AFL Player #39: Vigo Visentini - Extends contract to 2025 - 16/7

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 26, Milanista28

 

[Ati Tude]

Did he play on the weekend?

Yep. Fairly quiet game from him though. 8 possessions, 8 hit outs and a point. Tough at Williamstown in the wind. He seems to have a lot of potential but a long way to go at this stage.

 

[BrunoV]

Did he play on the weekend?

He did. Whereas against Collingwood, I think you could say he was objectively solid to good (maybe 6 out of 10) he was quieter this week probably only a 5. He should have kicked at least 1.1 but ended up with only 0.1. I lost track of what happened to the first shot (whether it was out on the full, or passed off).

Having said that I am no less enthusiastic about the things I saw (bearing in mind he is a long term project I am not expecting to see play AFL until year 3 unless at the earliest and unless an injury crisis hits).

This week against Williamstown, the thing I really liked was his ground level follow up, be it from a marking or ruck contests. He is both aggressive and willing to put in the hard work chasing. It's not just throwing his weight around in the phone box of the post ruckwork contest.

He also adapted his ruck work against Downie, who is a 203cm, 31 year old formerly GWS listed player and is no slouch, after Downie was jumping into him to negate his leap. He had no problem wrestling around the ground and then following up after that contest.

He seems to have agility and speed that you would not expect from a player who is 203cm to 206cm, already weighing 100kg and a rookie pick. That package usually produces a lumberer. I'd be very interested to put him through combine testing right now to get confirmation of his capacity. I've previously said I would not attribute Draper level athleticism to him. I don't but I'm not ruling that out as I think he'll improve dramatically in the next few years.

 

[Yoda_]

Unsure what is more appealing, the aggression or the forward craft from big Vigo.

Another game with multiple goals shows he could come on sooner than later

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Visentini extends to 2025

Promising rookie signs new deal.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Visentini extends to 2025​

Promising rookie signs new deal.

 

[eth-dog]

Visentini extends to 2025

Promising rookie signs new deal.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Visentini extends to 2025​

Promising rookie signs new deal.

Deserved. Very easy decision to make for me.

 

[Zach Package]

Deserved. Very easy decision to make for me.

I sometimes wonder why fringe deals like this that are pretty obvious get left until last when really they should be the ones that are out of the way early so they’re out of sight and out of mind.

He’s shown a bit, and hopefully he’s in Dante’s ear as well. The lesser known sequel to Dante’s inferno.

 

[Kong]

Deserved. Very easy decision to make for me.

has Dodo handed you the reins to managing contracts? Kudos!

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Just looking at his picture at the top of the page, I reckon he looks like a younger version of Zerk without the mo

 

[carloss]

 

[carloss]

 

[eth-dog]

Anyone have vision of it?

 

[carloss]

Anyone have vision of it?

See post #84, believe it or not.

 

[eth-dog]

See post #84, believe it or not.

Yeah, we aren't gonna be able to overturn that

 

[Zach Package]

I’ll pre empt the club’s position on this:

‘We graciously accept this obscenely stupid charge, please sir, can I have some more? do you want one of my kidneys too?’

 

[eth-dog]

I don't think a VFL decision has been overturned at tribunal since before COVID

 

[Old Campaigner]

Shame he knocked some guy out but I like the physicality

 

[brutus76]

Would love to dump Draper, get his brother Dante from Port and have the Visentinis and Bryan fighting for #1 ruck

 

[yodellinhank]

Shame he knocked some guy out but I like the physicality

I thought it looked more like he was trying to get out of the way a bit. Nothing malicious about it. Two guys running after a ball and one of them has "eyes only for the footy".

 

[ant555]

I don't think a VFL decision has been overturned at tribunal since before COVID

I saw it. Not sure it was worth 4 but he did basically run into him late and there was high contact and it was a decent hit.

 

[jmoo wan]

penalising the outcome, not the action

 

[Zach Package]

penalising the outcome, not the action

Also, you’re penalising him because the other kid didn’t attack the footy properly. He didn’t turn his body, he just ran straight at him front on and lowered his head. He goes about it properly and turns his body and there is no issue, he just gets crunched by a bigger player with more mass. Also it looks from that angle as if the ball is wedged between them, so you can’t say he ran past the footy or wasn’t genuinely contesting it.

Completely unacceptable penalty.

 

[faible]

Also, you’re penalising him because the other kid didn’t attack the footy properly. He didn’t turn his body, he just ran straight at him front on and lowered his head. He goes about it properly and turns his body and there is no issue, he just gets crunched by a bigger player with more mass. Also it looks from that angle as if the ball is wedged between them, so you can’t say he ran past the footy or wasn’t genuinely contesting it.

Completely unacceptable penalty.

Pause the video and step through, the GCS player clearly gets to the ball first. Careless & High, tick tick. Severe, well that's up to interpretation I guess but the kid was knocked out.

 

[yodellinhank]

Pause the video and step through, the GCS player clearly gets to the ball first. Careless & High, tick tick. Severe, well that's up to interpretation I guess but the kid was knocked out.

And that's what it's about isn't it? First to the ball, lead with your head and reward yourself with a concussion.

 

[faible]

And that's what it's about isn't it? First to the ball, lead with your head and reward yourself with a concussion.

Onus is on the player making contact not to do so illegally. Visentini didn't manage it. Don't mind him going in hard by any means, but the onus is on the player tackling / bumping doing so in an appropriate manner.

This isn't a complicated one.

 

[yodellinhank]

Onus is on the player making contact not to do so illegally. Visentini didn't manage it. Don't mind him going in hard by any means, but the onus is on the player tackling / bumping doing so in an appropriate manner.

This isn't a complicated one.

As I said earlier, looks more like Vigo tries to get put of the way. I wouldn't describe his actions as a tackle/bump.