AFL Player #16: Archie Perkins - Re-signed for two more years - 3/6

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 9, sup3rfish

 

[andleanback]

I don’t think we’ve produced a player with this much x-factor/star factor since jimmy hird tbh. Tracking towards evening something really special. Isn’t a junk possession guy, just pure impact like James was.

 

[Albertross]

Kid is our future. Put a long term deal in front of him now and lock him away.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Don't know who it was to but the tap to a player then receiving it back was bloody intuitive of Tex.

 

[Goat Hird]

Good ball user, strong in the tackle, hates to lose. He's a culture changing player.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Love him. When he kicked that goal at the end and still looked disappointed; it tells you everything you need to know about this young man.

 

[Vander18]

I remember Robert Shaw (who had him BGS) talking immediately post-draft about how big his heart was….I suspect many just saw the looks and locks and pigeon holed him. He’s as physical as you’ll find in a second year player and he’s a serious competitor.

Best part of this year will be watching him and getting a sense of what he can be. I’m still not sure what his ceiling might be.

 

[BrunoV]

I remember Robert Shaw (who had him BGS) talking immediately post-draft about how big his heart was….I suspect many just saw the looks and locks and pigeon holed him. He’s as physical as you’ll find in a second year player and he’s a serious competitor.

Best part of this year will be watching him and getting a sense of what he can be. I’m still not sure what his ceiling might be.

He's also got a special athletic burst.

Sometime you think he's out of a contest or in trouble but then his jump or a few steps changes the dynamic completely.

 

[citizen-erased]

That movement in traffic when we still had a sniff, to dodge defenders, not panic and get a decent shot on goal.
It brings a tear.

At least one of those picks will come off.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Lid on but for the 150th Essendon should rebrand to the Essendon Perkins instead of Bombers

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Only player that you could say has improved since last year.

 

[Reximilian]

Give him 4 years at however much he wants right now. Drop Heppell and make Perkins captain for next week as well.

 

[andleanback]

Give him 4 years at however much he wants right now. Drop Heppell and make Perkins captain for next week as well.

It’ll be a 2 year extension, like most draftees.

 

[ant555]

The reason I like him as a half forward or wing is he is a good mark but also has a good step and can turn out of a tackle. Also makes good decisions most of the time. He is strong in a contest but he is not a bull dozer. He can easily kick 40 goals playing half forward / wing . Durham / Martin / Perkins looks a decent wing / half forward combination for me going forward.

 

[Zach Package]

The reason I like him as a half forward or wing is he is a good mark but also has a good step and can turn out of a tackle. Also makes good decisions most of the time. He is strong in a contest but he is not a bull dozer. He can easily kick 40 goals playing half forward / wing . Durham / Martin / Perkins looks a decent wing / half forward combination for me going forward.

Such an unfamiliar athletic profile for an Essendon small. Sure, we’ve had and got plenty of just flat out quick but Perk is a pretty special combination of lateral quick and a thick trunk to hold his space and break tackles.

Can find the sticks too, nice combination

 

[faible]

small

He's 6'2"!

 

[Lore]

Not his usual self. Missed a training session earlier this week and has hardly fired a shot today

 

[The Prosecutor]

He needs to be played much further up the ground.

 

[MiguelM]

Should have had some minutes in the middle, even 5-10 a quarter.

Horrid day for or forwards with our delivery.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Those first three quarters in round 1 when he was so good, he was getting all his ball between the 50m arc and the centre circle.

For whatever reason, he's been stuck playing deep, as if he's at the level of a De Goey already.

 

[ghostdog]

Is he okay?

 

[Nuts4Bolts]

Built like Tarzan....

 

[Lore]

He needs to be played much further up the ground.

Game was mostly played on the wings, and he spent half his time standing on the wrong one, as far from the ball as possible.

It was so consistent it could hardly be accidental, the only time he didn’t do that was when Guelfi was playing that spot, guarding two opponents.

(This is also how the dockers ended up out in space, they were positioned on the outside of our man so when the switch was on they had one opponent between them and he was on the wrong side of them).

 

[naraku]

I don't know why he played if he is sick/injured. I guess we didn't have many other options.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Felt like he had zero disposals the entire day. Coaches need to be more proactive and get him more involved in the game.

 

[yodellinhank]

Game was mostly played on the wings, and he spent half his time standing on the wrong one, as far from the ball as possible.

It was so consistent it could hardly be accidental, the only time he didn’t do that was when Guelfi was playing that spot, guarding two opponents.

(This is also how the dockers ended up out in space, they were positioned on the outside of our man so when the switch was on they had one opponent between them and he was on the wrong side of them).

Fat side role?