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

[ChairmanZia]

The glandular obviously hasn’t helped. And last preseason was supposed to be around 70%. But I thought he’d make progress this preseason. He seemed like he had a good summer but there hasnt appeared to be identifiable progress.

I do now wonder if his future is at Arden st.

If he isn't staying then we are getting peanuts for him in a trade so we might as well keep him and turn him into something useful, like a tagger as he has already proven to take some pretty big scalps.

A good club with good development program should see his potential and maximise it.

 

[giantroo]

Back in.

 

[Sillygit]

 

[Chadwiko]

 

[swaeney]

Can someone tag junky please. I’ve muted him, but I’m intrigued to see what he has to say re him knowing more than the coaching staff about Phillips never playing seniors again

 

[The acurate one]

Back in.

Hopefully bump his trade value from a fourth rounder to a late third.

 

[Sillygit]

Hopefully bump his trade value from a fourth rounder to a late third.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

May the force be with WillPhil as he takes Holmes to the cleaners. You’ve got this Will.

 

[Jesslc]

If he can shut down Holmes, our midfield will smash them. They have an extremely shallow midfield.

 

[hoffseason gains 01]

If he can shut down Holmes, our midfield will smash them. They have an extremely shallow midfield.

To be fair they smacked us in the contest with Parfitt & Bowes as their main mids last time out.

 

[King Corey]

FIGURE A: Bigfooty Will Phillips Valuation Oscillations - AEST 1900-2000 25 July 2024

 

[hoffseason gains 01]

Out of the box, but could we sit Will on Gryan Miers

32

Gryan Miers

Age

25

Ht

179cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

15.3

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

0.9

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.2

4star

Probably doesn’t have the tank but would have him for speed off the mark. Just keeps him accountable all day and would fill a hole in defence for a week we need it.

 

[Horizons_00]

Happy he is in, I swear he makes a huge difference to our structure

 

[The acurate one]

FIGURE A: Bigfooty Will Phillips Valuation Oscillations - AEST 1900-2000 25 July 2024

Well yes and I assume the peak was the brownlow vote match, I really don't care if he stays or goes and tbh that isn't a flash thought process, says a lot about Phillips career to date.
I hope he plays well as I backed us not ten minutes after the Blues match @ $4.35.00.
So I'll be cheering away and love him to pull a 30 disposal 9 tackle 7 marks and 2000 metres gained. There will be no one happier.

But it will most likely be, 14 disposals , 1 mark, 3 tackles and 55 feet gained.

 

[The Dingrel]

Hopefully bump his trade value from a fourth rounder to a late third.

Haven't heard anything from club,,,,,but I wonder if he went back to VFL level to do a block of intense cardio training during the week and so wouldn't be up to the level come game day.....didn't set the world alight in the VFL, but back in. Who knows, I want to see Will make it, but the club would know how much is conditioning vs illness hangover, kid strikes me as having a good work ethic though.

 

[The Dingrel]

FIGURE A: Bigfooty Will Phillips Valuation Oscillations - AEST 1900-2000 25 July 2024

No point stopping out at current levels! Double up to catch up! Does he have a clone we can pick up in the rookie draft?

 

[The acurate one]

Haven't heard anything from club,,,,,but I wonder if he went back to VFL level to do a block of intense cardio training during the week and so wouldn't be up to the level come game day.....didn't set the world alight in the VFL, but back in. Who knows, I want to see Will make it, but the club would know how much is conditioning vs illness hangover, kid strikes me as having a good work ethic though.

Dunno tbh, but i do know his VFL numbers are rather shithouse and there is no denying that, averages 8 kicks 14 handballs, not sure a player in the AFL with those numbers is going to get many pats on the back.
5.8 tackles is pretty good and oh averages 2 marks per game to top it all off.

As a rather decent poster with their head firmly screwed on said recently, if these issues are due to earlier health concerns, maybe it is best we parted ways, as sad as that would be.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

He still haven't fully recovered from the glandular fever.

He has made some ground with tagging why not continue it, even if it's something temporary until he can establish in some more permanent role.

Anthony stevens was a tagger before fully establishing in the middle.

Do you know this as a fact? Source?

Also Phillips doesn't have anywhere near the intensity that Stevens had.

 

[kool kangas]

FIGURE A: Bigfooty Will Phillips Valuation Oscillations - AEST 1900-2000 25 July 2024

l thought this was the Bummers 2024 chart for heading towards this years finals...

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Tag Stewart or Holmes?

Holmes torches the footy a bit, and I think Stewart is their most damaging player. Stewart is susceptible to being shut out when tagged too.

 

[tazaa]

Straight to Stewart

 

[Jesslc]

Straight to Stewart

Easiest coaching call you can make. He torches us every time and runs completely free.

 

[LB2Snake]

Straight to Stewart

Stewart would smash WiPHi no?

 

[Jesslc]

To be fair they smacked us in the contest with Parfitt & Bowes as their main mids last time out.

We were a different side then. For example: I don't see us losing by 75 points on the weekend.

 

[ChairmanZia]

We were a different side then. For example: I don't see us losing by 75 points on the weekend.

odds has us at 3.75 to win where earlier this year, it was like 13