Player Watch #30: Charlie Comben - defender or forward? CC T5 in the AFL for avg.intercept marks p/game - re-signed until end of 2027

[Ashley B]

It's certainly been a draft graveyard out there..

McIntosh (+ruck)
Shore
Alleway
Gill
Chad Jones
Le Cras (+defender)
Moran (+ruck/defender)
Hutchison
Hansen (+defender)
Edwards (pseudo KPF)
Hughes
Tarrant (+defender)
Josh Smith
Wundke
Wilson
O'Keefe
Black
Kennedy (+defender)
Daw (+ruck/defender)
Curran
Pedersen
Wood (pseudo KPF)
Brown
Larkey
Comben (+ruck)

A rough review of all KPF types taken post Carey. Not great reading.

I've added my own ratings of:

• 1 tick = produced some meaningful AFL football for us albeit for a small total output
• 2 tick2 = has/had a credible North Melbourne career (in any position)

Only one I don’t remember is Alleway

 

[Hojuman]

Only one I don’t remember is Alleway

Clinton ? Port Melb. ?

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[Ashley B]

Clinton ? Port Melb. ?

Ok now I remember was he on the main list or rookie

 

[Hojuman]

Ok now I remember was he on the main list or rookie

Might need MasterM. Quite honest l remember him as a Port player. Our VFL list ? Mightta been during our short lived marriage. Remember going to games at PM.oval and being told to go forth and multiply by the stalwarts.

 

[hurricane]

It's certainly been a draft graveyard out there..

McIntosh (+ruck)
Shore
Alleway
Gill
Chad Jones
Le Cras (+defender)
Moran (+ruck/defender)
Hutchison
Hansen (+defender)
Edwards (pseudo KPF)
Hughes
Tarrant (+defender)
Josh Smith
Wundke
Wilson
O'Keefe
Black
Kennedy (+defender)
Daw (+ruck/defender)
Curran
Pedersen
Wood (pseudo KPF)
Brown
Larkey
Comben (+ruck)

A rough review of all KPF types taken post Carey. Not great reading.

I've added my own ratings of:

• 1 tick = produced some meaningful AFL football for us albeit for a small total output
• 2 tick2 = has/had a credible North Melbourne career (in any position)

No love for Lindsay Smith?

 

[Mav]

No love for Lindsay Smith?

nor Adam Lang.

 

[Ashley B]

Might need MasterM. Quite honest l remember him as a Port player. Our VFL list ? Mightta been during our short lived marriage. Remember going to games at PM.oval and being told to go forth and multiply by the stalwarts.

Don’t remember Hughes either. We had one in the 80s I think

 

[Hojuman]

Don’t remember Hughes either. We had one in the 80s I think

Alleway 2002 rookie draft from Box Hill. Dunno why l thought Port. Brother maybe ?

Ben Hughes 2006 rookie draft Gippsland u/18's.

Draft History

The official AFL website of the North Melbourne Football Club

www.nmfc.com.au

Alot of very forgettable names in here AshB.

 

[Samsquanch]

Is a contract signed while one is on Endone still valid?

3 year extension for minimum wage and a green whistle. Sounds fair.

 

[Samsquanch]

It's certainly been a draft graveyard out there..

McIntosh (+ruck)
Shore
Alleway
Gill
Chad Jones
Le Cras (+defender)
Moran (+ruck/defender)
Hutchison
Hansen (+defender)
Edwards (pseudo KPF)
Hughes
Tarrant (+defender)
Josh Smith
Wundke
Wilson
O'Keefe
Black
Kennedy (+defender)
Daw (+ruck/defender)
Curran
Pedersen
Wood (pseudo KPF)
Brown
Larkey
Comben (+ruck)

A rough review of all KPF types taken post Carey. Not great reading.

I've added my own ratings of:

• 1 tick = produced some meaningful AFL football for us albeit for a small total output
• 2 tick2 = has/had a credible North Melbourne career (in any position)

A very selective memory KC. Here are a few you might want to consider...

Digby Morrell
Sav Rocca
Corey Jones
Leigh Harding
Nathan Thompson
Kent Kingsley

And how could you forget...

