eclipsing our win loss of last year

 

[DesertRoo]

That handball over his shoulder was awesome

After seeing it pulled off, Stevo tried to do the same thing a couple of times too.
Fmd

 

[Themanbun]

**** he has been moving well

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

NDS vibes, absolute beast and tracking very nicely.

Definitely has that grab ball, assess situation, find best target that NDS had.

 

[shintemaster]

Great game, he is flying. Side note he has just about the cleanest curling snap I've seen in a couple of decades. Real old school technique but beautifully curls it.

 

[shinboner magic]

Nobles right now

 

[7577969923]

Great game, he is flying. Side note he has just about the cleanest curling snap I've seen in a couple of decades. Real old school technique but beautifully curls it.

Seems to get good penetration on the kick too.

Building a solid understanding with LDU which was on full display in that first half.

 

[rickety]

Impressive game by Tom Powell. Got plenty of it and kicked 2 goals as a midfielder. But we need to see this week in week out. :stern look

Just backed up last weeks effort. Possibly slipping under the radar a little with George and LDU in the guts, he'll cop some work soon enough. He'll be right

 

[koshari]

Good game, effectivly took him with the serong/kosi pick. Mixed emotions.

 

[shintemaster]

Seems to get good penetration on the kick too.

Building a solid understanding with LDU which was on full display in that first half.

Yep. He's done at least 2-3 of these 30-35m snaps now, very few players kick them like that with the curl from that distance now - most are full side on from those distances if they snap. He has a beautiful technique and it seems to work more often than not. Big win if he plays the year like this.

 

[travelli]

Nobles right now

Talk about naming names. Has anyone else at the club ever directly come out and point the finger like that?

I always thought it was BF speculation

 

[Souup]

I feel like these young guys often need to string together 2-3 high-end games in a row to build confidence and feel like they really belong - it feels like Tom Powell's done that now. The sky is the limit from here provided we continue to give him substantial midfield minutes, which there is no reason not to considering he's shown he's deserving of it.

 

[hotchilli]

Looking more like the player we drafted again. Best game he's played at AFL level.

 

[amaz199]

His kicking inside 50 was absolutely elite. Lace out.

Freo had no answers when we were red hot.