AFL Player #38: Archie Roberts - Signs on until 2026 - 22/8

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 29, TheUnicorn

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Since when has earning a spot been an issue for this team?

you need to earn your spot when you're under 20

 

[ant555]

Since when has earning a spot been an issue for this team?

Did it hurt him ? no.
Has it cost us a premiership ? no.

 

[yodellinhank]

Did it hurt him ? no.
Has it cost us a premiership ? no.

They should hold Hates back for another 4 or 5. Imagine how good he'll be then

 

[ant555]

They should hold Hates back for another 4 or 5. Imagine how good he'll be then

Better than Jesus .

 

[yodellinhank]

Better than Jesus .

 

[DapperDon]

Did it hurt him ? no.
Has it cost us a premiership ? no.

I really enjoy watching seniors **** up week after week and not punished.

It really brings the best out of the place.

What a great exaample of our superb culture

 

[yodellinhank]

I really enjoy watching seniors **** up week after week and not punished.

It really brings the best out of the place.

What a great exaample of our superb culture

It certainly would seem to help that "I've made it" attitude our players seem to get. Heppell skipping the twos another thing reinforcing the view.

 

[Zach Package]

A nice mix of hardness and skills and a bit of polish. I’ve been particularly impressed by his kicking to advantage, seems quite willing to kick into the leading lane and draw the forward into it.

Maybe went a bit low because of lack of a defined weapon?

Will buy a badge next year once he’s out of the old dunny brush jumper and into something a little nicer.

 

[MiguelM]

He can actually kick accurately.

A statue awaits surely!

 

[eDPS]

How has this thread not been touched tonight, ripping game today he couldn’t have done much more. A joke really that he wasn’t played earlier in the season

 

[Yoda_]

How has this thread not been touched tonight, ripping game today he couldn’t have done much more. A joke really that he wasn’t played earlier in the season

that is on Brad Scott

 

[Seb78]

Great game tonight, should've had already 15 senior games under his belt. What position is he best suited to do we think wing or HB?? I liked Marto on the wing tonight and with Duursma coming back will be interesting...

 

[MiguelM]

How has this thread not been touched tonight, ripping game today he couldn’t have done much more. A joke really that he wasn’t played earlier in the season

Should be a lock from here in.

 

[Zach Package]

Watch him live, I implore you, he’s pointing, he’s encouraging his positioning is A+ and the much more experienced players are already looking to give it to him, such are the spots he puts himself in.

He’s an absolute cracker, for him to come in as the sun sets on Heppell is impeccable timing.

 

[bombreys]

Watch him live, I implore you, he’s pointing, he’s encouraging his positioning is A+ and the much more experienced players are already looking to give it to him, such are the spots he puts himself in.

He’s an absolute cracker, for him to come in as the sun sets on Heppell is impeccable timing.

He was showing McGrath where to get positioned. Insanity

 

[Atavistic]

Watch him live, I implore you, he’s pointing, he’s encouraging his positioning is A+ and the much more experienced players are already looking to give it to him, such are the spots he puts himself in.

He’s an absolute cracker, for him to come in as the sun sets on Heppell is impeccable timing.

BJ would approve.

 

[Beerfish]

Watch him live, I implore you, he’s pointing, he’s encouraging his positioning is A+ and the much more experienced players are already looking to give it to him, such are the spots he puts himself in.

He’s an absolute cracker, for him to come in as the sun sets on Heppell is impeccable timing.

And to think it's all thanks to Brad.

 

[FlyingV]

How did he slip to pick 50? I mean even we tried to botch this by taking Lual at 40 first.
Win!

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Better than Massimo.

 

[iDon]

Super impressed with him. Loved his work rate and time with the ball. Feel like we may have uncovered someone here.

hardest thing to teach is time with the ball, and looking like you have time (ala Pendles) just seems like he has that skill.

 

[ant555]

How has this thread not been touched tonight, ripping game today he couldn’t have done much more. A joke really that he wasn’t played earlier in the season

Does it really matter that they held him back ? There was no premiership on the line and he has now ironed out a lot of the things he was doing wrong early in the year. Yes he could have played another 5 or 6 games but personally I do not think it makes any difference heading into next year . We know he can do something at this level.

 

[yodellinhank]

We need to draft more of him. Footballers. Looks good back, forward, wing.

 

[Zach Package]

And to think it's all thanks to Brad.

Playing that extra 4 weeks with Will Hoare and Solomon McKay in a cow paddock out at Casey fields has been the making of him.

 

[JT_the_Man]

I like

 

[andleanback]

How has this thread not been touched tonight, ripping game today he couldn’t have done much more. A joke really that he wasn’t played earlier in the season

That joke is Brad Scott’s favoring of list clogging veterans