Player Watch #34: Jackson Archer - BFNAAK - re-signed until end of 2026 - rd21 AFL RS nominee

[DuckYeah]

The academy stuff is being rorted. But this is why I'd hate to see father son removed from game. It is something special.

Father son recruiting is a joke. Lets not divert from the facts here. Our father son is running around for Sydney. The father son shit can ship right off. No one else was drafting Jackson, we’d still have him even with no FS rules

 

[scottywiper]

Haha how ironic the two players that were catching his eye that pre-season were Jack Mahoney and Taryn Thomas. Both gone!!!

Has anyone ever see Jackson and Brady in the same room???

 

[Masked Avenger]

Take you pick;
. K.Dawson
. W.Dawson
. Hardeman
. McKercher
. Bergman
. Dench
. Crosswell
. Gumbleton
. Cowton

J Rantall could play a bit Hojy.

Describe him for the uninitiated?

 

[Hojuman]

J Rantall could play a bit Hojy.

Describe him for the uninitiated?

Ahhhh.... " Mopsy " One of the 10 yr men with Davis & Wade who played in the backline. Mopsy was a VIC. rep who played for the state but came from a poor side, South Melbourne.
He would put the clamps on the oppositions best, l suppose you would say " small forward " nowadays, but not so small back then. He was like an Onkaparinga blanket ! Not fast, but skilfull, sure hands in a marking contest, great kick, great moustache.
Leigh Matthews considered the greatest player of all time ( before this mantle shifts to Harry & George ) Put the clamps on him in the 1975 G.F. and the great man never touched it. After leaving North actually held the games record for a few years. Quiet, unassuming team man. Young Arch may emulate him one day.

 

[Clarke is King]

Where the **** did that intercepting come from? Nearly fell off my chair. Heart and soul player.

 

[Merlin007]

Best 8 possession game in history

 

[desie]

Ahhhh.... " Mopsy " One of the 10 yr men with Davis & Wade who played in the backline. Mopsy was a VIC. rep who played for the state but came from a poor side, South Melbourne.
He would put the clamps on the oppositions best, l suppose you would say " small forward " nowadays, but not so small back then. He was like an Onkoparinga blanket ! Not fast, but skilfull, sure hands in a marking contest, great kick, great moustache.
Leigh Matthews considered the greatest player of all time ( before this mantle shifts to Harry & George ) Put the clamps on him in the 1975 G.F. and the great man never touched it. After leaving North actually held the games record for a few years. Quiet, unassuming team man. Young Arch may emulate him one day.

Ron Joseph lured him back to South after ‘75 in his short sabbatical there.

Who knows what difference he could have made if he stayed.

 

[Hojuman]

Ron Joseph lured him back to South after ‘75 in his short sabbatical there.

Who knows what difference he could have made if he stayed.

And like Davis, dual T.O.T.C at North & South.

 

[Masked Avenger]

Ahhhh.... " Mopsy " One of the 10 yr men with Davis & Wade who played in the backline. Mopsy was a VIC. rep who played for the state but came from a poor side, South Melbourne.
He would put the clamps on the oppositions best, l suppose you would say " small forward " nowadays, but not so small back then. He was like an Onkoparinga blanket ! Not fast, but skilfull, sure hands in a marking contest, great kick, great moustache.
Leigh Matthews considered the greatest player of all time ( before this mantle shifts to Harry & George ) Put the clamps on him in the 1975 G.F. and the great man never touched it. After leaving North actually held the games record for a few years. Quiet, unassuming team man. Young Arch may emulate him one day.

Great description Hojy.

He had that thick build with tree trunkish legs. Hard to move and never went to ground.

Won the best and fairest in 1974.

Barassi would have loved him.

 

[koshari]

The academy stuff is being rorted. But this is why I'd hate to see father son removed from game. It is something special.

Realisticly we prolly coulda got jacko anyway.

 

[koshari]

Where the **** did that intercepting come from? Nearly fell off my chair. Heart and soul player.

Tracking the flite wonderfully. Was one when he was 3rd in line and stepped around them and intercepted perfectly

 

[Marstermind]

Probably goes to Weightman next week? Will be interesting to see how he goes.

 

[RooDave]

Mark my words this game will be a fork in the road for him. Either he works even harder and realises how damn hard the positon is and gives 1000% or he drops his head and loses confidence.

