Past #17: Nathan Grima

Remove this Banner Ad

will hopefully get a run soon

hasnt played any footy for a long time so you shouldnt have been expecting him to start in the side straight away
 

Log in to remove this ad.

Re: 18. Nathan Grima

looked good in the Weribee highlights from last weekend. 6 tackles and 6 effective spoils. I would play him this week but in reality he won't. how many defenders have to go down before he gets a game?
 
Narni joins us this week and gee he is an impressive bloke.
Speaks very well and says all the right things, certainly loves the club and is thrilled to be staying for another two years.
Talks up Crock's work with the backline and the young blokes coming through.
Well worth a listen, should be up on the club website later today...or listen tomorrow at www.sportfm.com.au from 12.30pm (melb time).
 
How did all go, can you please post up an audio link?

Also, Narni is a big fan of my player reports and if I remember correctly coined the term "detailed & comprehensive" which is used by all the Werribee aligned player to describe my player reports.
 
Re: 18. Nathan Grima

Is very much our simon prestigiacomo type dour, stock defender who is very solid at one-on-one contest and is rarely muscled out of contests.
 
The way this bloke finished off the year must really make him confident after all the crap he's been through to get here . He should be proud of himself for hanging in there and presenting so well when he did get the opportunity.It must have felt like it would never come. And well done to the club for sticking with him when it would have been much easier to let him go .
 
The Zac Dawson story seems to have been labelled the find of the year for many news reporters. Mentally scarred skeleton defender bulks up, moves to a premiership contender with the best team oriented defensive pressure in the league, and performs very well (ok, with some mental lapses).

In my mind what Narni has been through is worthy of greater exposure than what Dawson receives. Narni has dragged himself from obscurity through determination, desire and a supportive club enviroment. A rookie listed player, wrecks his knee after training with the team for 10 minutes, is promoted as a show of faith from the club. He goes through rehab, does everything he possibly can to get back and ends up playing some magnificent football at the top level in a team with a poorly performing midfield and a crap forward line. It is the ultimate rags to riches story. If he played for the pies or Carlton he would be celebrated with his own highlights reel in the grand final pregame show.

I am sure that he will go from strength and with hunter will form the basis of a super backline for the next 5 - 8 years.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

B Tron said:
In my mind what Narni has been through is worthy of greater exposure than what Dawson receives. Narni has dragged himself from obscurity through determination, desire and a supportive club enviroment. A rookie listed player, wrecks his knee after training with the team for 10 minutes, is promoted as a show of faith from the club. He goes through rehab, does everything he possibly can to get back and ends up playing some magnificent football at the top level in a team with a poorly performing midfield and a crap forward line.
Click to expand...

This is the key part for me. In a sport that is cut throat, massively competitive and in danger of becoming overly corporatised with KPI's coming out of the Khyber, a team took a real punt on a young guy and he put real effort into doing the best he could. It's a great story all round. It's also something that certain other players who haven't even come close to that level of setback could learn lessons from.
 
Theres no doubting Nath has come back strongly and had a good season. He was solid without being outstanding. Theres still alot he needs to work on with his game, strength and speed being two of them. Good luck to him I hope he keeps improving he'll be quality if he does.
 
I'm having narni's babies :thumbsu:
 
ROOB0Y said:
Theres no doubting Nath has come back strongly and had a good season. He was solid without being outstanding. Theres still alot he needs to work on with his game, strength and speed being two of them. Good luck to him I hope he keeps improving he'll be quality if he does.
Click to expand...

He will i rekon to get where he is I dont imagine he'd be letting it go in any way .He will make the most of it .
 
Grima is like our Prestigiaco. Should be a very good one on one spoiler type where Thompson is best suited to the sweeper off the last line of defender, constantly peeling of his direct opponent to help in the defense and use his good footy head to repel the attack. And if Hansen can get a full pre and home and away season under his belt in 2010, we should really look forward to one of the best defensive units in 2011. Now challenge for Scott is to make the midfield more coheisve and blooding the right players, this goes for the forward line also.
 
B Tron said:
The Zac Dawson story seems to have been labelled the find of the year for many news reporters. Mentally scarred skeleton defender bulks up, moves to a premiership contender with the best team oriented defensive pressure in the league, and performs very well (ok, with some mental lapses).

In my mind what Narni has been through is worthy of greater exposure than what Dawson receives. Narni has dragged himself from obscurity through determination, desire and a supportive club enviroment. A rookie listed player, wrecks his knee after training with the team for 10 minutes, is promoted as a show of faith from the club. He goes through rehab, does everything he possibly can to get back and ends up playing some magnificent football at the top level in a team with a poorly performing midfield and a crap forward line. It is the ultimate rags to riches story. If he played for the pies or Carlton he would be celebrated with his own highlights reel in the grand final pregame show.

I am sure that he will go from strength and with hunter will form the basis of a super backline for the next 5 - 8 years.
Click to expand...
This is a quality post :thumbsu:

Narni is what we have been missing since Micky Martyn; a strong, solid & tough full back to play on the gorilla forwards. Hunter S & Hansen will be great options on the more athletic forwards, but **** it's nice to have someone down there with the strength & football brain to play on the gorillas.
 
B Tron said:
The Zac Dawson story seems to have been labelled the find of the year for many news reporters. Mentally scarred skeleton defender bulks up, moves to a premiership contender with the best team oriented defensive pressure in the league, and performs very well (ok, with some mental lapses).

In my mind what Narni has been through is worthy of greater exposure than what Dawson receives. Narni has dragged himself from obscurity through determination, desire and a supportive club enviroment. A rookie listed player, wrecks his knee after training with the team for 10 minutes, is promoted as a show of faith from the club. He goes through rehab, does everything he possibly can to get back and ends up playing some magnificent football at the top level in a team with a poorly performing midfield and a crap forward line. It is the ultimate rags to riches story. If he played for the pies or Carlton he would be celebrated with his own highlights reel in the grand final pregame show.

I am sure that he will go from strength and with hunter will form the basis of a super backline for the next 5 - 8 years.
Click to expand...
It IS a quality post. Well done for putting it down. Most underrated player..., not by us though.
 
Star said:
Got busted listening to Lionel Ritchie records?
Click to expand...

Naked and alone in Gibbo's bathroom too. Poor Narni! Hey, he bounced back and we're all grateful that he did!
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Past #17: Nathan Grima

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top