AFL Player # 8: Ben "Goblin" Hobbs - Lower leg injury at training - 18/1

[VelvetSledge]

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

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I’m married. I’d take a dry one

hahaha I hear you. Reminds me of the old joke about why a bride smiles as she walks down the aisle...

 

[citizen-erased]

this kid is soooo good. The full package. Tough, skilful, competitive with a good dose of campaigner in him, the works. Absolute jet

Sometimes fate does you one solid.

Port jump us for Sinn & Hobbs slips back to our pick.
Outside Daicos (who was F/S), not a kid i'd give up Hobbs for in that draft.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Sometimes fate does you one solid.

Port jump us for Sinn & Hobbs slips back to our pick.
Outside Daicos (who was F/S), not a kid i'd give up Hobbs for in that draft.

just had a look and I have to say, I basically agree with you. Rachele, probably, but after Sunday's game it's easy to have an acute case of recency bias!

 

[Booplaz]

Sometimes fate does you one solid.

Port jump us for Sinn & Hobbs slips back to our pick.
Outside Daicos (who was F/S), not a kid i'd give up Hobbs for in that draft.

Was ranked top 5 for the majority of his draft year for a good reason.

Gun.

 

[doug85]

Sometimes fate does you one solid.

Port jump us for Sinn & Hobbs slips back to our pick.
Outside Daicos (who was F/S), not a kid i'd give up Hobbs for in that draft.

Was thinking about this. Daicos is pretty obviously the star of the draft. But other than that, maybe Amiss or JHF have performed as well as Hobbs.

 

[Zach Package]

Sometimes fate does you one solid.

Port jump us for Sinn & Hobbs slips back to our pick.
Outside Daicos (who was F/S), not a kid i'd give up Hobbs for in that draft.

The real blessing is that Richmond seemingly getting a little greedy and not picking the player they were linked with most often, but picking Gibcus first and then trying to trade back in and get Gobber as well.

If you believe Twomey they offered a package of 17 and 28 first to the Saints, then to the Eagles and then to us. Saints blew them off and picked NWM, Eagles blew them off and did the Sinn deal with Port and then we blew them off and picked Hobbs.

 

[bombreys]

Impeccable timing too. Will be 25 and primed to take over the captaincy when Merrett retires.

 

[FlyingV]

The real blessing is that Richmond seemingly getting a little greedy and not picking the player they were linked with most often, but picking Gibcus first and then trying to trade back in and get Gobber as well.

If you believe Twomey they offered a package of 17 and 28 first to the Saints, then to the Eagles and then to us. Saints blew them off and picked NWM, Eagles blew them off and did the Sinn deal with Port and then we blew them off and picked Hobbs.

I wonder if they still trade for both Taranto and Hopper if they drafted Hobbs?
Gibcus still looks the good though it must be said…

 

[Zach Package]

I wonder if they still draft both Taranto and Hopper if they drafted Hobbs?
Gibcus still looks the good though it must be said…

He does, certainly no doubting that.

Dare I say, a bit of a sliding doors moment

 

[FlyingV]

He does, certainly no doubting that.

Dare I say, a bit of a sliding doors moment

I wonder if getting offered packages like that on draft night just positively reinforce they are selecting the right player say ess are 50/50 on Hobbs and then all these offers come in… yep he’s the right guy!

 

[citizen-erased]

The real blessing is that Richmond seemingly getting a little greedy and not picking the player they were linked with most often, but picking Gibcus first and then trying to trade back in and get Gobber as well.

If you believe Twomey they offered a package of 17 and 28 first to the Saints, then to the Eagles and then to us. Saints blew them off and picked NWM, Eagles blew them off and did the Sinn deal with Port and then we blew them off and picked Hobbs.

 

[citizen-erased]

I wonder if they still trade for both Taranto and Hopper if they drafted Hobbs?
Gibcus still looks the good though it must be said…

Taranto, Bolton, Hobbs w/ Hopper in support isn't bad.