Having watched his old man play i have a fairly strong suspicion which way he goes.

Couldnt have said it better myself.

Oh look i did.

Turns out he did give that 1000%

 

[Gasometer]

Living the BFNAAK Fairytale

 

[Masked Avenger]

Would have been inconsolable after last week's game.

There were factors, but Hill did get hold of him.

Says a lot about Clarko - putting the longer term success ahead of the now - trusting him to play on Fritsch.

The lad will feel like a king this weekend.

 

[AnEmptyChair]

Lol Archie , hopefully his last game

Genuinely embarrassing post this

 

[nelroo]

Weightman next up ?

 

[gerry101101]

George has it. Chom has it. Arch has it. Xerri has it. We need a small forward who has it.

True. Regardless of previous ups downs and injury/self-doubts, Simpkin is again proving he has it too. There’s a contingent with that hunger now.

And it’s making efforts like Stevos last week stand out more.

 

[giantroo]

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Mark this game down as the night the son of a legend became his own man.

Jackson Archer did an incredible imitation of his father, Roos great Glenn, in what was clearly his best game as a Kangaroo.

Playing just his 14th game, the 21-year-old completely blanketed Melbourne’s No.1 goalkicker Bailey Fritsch, reducing him to a bystander.

Fritsch didn’t impact the scoreboard and had just six disposals while Archer had eight but his impact was a lot more than his touches.

The family’s trademark courage and desperation was there in bucket loads and in many ways the youngster represents the new hard edge the Kangaroos are starting to show.

Archer, George Wardlaw, Harry Sheezel, Luke Davies-Unacke, Tristan Xerri

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Tristan Xerri

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6.0

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and Charlie Comben are just some of the young names who don’t take a backward step.

The melee at half-time and continued niggle throughout showed Alistair Clarkson’s team were no longer going to be pushed around which in itself is a significant breakthrough.

 

[northbergs]

Picked him to bounce back and he destroyed Fritsch.

Last week would have hurt him and that was a great response.

Not just the tackling and spoils, the intercept marking too.


Give him the number 11 now. Winding back the clock 25 years tonight.

Imagine having the comfort knowing that after last week’s game where Hill got a hold of him that he can pick the brains of his old man all week on how to bounce back.


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[roos_fanatic08]

Where the **** did that intercepting come from? Nearly fell off my chair. Heart and soul player.

He had always been a beautiful mark of the ball.

Probably goes to Weightman next week? Will be interesting to see how he goes.

I’d say so. I still think those 183-188cm lead up forwards are his best bet. Don’t think he has the agility to go with the real zippy & slippery small forwards like Charlie Cameron & Bobby Hill

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Ahhhh.... " Mopsy " One of the 10 yr men with Davis & Wade who played in the backline. Mopsy was a VIC. rep who played for the state but came from a poor side, South Melbourne.
He would put the clamps on the oppositions best, l suppose you would say " small forward " nowadays, but not so small back then. He was like an Onkaparinga blanket ! Not fast, but skilfull, sure hands in a marking contest, great kick, great moustache.
Leigh Matthews considered the greatest player of all time ( before this mantle shifts to Harry & George ) Put the clamps on him in the 1975 G.F. and the great man never touched it. After leaving North actually held the games record for a few years. Quiet, unassuming team man. Young Arch may emulate him one day.

Had a hit of golf on the Kings birthday holiday after our win against the Eagles at Mortlake. Me, my mate and his young son all had North hoodies on. We go to pay and an old bloke comes out of the clubhouse and says "North, hey. Mopsy Rantall plays here every Sunday."

Apparently lives in the district.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Zones, forward transition, disposal, yes all very important.

Arch is showing there will always be a place for a defender who can absolutely blanket a forward.


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[JGreezy]

George has it. Chom has it. Arch has it. Xerri has it. We need a small forward who has it.

I heard Geordie Payne has it

 

[Marstermind]

He had always been a beautiful mark of the ball.


I’d say so. I still think those 183-188cm lead up forwards are his best bet. Don’t think he has the agility to go with the real zippy & slippery small forwards like Charlie Cameron & Bobby Hill

Probably. Liam Ryan is fairly slippery and Arch did a good job there.