Player Watch #29: Will Phillips - tags N.Daicos vs Collingwood - subbed off at 3/4 time??

[Caracas]

Can't say I thought Shiels was better than Phillips in preseason games, and did Ford even play in an actual preseason game at AFL level?

Nah. I reckon Phillips must have pulled up at training today.

All along, I reckoned one of the certainties for R1 was Shiels. We need to have one player who’s past kindergarten in the engine room - for a modicum of stability. Having said that, he might start as sub.

 

[The Nostradamus]

starting mid trio should be LDU, Wardlaw and Wilphil

Powell then next rotation who can also rotate forward and through a wing

Instead we have lazz and shiels taking his spot

 

[Passmore]

RossHenshaw it’s not a long season or there won’t be injuries? Which one do you thumbs down to?

 

[Luke72]

The person who told me, who is pretty spot on with this stuff, was absolutely flabbergasted he wasn't in the 25.

No one knows why at this stage, but she and I both reckon he must have tweaked something at training today.

He was participating in tackling drills I saw today, and laying solid tackles. They went inside after 15-20 minutes but there didn’t appear to be anything physically wrong with him.

 

[Luke72]

I’m more surprised that Miller Bergman isn’t in the team. I think with one thing and another they have picked a team to give a few guy’s a taste and fill in for our missing leaders.

Despite saying in the press we had 42 of 44 available I don’t think we are going in with the best side we could have, but I have faith that they know what they’re doing.

 

[hilly]

what i don't get is what everyone want from CCJ?

The occasional mark.

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[the big lebowski]

Have some intel from our one of our football staff. On talent he is in the 22 but can only play the one position, Powell ahead of him in that regard and we are worried about pace.

Pace for the giants game?

 

[Junk yard]

I'm not sure what you guy's are looking at? He's been miles off the pace all pre-season, in the 2s from the start. Clarko's no fool. He's running on a treadmill in open play, there's no room in the modern game for Will's type. Unfortunately I can't see his limitations as fixable. It's a shame because he seems a ripping kid.

 

[Junk yard]

starting mid trio should be LDU, Wardlaw and Wilphil

Powell then next rotation who can also rotate forward and through a wing

Instead we have lazz and shiels taking his spot

****ing genius for sure, can't believe you're not one of Alastair's assistant's.

 

[Junk yard]

Probably not breaking any unsurprising news here, but am told by a friend of a friend that Will Phil is in the round 1 team.

Brilliant. My mate said LDU was in too!

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

The idea of him playing was nice but he hardly averaging 35 touches and 10 tackles in the preseason, it's not really that shocking.

Is that the sort of “needs to be winning a Brownlow” standard for all our players.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

Why do we always compare Phillips and Rowell? Just because they played in the same junior footy team?

Stevie wonder could see that Rowell’s talent is in another stratosphere compared to Will’s

That’s news to me. It was made very clear on here that Will Phil will be better than Rowell. And I’m pretty sure the person stating that was serious.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

The outcome of that trade was Tom Powell so I don't care. I think even the Phillips haters can probably agree Tom is something special.

Let’s maybe wait until Powell can consolidate his spot in a bottom 2 team before making that call.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

I'm not sure what you guy's are looking at? He's been miles off the pace all pre-season, in the 2s from the start. Clarko's no fool. He's running on a treadmill in open play, there's no room in the modern game for Will's type.

You could put Jack Silvagni in a NM jumper and suddenly he’d have Carey-like attributes on here.

 

[Zondor]

Staggered that Phillips wasn’t selected after he announced himself to the world with his one Brownlow Vote against the GC in his last game. :stern look

 

[Chadwiko]

He was participating in tackling drills I saw today, and laying solid tackles. They went inside after 15-20 minutes but there didn’t appear to be anything physically wrong with him.

Well there you go. If he's come from training midway through that's close to confirmation for me.

 

[Del191229]

Maybe it was done to smoke out a leaker

 

[Zondor]

Maybe it was done to smoke out a leaker

LOL. Was just about to post likewise. Heath’s close contact is in trouble. :stern look

 

[FlyHigh18]

starting mid trio should be LDU, Wardlaw and Wilphil

Powell then next rotation who can also rotate forward and through a wing

Instead we have lazz and shiels taking his spot

Well, that and the fact that they’re different roles

 

[Del191229]

LOL. Was just about to post likewise. Heath’s close contact is in trouble. :stern look

Great minds think alike, an intellectual 69 if you will.

 

[Chewy Chewman]

I’m not against Phillips starting the year in the two’s.

Only have to look at Flanders as a prime example of what can happen if your build your form and confidence and just go bang once you get your chance in the one’s.

 

[HBFlanker]

Out of contract end of the year.

Second season in a row he hasn't been picked round 1.

I have serious concerns for Will moving forward. Simply put, he's just behind the other mids.

I haven't seen any concrete evidence that he has developed as a player in his time at North.

 

[Sillygit]

lol, this thread never disappoints

 

[krakouers]

lol, this thread never disappoints

I heard he kidnapped the Lindberg baby…

 

[HBFlanker]

Is anyone actually comfortable with how Phillips is developing?