 

[Vander18]

Was thinking about this. Daicos is pretty obviously the star of the draft. But other than that, maybe Amiss or JHF have performed as well as Hobbs.

Love me some Hobbs but on pure ability you take JHF.

Character is a different issue.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

‘Made me a lot hungrier’: The Baby Bomber who has helped transform Essendon

Essendon coach Brad Scott made Ben Hobbs wait for his senior shot this year but the 2021 first-round draft pick has not looked back since breaking in.

www.theage.com.au

Ben Hobbs was the odd one out of Essendon’s midfield at the start of this season.

The 19-year-old played 17 games in his debut year, but did not add to that tally in the opening five rounds of 2023. He suffered a calf setback in February, yet that wasn’t the only reason for his absence at AFL level.

Though Hobbs was putting up video game numbers in the VFL, where he was clearly a class above, the problem, at least for him, was that Essendon won four of their first five games. Off-season recruit Will Setterfield

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Will Setterfield

Age

26

Ht

192cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.8

4star

D

14.0

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

1.9

2star

T

4.4

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

1.4

4star

had grabbed his chance as part of an in-form on-ball unit alongside new captain Zach Merrett, Darcy Parish

3

Darcy Parish

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.4

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.1

4star

D

22.2

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

14.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

and a resurgent Dylan Shiel

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Dylan Shiel

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.6

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

12.2

5star

M

3.1

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

23.4

5star

K

13.6

5star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.4

4star

CL

6.4

5star

D

19.8

5star

K

8.4

4star

HB

11.4

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

3.8

5star

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There was a bit of extra noise at the time because Hobbs was out of contract at season’s end, with the overwhelming majority of his peers at the top end of his draft class having already inked an extension.

It all seems so trivial three months down the track.

 

[doug85]

Love me some Hobbs but on pure ability you take JHF.

Character is a different issue.

On ability yes, I was just talking about AFL performance though. Still, Hobbs looks bloody good

 

[Yoda_]

Watching the replay and one thing that has stood out is his ability to (already) read the tap from the ruck men. One grabbed 4 straight from the tap.

 

[justlookingaround]

just wait a few years when he's done a bit more growing. he's going to be a monster

 

[brutus76]

Horsham Hobbsy our Hobgoblin

 

[ghostdog]

This is what I would say.

Barely wastes the ball. And that little candy he sold before his goal was silk.

It feels like something clicked for him in this game in terms of navigating the congestion. Not sure exactly without checking, but it seemed like there were a lot of little sell-and-moves if I can call them that. Really slick gives out of there or runs out of there. The goal is a good example.

 

[ghostdog]

Sometimes fate does you one solid.

Port jump us for Sinn & Hobbs slips back to our pick.
Outside Daicos (who was F/S), not a kid i'd give up Hobbs for in that draft.

So, Adrian stays?

 

[citizen-erased]

So, Adrian stays?

RFK

reckon had fate not stepped in, NWM or Sinn would be on our list.

 

[ghostdog]

RFK

reckon had fate not stepped in, NWM or Sinn would be on our list.

Yeah I've just been going through some of the posts here; what a stroke of luck! It's about time the cards fell our way. Our last three drafts are starting to look really solid. We just need some success with talls.

 

[citizen-erased]

Yeah I've just been going through some of the posts here; what a stroke of luck! It's about time the cards fell our way. Our last three drafts are starting to look really solid. We just need some success with talls.

Perkins and Hobbs are proving great value comparitively
Tsatas' VFL form has been awesome too.
If we can get Cox going, even if Reid's injuries curtail him that's a good few years of drafting. Helped by Martin & Duz, and i'll throw Baldwin and Mass in there as i'm a fan of both

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Perkins and Hobbs are proving great value comparitively
Tsatas' VFL form has been awesome too.
If we can get Cox going, even if Reid's injuries curtail him that's a good few years of drafting. Helped by Martin & Duz, and i'll throw Baldwin and Mass in there as i'm a fan of both

and menzie

 

[citizen-erased]

and menzie

ah yep. knew i'd forget one