Player Watch #29: Will Phillips [Part II] - Extends to End of 2025

[zoomba23]

He has signed and committed.
There is no 2 year deal or offers he is considering from Richmond or Geelong.

Needs a massive preseason. For so many reasons. I think his body's failed him and will continue to do so but he'll know to throw absolutely everything at this final shot

 

[The Nostradamus]

Backing himself in, you love to hear it. Big pre-season ahead Will.

Loves the club wilphil

 

[My Left Foote]

I'm convinced the club makes Bitcoin from the energy generated from the Will Phillips thread.

 

[viccles]

Just make the offical announcement already!

 

[Ligma]

Fwiw Ross ‘pervert’ Lyon absolutely sprayed Neale for being short and unfit, in a blink of an eye he’s won 2 Brownlows.

now that he has allegedly signed I can breathe a big sigh of relief because I was shit scared of him getting traded to another club, rapidly develop and getting laughed at again.

 

[Ashley B]

Is it just the one year Tazaa

 

[Makeshift Park]

He has signed and committed.
There is no 2 year deal or offers he is considering from Richmond or Geelong.

Given that Tom Morris had the yarn about the one year offer, and there wasn't any suggestion about whether he'd sign on not, I assumed either:
1) Will's manager told TM to suss out the interest in the marketplace, or
2) it was North dropping the hint, hoping to bring out other takers for the modest draft capital.

In either case, it didn't seem likely he'd sign soon and I'm surprised to hear that he may well have already.

 

[Horizons_00]

He has signed and committed.
There is no 2 year deal or offers he is considering from Richmond or Geelong.

The man has spoken

 

[tazaa]

Given that Tom Morris had the yarn about the one year offer, and there wasn't any suggestion about whether he'd sign on not, I assumed either:
1) Will's manager told TM to suss out the interest in the marketplace, or
2) it was North dropping the hint, hoping to bring out other takers for the modest draft capital.

In either case, it didn't seem likely he'd sign soon and I'm surprised to hear that he may well have already.

Tom Morris didn’t get shit

 

[GoNorth]

From Facebook

 

[gerry101101]

Fwiw Ross ‘pervert’ Lyon absolutely sprayed Neale for being short and unfit, in a blink of an eye he’s won 2 Brownlows.

now that he has allegedly signed I can breathe a big sigh of relief because I was shit scared of him getting traded to another club, rapidly develop and getting laughed at again.

Bit harsh to spray a guy for being short!

Mind you, the saints crew have no issues throwing short people at a dartboard, so maybe a spray was a better option.

 

[ToxicMegaPunts]

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Um, what was the bad news?

 

[Ligma]

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They just copied and pasted that from here

 

[Makeshift Park]

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Good to see there are people on FB reading bigfooty I guess.

 

[Sillygit]

Good to see there are people on FB reading bigfooty I guess.

surprised that anyone on FB can read

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Really want him to hit his straps.

Let's go WiPhi

 

[Lomas]

surprised that anyone on FB can read

Hey, my mum and aunts love the Facebook for family messages!

 

[DunderHead]

Who isn’t a sucker for a redemption story. Would be great if he could make his mark.

 

[Ruckle]

If its true we could run a sweep on how many pages this thread will get to in 12 months

 

[Junk yard]

If its true we could run a sweep on how many pages this thread will get to in 12 months

I'll get a will phillips 29 south park caricature tattoo if he wins a N.Smith, brownow or BNF at North.

 

[Outtatym]

If its true we could run a sweep on how many pages this thread will get to in 12 months

December brownlow medialist, delisted in march

 

[The Anvil]

Glad he'll be back for 2025. Ball is in your court son, massive preseason and show what you can do!

 

[Karanicolas]

After seeing multiple Freo players handle the ball as if it was alive, I would prefer that we keep a one touch player that is unfit and try to get them fit, rather than the other way round.

My view is that he is pacing himself during games as he is worried about his fitness. Unfortunately, that does not cut it at AFL level.

Neale is a good role model for him. Another is Liam Baker

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Liam Baker

Age

26

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

222.2

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

7.9

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

3star

MG

191.9

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

224.2

4star

who is also a similar size.

 

[Junk yard]

After seeing multiple Freo players handle the ball as if it was alive, I would prefer that we keep a one touch player that is unfit and try to get them fit, rather than the other way round.

My view is that he is pacing himself during games as he is worried about his fitness. Unfortunately, that does not cut it at AFL level.

Neale is a good role model for him. Another is Liam Baker who is also a similar size.

He's been fumbly all year and if he's pacing himself at AFL level and not cutting it what explains his VFL form?

 

[Karanicolas]

He's been fumbly all year and if he's pacing himself at AFL level and not cutting it what explains his VFL form?

I see the pacing more at VFL level, which is why he does not rack up numbers like he should be doing if he wants to play AFL.

The only time I have seen him really gassed is when he was tagging for 2-3 weeks, and I thought the coaches were trying to teach him about the intensity required at the level. But then when he went back to the VFL he reverted to a lower level of intensity and did not push himself to get involved in chains, etc.