AFL Player # 8: Ben "Goblin" Hobbs

[VelvetSledge]

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

 

[Mercurial89]

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

Probably good we will possibly have two captains in a row that are super competitive (as far as being known for it as athletes).

That is a good base to build culture and it appears to almost be an extension of the coach as well.

 

[Lore]

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.

shhhh plenty of time to screw it up

 

[Resistor]

This guy tried really hard last night. Has the passion and desire to want the ball. Much different from other youngsters we have drafted recently. Must keep at all costs. Can be captain material I reckon.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Great game from The Goblin

 

[Vander18]

Our second best mid now behind the skipper?

 

[ghostdog]

Love Hobbs. He's going to own games in the future. Already starting to look like the kind of player who can rise to the challenge and carry us through. Gutsy game tonight.

 

[citizen-erased]

That little step back he does to avoid a tackle and find space is

 

[naraku]

If only we had a couple more like Goblin.

 

[thepokey]

Was watching (listening?) to him on Lav's stream the other night while they played Fortnite. **** he is an annoying little shit, constantly talking, always angry ... which doesn't make me feel sorry for his opponents on the ground at all!

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

The next captain of the club.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The next captain of the club.

Yes please.

Pidge ain't a captain's arseh*le.

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

Feels like he has improved his kicking/decision making by foot compared to last year.

 

[Yoda_]

Feels like he has improved his kicking/decision making by foot compared to last year.

I can see his decision making has improved significantly. Picking better options always makes your skills look better.

 

[Yoda_]

Geez he gets caught holding the ball a lot

third time today by my count

 

[VexOh]

Agreed seems to lack awareness in a lot of situation facing goal

 

[andleanback]

Is always involved in so many free kicks
6/3 his way today

 

[MiguelM]

Geez he gets caught holding the ball a lot

third time today by my count

Yep, since (and including) the Cats game seems too slow to get rid of the ball. Tries to take on too much.

Needs to know his limitations. Should model his game on Tom Mitchell. Be the extractor & feed off quickly.

 

[andleanback]

Geez he gets caught holding the ball a lot

third time today by my count

Half his holding the balls are the ones he gets called for dragging it in. If you go down onto your knees you have to get it out.

 

[Howard Moon]

Was up in Kelly's grill from pre bounce, seems like he got given a task by Scott , did he succeed? Or was it just a learning tool

 

[TheUnicorn]

Was up in Kelly's grill from pre bounce, seems like he got given a task by Scott , did he succeed? Or was it just a learning tool

I think that's just who Hobbs is. I've heard him described as loud, cheeky and angry a few time now.

I'm all for it, we need a little mongrel in our team.

 

[ant555]

Geez he gets caught holding the ball a lot

third time today by my count

Does not help that we do not shepherd all that often.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Geez he gets caught holding the ball a lot

third time today by my count

His hand to foot takes an age, has a huge arc action that goes way up before he drops the ball from a reasonably low point.

Happened a bit last year when he was playing exclusively forward that he would fail to get a shot away in situations you'd be thinking a shot would be a certainty.

His overall progression this year has been good though.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Was up in Kelly's grill from pre bounce, seems like he got given a task by Scott , did he succeed? Or was it just a learning tool

That probably would explain the "clumsy" knee from Kelly into Hobbs' after that tackle.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Are we sure his nickname is Goblin and not Gobbling?

Either way he will now be known as the Gobbling Goblin, Let it be known!

 

[Vindicater]

Once he cleans up his clearance work and stops dragging the ball in he will be a monster. Tracking very nicely.