Delisted #17 Will Gould

[Kennedy Parker]

Will Gould

Player Profile
A hard-running key defender departed South Australian club Glenelg for the Sydney Swans at the 2019 AFL Draft, joining the club via pick 26. Will Gould averaged 21.5 disposals, 4.5 marks and 7.2 rebound 50s per match as South Australia’s captain in the 2019 AFL Under-18 Championships, a glowing campaign resulting in back-to-back All Australian selection. He also averaged 19.7 possessions, 5.2 marks and 6.5 rebound 50s per match for Glenelg in 2019, while he recorded a match-high eight rebound 50s in his side’s SANFL Grand Final victory over Port Adelaide.

Will Gould

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Will Gould

Age

23

Ht

191cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Def

No player stats available

DOB: 14 January 2001
DRAFT: 2019
RECRUITED FROM: Glenelg (SANFL)

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[caesar88]

I’m kind of glad we did the one thing I pleaded for earlier, which is to prioritise talent above all else.

Stephens was a gun. Didn’t fit the bill of the typical inside mid - still took him.

Gould was a gun. Didn’t impress too much at the combine with his fitness - still took him.

Taylor was a gun. Might’ve come with some potential baggage - still took him.

I won’t pretend to have an opinion on Warner, but if the last two drafts are any indication, we are looking for pure footballers who don’t necessarily come with hype or guarantees (Rowbottom) or don’t necessarily fill a need (Taylor, Gould). You can never have too many blokes on the field who know what they’re doing, and that’s a quality seen with diminishing frequency these days.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Looks the obvious draft steal. Well done Swans

 

[Wolftone]

Ohhh Errol....

Welcome William

They will be teammates next year

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[Wolftone]

I’m kind of glad we did the one thing I pleaded for earlier, which is to prioritise talent above all else.

Stephens was a gun. Didn’t fit the bill of the typical inside mid - still took him.

Gould was a gun. Didn’t impress too much at the combine with his fitness - still took him.

Taylor was a gun. Might’ve come with some potential baggage - still took him.

I won’t pretend to have an opinion on Warner, but if the last two drafts are any indication, we are looking for pure footballers who don’t necessarily come with hype or guarantees (Rowbottom) or don’t necessarily fill a need (Taylor, Gould). You can never have too many blokes on the field who know what they’re doing, and that’s a quality seen with diminishing frequency these days.

I so agree. In the last few, about five, drafts we have drafted footballers not basketball ears, soccer players, NRL players, Tenis players. FOOTBALLERS YEY!!! About bloody time. We are building a list of wonderful FOOTBALLERS.

That will win premierships

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[Jeffers]

Absolutely love this pick! Can't wait to see what he can do at the SCG with his attributes.

 

[robbieando]

I so agree. In the last few, about five, drafts we have drafted footballers not basketball ears, soccer players, NRL players, Tenis players. FOOTBALLERS YEY!!! About bloody time. We are building a list of wonderful FOOTBALLERS.

That will win premierships

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That junior soccer player Adam Goodes was such a waste of a pick. Glad we showed him

Would’ve never won a Premiership with a player like him.

As for the last 5 years Heeney comes from a Rugby background and would be playing that if not for us and Florent has a tennis background and played as a junior but hey not like you Wolf to talk crap.

 

[BloodySwan]

Later info says 98kg. Maybe he did what the Swans asked him to and improved his skin folds. Gonna be a star!

I can't find the article now but he said after the Swans questioned him over his weight he hit the gym and lost 6kgs. That attitude is probably a big reason as to why we drafted him - actually the same thing which happened with Hayward. We told him "we're not sure about your fitness" and then was impressed by the effort he put in to correct it

 

[Cadsky]

New Dan Hannebery

 

[RUNVS]

New Dan Hannebery

Very similar, apart from height, weight, position, kicking ability, decision making and hair.

 

[Cadsky]

Very similar, apart from height, weight, position, kicking ability, decision making and hair.

Shows how much I know. Could groom him though

 

[willym]

This dude is a jet, I thought he should have been top 10. Kicking is too important these days to overlook someone that has his accuracy + cannon-leg combo. Barring injury I having him slotting straight into the backline and freeing JD to permanently move up onto the wing/half forward.

 

[Arwib]

He looks like you could make him a big hot breakfast and he'd savour it and then thank you afterwards with a bit of sauce still smeared across his mouth

 

[calder_daddy]

After the draft sunset I must admit I was hoping we got Gould.
I was even going to get a new name for here and avatar.
Enjoy, he’s going to be a ripper

IsDonIsGould

 

[Nool Carpenna]

Looks all class how he nonchalantly sneaks in front of the marking contest and takes it cleanly at full stretch, settles his charges, and still plays on relatively quickly.
Good get I reckon

 

[RUNVS]

He looks like you could make him a big hot breakfast and he'd savour it and then thank you afterwards with a bit of sauce still smeared across his mouth

He looks like Private Pyle, hopefully without the murder/suicide bit at the end though.

 

[Arwib]

We must protect and nurture our large son

 

[Ticky009]

it gets better on replay - the effort he makes to get to errol at high speed

Reminded me of Kieran Jack and the way he used to just go at players when he tackled them. Put them down and make sure they felt it.

 

[caesar88]

We’ve been just quietly adding young players who are as classy and skilful as they are tough and unflinching. They are qualities that have rarely gone hand in hand for us. For most clubs it’s rare but for us especially, as our success has increased our reliance on late picks and rookies who come with a whole lot of ticker but a lack of polish. And the rare high picks we’ve had have all come with great talent but question marks about their physicality and commitment.

Guys like Gould, Blakey and Rowbottom have that same uncompromising toughness that has defined us as a club, but actually have the class to back it up.

 

[Angry Red Bull]

I can't find the article now but he said after the Swans questioned him over his weight he hit the gym and lost 6kgs. That attitude is probably a big reason as to why we drafted him - actually the same thing which happened with Hayward. We told him "we're not sure about your fitness" and then was impressed by the effort he put in to correct it

lol that explains the discrepancy in reports- one had him at 106kg and the other 98kg.....ooooh he just lost another 2 kg.

Read somewhere he is a long kick too

 

[RUNVS]

lol that explains the discrepancy in reports- one had him at 106kg and the other 98kg.....ooooh he just lost another 2 kg.

Read somewhere he is a long kick too

Sounds like he would be the perfect person to be taking our kick ins.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

The South Australian captain weighed in at the combine at 106kg and recorded skinfold measurements of 78 a week after celebrating the Bays’ drought-breaking SANFL premiership.

“There was a little bit of feedback from clubs at the combine,’’ the powerful 18-year-old told The Lowdown AFL Draft Podcast.

“The Swans just said in black and white that I needed to lose a bit of weight and get my skinfolds down to about 55, they were pretty direct with their instructions to get working.”

The Lucindale product, who delivered with precision from the back-half and knocked around some of his more senior opponents in the SANFL, wasted little time and had his skinfolds back down to 60 two weeks later.

And he continued to work in the lead up to the draft, training at the gym of Crows’ tackling coach Warrick Raymond and deciding against attending Glenelg’s off-season trip.

Source: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Big os welcome to "Billy Bunter"(meant in the fondest of ways).

Wonder how many will get the reference aside from Swans Proudly.

 

[Swansujelly]

waiting for a photo in a swans jumper for my Av...

 

[Syd]

Gould and Allir across half back together will be intercept machines. I think we have struck Gould here

Fixed that for you

 

[RUNVS]

waiting for a photo in a swans jumper for my Av...

The Swans are busy hunting around for Mumford's old guernsey.