Jonathan Hay
David Bourke

Actually, maybe not.

 

[Ashley B]

Alleway 2002 rookie draft from Box Hill. Dunno why l thought Port. Brother maybe ?

Ben Hughes 2006 rookie draft Gippsland u/18's.

Draft History

The official AFL website of the North Melbourne Football Club

www.nmfc.com.au

Alot of very forgettable names in here AshB.

2006 yr before the Great David Trotter

 

[King Corey]

A very selective memory KC. Here are a few you might want to consider...

Digby Morrell
Sav Rocca
Corey Jones
Leigh Harding
Nathan Thompson
Kent Kingsley

And how could you forget...

Jonathan Hay
David Bourke

Actually, maybe not.

They were key forwards drafted (not traded in ie Thompson) post Carey my friend.

 

[Samsquanch]

They were key forwards drafted (not traded in ie Thompson) post Carey my friend.

I'll give you half of them back then.

 

[King Corey]

I'll give you half of them back then.

I wish we could get draft refunds.

 

[Billy Not Really]

It's a relief its only 10-11 weeks, but I think we need to consider another key forward option. We can't rely on injury prone players to be always available when we need forward stocks.

And I don't subscribe to Larkey being a number one key forward, so our forward line is about as shambolic as the back line.

 

[Hojuman]

A very selective memory KC. Here are a few you might want to consider...

Digby Morrell
Sav Rocca
Corey Jones
Leigh Harding
Nathan Thompson
Kent Kingsley

And how could you forget...

Jonathan Hay
David Bourke

Actually, maybe not.

I'll raise you one Ben McKinley my good friend.

 

[Ashley B]

I'll raise you one Ben McKinley my good friend.

Kicked 100 for west coast once joking of course

 

[Samsquanch]

I'll raise you one Ben McKinley my good friend.

I was waiting for that, so I held back the GOAT as a counter punch... Adrian McAdam

 

[Liam Boy]

It's certainly been a draft graveyard out there..

McIntosh (+ruck)
Shore
Alleway
Gill
Chad Jones
Le Cras (+defender)
Moran (+ruck/defender)
Hutchison
Hansen (+defender)
Edwards (pseudo KPF)
Hughes
Tarrant (+defender)
Josh Smith
Wundke
Wilson
O'Keefe
Black
Kennedy (+defender)
Daw (+ruck/defender)
Curran
Pedersen
Wood (pseudo KPF)
Brown
Larkey
Comben (+ruck)

A rough review of all KPF types taken post Carey. Not great reading.

I've added my own ratings of:

• 1 tick = produced some meaningful AFL football for us albeit for a small total output
• 2 tick2 = has/had a credible North Melbourne career (in any position)

So, unless I'm mistaken, the last time we've spent serious draft capital (i.e. early first round) picks on a KPF was... 2006. And we picked him as a defender. Could that be the problem?

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

Comben should be aiming to come back first week of finals. I’d rush him in as well. Hopefully our first final will be in Melbourne

 

[Horace]

Kicked 100 for west coast once joking of course

I thought that was Azza. Did we actually pick up two 100 goal forwards from West Coast?!?! Pity one of them hadn't been Josh Kennedy, but then again he never kicked a 100 in a season, so just a scrubber.

 

[King Corey]

Comben should be aiming to come back first week of finals. I’d rush him in as well. Hopefully our first final will be in Melbourne

Stop it, I'm getting emotional.

Already picturing round 22, 10 minutes to go.

Clarkson taking Curtis Taylor off the ground to raucous fan cheers, memories of Pagan doing the same with Carey, saving him for the serious stuff.

 

[Merlin007]

Stop it, I'm getting emotional.

Already picturing round 22, 10 minutes to go.

Clarkson taking Curtis Taylor off the ground to raucous fan cheers, memories of Pagan doing the same with Carey, saving him for the serious stuff.

You dill

 

[shintemaster]

Stop it, I'm getting emotional.

Already picturing round 22, 10 minutes to go.

Clarkson taking Curtis Taylor off the ground to raucous fan cheers, memories of Pagan doing the same with Carey, saving him for the serious stuff.

It's staggering to think we are only 2 games out of the 8.