AFL Player # 8: Ben "Goblin" Hobbs

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 12, Schnitzengruben

 

[Bjchan13]

Poor old Hobbsy, cant compete with that NBA money

 

[ghostdog]

Poor old Hobbsy, cant compete with that NBA money

Smh.

This f****** club.

 

[Call Me Cake]

For the streets

 

[TheGrizz]

Happy to see him get genuine midfield time at VFL level instead of hiding him away on a flank.

Let him earn his way into the engine room at AFL level through performance and improve his craft.

 

[bombreys]

Happy to see him get genuine midfield time at VFL level instead of hiding him away on a flank.

Let him earn his way into the engine room at AFL level through performance and improve his craft.

Got a feeling he ends up at Geelong next year. Someone will offer him mid time at AFL level

 

[7zark7]

Good god, no wonder his form has dropped off

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/nba-star-josh-giddey-linked-to-former-afl-wag-maki-lesko/news-story/b6d73f27079f668291296ce1f0101178

Hobbsys current missus is an 11/10. He is ok I reckon

 

[Bjchan13]

 

[Yoda_]

I hope his team mates in the VFL today absolutely rinse him at half time. Has tried to be a hero twice now this quarter

 

[Beerfish]

Took me a while to find this thread.

Go well young man!

 

[Tazdog]

Pls not on a wing

 

[faible]

Pls not on a wing

Hopefully do something like swing Durham out to a wing and play Hobbs in the middle.

 

[Vindicater]

Took me a while to find this thread.

Go well young man!

You know he will be the sub right?

 

[Beerfish]

You know he will be the sub right?

And?

 

[chambo00]

Poor Hobbsy, another Dudoro victim!!

 

[Tazdog]

Poor Hobbsy, another Dudoro victim!!

What does this even mean? We cry out for contested ball winning mids with leadership and we get one and then we hate on dodoro lol

 

[dank420_]

What does this even mean? We cry out for contested ball winning mids with leadership and we get one and then we hate on dodoro lol

And now we have too many and could comfortably trade 3 of them out.

 

[Runk]

Poor Hobbsy, another Dudoro victim!!

nah

 

[cAsEy_18]

cAn'T bElIeVe DuDoRo gOnNa PlAy HoBbS aS sUb

 

[mcgrath_truther]

deserves genuine midfield time. think we’re fortunate with duz that he’ll happily run all day on a wing

 

[chambo00]

What does this even mean? We cry out for contested ball winning mids with leadership and we get one and then we hate on dodoro lol

So Hobbs was the correct pick at the time?

 

[chambo00]

nah

Yeah...Wrong selection at the time.

Perfect example of Dudoro not being able to build a balanced list.

 

[cAsEy_18]

So Hobbs was the correct pick at the time?

Absolutely he was.

Hobbs’ strength is what we didn’t have at the time. Caldwell wasn’t this. Durham certainly was in our imagination at best. We hadn’t drafted Tsatas yet.

I can’t remember what stage of Parish’s development we were at, at that point - but yes you’re actually making our point for us… “at the time” Hobbs was absolutely the right pick, in an area of need.

Although to be fair, changing Dodoro to Dudoro probably does mean Hobbs was the wrong pick.

 

[chambo00]

Absolutely he was.

Hobbs’ strength is what we didn’t have at the time. Caldwell wasn’t this. Durham certainly was in our imagination at best. We hadn’t drafted Tsatas yet.

I can’t remember what stage of Parish’s development we were at, at that point - but yes you’re actually making our point for us… “at the time” Hobbs was absolutely the right pick, in an area of need.

Although to be fair, changing Dodoro to Dudoro probably does mean Hobbs was the wrong pick.

Parish was AA in 2021.

Agree that Durham wasn't what he is now, but we had Merrett, Parish, Shiel, Caldwell (who was brought in to be an inside mid) and Perkins (drafted as a HF, but everyone knew he was going to be developed as a mid).

Look at the selections after Hobbs, a handful of them much more needed for our list build than another small mid.

 

[Runk]

Yeah...Wrong selection at the time.

Perfect example of Dudoro not being able to build a balanced list.

Ah now we're talking about two different things here. Selection vs Building a balanced list. I agree with on on Balanced list, Adrian has done a poor job.

That said at the time our list needed midfielders and Hobbs was the best midfielder available in the draft at that time.
Our list had guys like Zaharakis on the way out & Tom Cutler. Yes we had Durham & Caldwell but both were a long way off in regards to development. Paper thin at best overall.

Now there's an arguement we could've gone a forward like Van Rooyven or maybe even a small forward like Kai Lohman or Darcy Wilmot and when talking balance they probably would've been better options, but again we went with a need and got the best available player in that area.

 

[chambo00]

Ah now we're talking about two different things here. Selection vs Building a balanced list. I agree with on on Balanced list, Adrian has done a poor job.

That said at the time our list needed midfielders and Hobbs was the best midfielder available in the draft at that time.
Our list had guys like Zaharakis on the way out & Tom Cutler. Yes we had Durham & Caldwell but both were a long way off in regards to development. Paper thin at best overall.

Now there's an arguement we could've gone a forward like Van Rooyven or maybe even a small forward like Kai Lohman or Darcy Wilmot and when talking balance they probably would've been better options, but again we went with a need and got the best available player in that area.

I think a key defender, forward or a small forward were much more needed than another mid. We ended up taking a key defender the year after in Hayes.

Merrett, Parish, Shiel, Caldwell, Durham, Perkins, even Smith at the time (no one knew he was going to retire in 2022)