AFL Player #22: Sam Durham

[eth-dog]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 15, Zach Package

 

[Don Won]

All hail Dodoro..

Job for life

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Just think for a second. How good is this man going to be. Give him time to get to his captains level. The time when he can do it for the whole game. Oh Lord.

 

[rumply]

Just think for a second. How good is this man going to be. Give him time to get to his captains level. The time when he can do it for the whole game. Oh Lord.

He's already on the next level, superstar.

 

[Tazdog]

Tantalising tantalising tantalising young man

 

[ghostdog]

Simpson respected him by putting Yeo on him to good effect. Oppo coaches will take notice.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

I've always been a big fan of his. I used to say last year that I thought he was in our first 10 picked because of his workrate both when the team does and doesn't have the ball given our poor track record in transition.

But I never would have thought he could transition as smoothly to playing onball as he is. Bloody hell he's a stud.

 

[Tazdog]

Could be the first Brownlow medalist from the MSD..

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

What a game!! ..especially that first half

 

[Happyskeret]

What a game!! ..especially that first half

They put a fair bit of attention on him in the second half especially from Yeo. The best thing about him is he won contests at speed.

I mentioned this a couple of times through the day but the beauty is that only natural mids can do this sort of stuff. It requires footy nous, timing and bullocking. The timing part looks way easier than it is, to hit a contest at the right time at pace.

He said when he was younger he started as a mid and they moved him out when he was too small against his opponents. For a young buck he has way better techniques for inside mid craft than players with 150 games more experience than him. An absolute natural.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

He's insane. There's no two ways about it. Completely exceeded my expectations especially from a MSD pick.

 

[Vander18]

Some of stuff in the first quarter was ridiculous. Super clean at high speed and getting through contests and out the other side - it’s what elite mids do and it’s so damaging.

Also uses the ball well….distributes well to the outside by hand and has some penetration and vision with his kicking.

Quieter after that when Yeo went to him - get used to it Sam, that’ll happen most weeks now. Gave away too many frees late in the game but fantastic overall.

 

[Chief Hopper]

He's insane. There's no two ways about it. Completely exceeded my expectations especially from a MSD pick.

It seems extra special that Durham was plucked from the MSD.
Martin was overlooked too in the draft and is now an exceptional key player in our team.

Looking at Jai Culley for WC, it's a wonder how he will turn out after a recent ACL. Hoping he turns out great too.

 

[Yoda_]

Some of stuff in the first quarter was ridiculous. Super clean at high speed and getting through contests and out the other side - it’s what elite mids do and it’s so damaging.

Also uses the ball well….distributes well to the outside by hand and has some penetration and vision with his kicking.

Quieter after that when Yeo went to him - get used to it Sam, that’ll happen most weeks now. Gave away too many frees late in the game but fantastic overall.

I was thinking this after the game. With his growth, coaches are taking notice and planning for him. Will be the next stage that Sam will need to work through. Cant keep giving away silly free kicks if he wants to move into the top echelon of players hes tracking to become

 

[MiguelM]

Some of stuff in the first quarter was ridiculous. Super clean at high speed and getting through contests and out the other side - it’s what elite mids do and it’s so damaging.

Also uses the ball well….distributes well to the outside by hand and has some penetration and vision with his kicking.

Quieter after that when Yeo went to him - get used to it Sam, that’ll happen most weeks now. Gave away too many frees late in the game but fantastic overall.

The good thing is we now have depth to cover a tag.

 

[Milanista28]

Highest ceiling player on the list, stud.

 

[Vander18]

I was thinking this after the game. With his growth, coaches are taking notice and planning for him. Will be the next stage that Sam will need to work through. Cant keep giving away silly free kicks if he wants to move into the top echelon of players hes tracking to become

Everyone will be on to him now and will put work into to him. Let’s see how he deals with it.

 

[jannissary]

even if he does get tagged, i reckon he could easily sneak down for a rest in the f50. he’s got great marking skill & a good shot for goal.

 

[the PILL]

Making Dodoro look like a genius... Delist!

 

[Beerfish]

Loved his game again. Also loved him letting Harley know he's a weak prick for hunting high contact.

 

[jannissary]

his ground ball gets are some of the best i've seen. probably his strongest and most important area. absurd how good he's been this season

 

[Donakebab]

Loved his game again. Also loved him letting Harley know he's a weak prick for hunting high contact.

Absolutely. The white line fever afterwards bumping Kelly was a bit far, but love the mongrel!

 

[ghostdog]

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

 

[nipst@r]

Looking great at the moment.

Think previously looked more a effort and energy player but building to better than that.

Im sure he used to tap the ball along a bit much but now seems to have cleaned up the fumbles and has great hands to just grab it when in dispute.

 

[Simulacrum]

He still has so much scope for development. Has all the tools to become one of the most impactful 2-way midfielders in the competition.

There are aspects of his game that are flashes that will hopefully develop into consistent parts of his game such as his overhead game and his long kicking.