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

[Friday Night Lights]

Incredible hands.

And the centre clearance that set up Larkey’s 6th - brilliant.

 

[Dan]

The best part about Noble getting the arse is that this kid will stay and thrive. What a game

I was just thinking that.

Amazing what a good pre-season and opportunity will do.

 

[Fish Sticks]

What a gun!
He looks primed for a big year. He now has the body to compete with the big boys in the middle & is so creative & skilled by hand & foot… you just want the ball in his hands!

 

[Hardcore North]

Seems to have bulked up a bit but those hands! Great game. Shudder to think where he was headed with the noble dumpster fire……

 

[Gone north]

A couple of fumbles late but afterwards cracked in so hard to make up for the error.

2 years will be second best player on our list behind LDU

Can’t teach that kind of poise

 

[ferball]

A couple of fumbles late but afterwards cracked in so hard to make up for the error.

2 years will be second best player on our list behind LDU

Can’t teach that kind of poise

in two years time Sheez and TT could be two of the best in the competition.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

11 disposals in the third. He’s building.

 

[Gone north]

in two years time Sheez and TT could be two of the best in the competition.

I look at him in the pendlebury/Simon black mould.

The players who have that kind of time who play in premiership winning teams who are recognized as greats but also somewhat overshadowed by other slightly more flashy players but in reality they are the first picked and true consistent champions

 

[ferball]

I look at him in the pendlebury/Simon black mould.

The players who have that kind of time who play in premiership winning teams who are recognized as greats but also somewhat overshadowed by other slightly more flashy players but in reality they are the first picked and true consistent champions

One things for sure, if they all stay healthy and everything else is good we'll be spoilt for choices about who our best players are.

 

[king of the road]

A couple of fumbles late but afterwards cracked in so hard to make up for the error.

2 years will be second best player on our list behind LDU

Can’t teach that kind of poise

From what I could tell, one of those fumbles was from a Sheez handball that no one would have seen coming. No look, on the run, in traffic at right angles.
In time, his team mates will be more accustomed to that and it will click.
First games playing together though.

 

[LB2Snake]

From what I could tell, one of those fumbles was from a Sheez handball that no one would have seen coming. No look, on the run, in traffic at right angles.
In time, his team mates will be more accustomed to that and it will click.
First games playing together though.

When was that KOTR? Last Q?

 

[king of the road]

When was that KOTR? Last Q?

Yes.
There were a lot of quick hand ball chains. Some worked. Some didn’t.

 

[Shinboner '07]

Turning into a gun. Can’t believe David noble didn’t want to play him

 

[AnEmptyChair]

That piece of clearance play just before Larkey's 6th was just sublime and the perfect example of the type of player Tom is. Was about to kick long, realised he had more time, took a bounce and almost stood still while people ran around him before delivering. 99% of midfielders in that situation just blaze away as soon as they get it under pressure, but Tom realised he had that extra bit of time.

He's my favourite player to watch on the list.

 

[susurrar]

love how he bounces the ball. thats style.

 

[ansonholt]

His hands and decision making are both elite. Still only 21. Scary to think where he might take his game from here.

 

[Dodecahedron]

Such a classy player; and he doesn’t sook to go home to Adelaide.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

I'm loving his handball poke he does in tight above his shoulders: The technique really gets the quick fire away. I noticed Sheezel has also done it a few times over the summer as well.

 

[ohmygewd]

Unabashed Tommy Powell fan here...its so great that Clarko has confidence in him to play in his natural position and continues to confirm (in my eyes) that we drafted one of the smoothes recruits (until Sheez appeared ) in my time of over 40+ years of barracking for this great club,,,beautiful hands, great decision making for a 3rd year player, his foot skills are starting to become more and more damaging as his confidence grows.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Passmore]

The thinking person’s footballer.

If any footy scribe or commentator had any interest in looking intelligent, they’d be pumping Tommy’s tyres up. Anyone idiot can see that LDU has entered God mode and Sheezel is a freak. You want to highlight your footy knowledge? Get on this bloke.

 

[Heaps of fun]

What really stood out for me on Saturday was that when the heat was on it was our younger players that often showed the most poise. Tom Powell leads the pack along with Harry Sheezel but Bergman and Comben get honourable mentions.

 

[DesertRoo]

What really stood out for me on Saturday was that when the heat was on it was our younger players that often showed the most poise. Tom Powell leads the pack along with Harry Sheezel but Bergman and Comben get honourable mentions.

Simple strategy give the ball to the kids.

 

[r00boy96]

That piece of clearance play just before Larkey's 6th was just sublime and the perfect example of the type of player Tom is. Was about to kick long, realised he had more time, took a bounce and almost stood still while people ran around him before delivering. 99% of midfielders in that situation just blaze away as soon as they get it under pressure, but Tom realised he had that extra bit of time.

He's my favourite player to watch on the list.

He's my favourite to watch also, so much skill - bit of Sam Mitchell about him

 

[Horizons_00]

He has arrived

Bloody love him