Player Watch Billy Dowling - Re-Signed to End of 2026

[cmndstab]

Must be because he's friends with that controversial internet guy

He even kind of looks like Jordan Peterson there!

 

[PeterSalt]

Rodney Maynard present Billy with his jumper

 

[Pugsley]

Rodney Maynard present Billy with his jumper

Rocket. Legendary player and bloke.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Looks like he belongs.

And he sprayed that last kick on purpose as a **** you to cue ball for keeping him out for so long.

 

[Danger in Texas]

The kid has it

Needs to tidy up his kicking a bit, but you can tell he has the poise needed to come up in big moments

 

[cmndstab]

The kid has it

Needs to tidy up his kicking a bit, but you can tell he has the poise needed to come up in big moments

Didn't look rushed, got to the right spots (when he was played anywhere near the ball), used the ball pretty well. He belongs.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Didn't look rushed, got to the right spots (when he was played anywhere near the ball), used the ball pretty well. He belongs.

He looked great. He looked very composed.

i heard he needs to work on his deep defence though so......

 

[moogerfooger]

Bit of the Jarryd Lyons

17

Jarryd Lyons

Age

31

Ht

184cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.5

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

8.7

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

21.7

5star

K

14.7

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

5.1

5star

CL

4.7

5star

D

11.0

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

CL

1.6

4star

about him.

 

[Crow-eater]

Very good debut. There was 2, possibly 3 instances where he had a great kick I50 only for the intended target to inexplicably drop a simple chest mark.

How he didn't even get 1 CBA is mystifying. (not really with our coaches)

 

[George Kramer]

His game highlighted what a bunch of ****heads our coaches are and some of our posters on here morons.

Carving it up in the SANFL. Made to wait until we get injuries. Performs better than McHenry and Murphy have all year. This despite not even playing in his position. Not one CBA? You bunch of cowards.

 

[Ham]

Rising star nomination worthy?


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[Crows I Am]

Bit of the Jarryd Lyons about him.

I thought the same thing, he even looks like him.

Very good first game for Billy. Stuck on the half forward all night and stall manages 17 disposals and a goal. Knows how to find the footy. We need to get him into the midfield rotations ASAP.

 

[Executive Landlord]

Honestly has McHenry had a better game than Dowling's debut? Insane

 

[Alwaysacrow]

Honestly has McHenry had a better game than Dowling's debut? Insane.

Dowling>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>McSpudry

 

[Trigger13]

Settle down, settle down. Decent debut. But without raining on the kid’s parade, we’ve been here before with most debutants.

Massive issue is his disposal. It means he has to become elite at just about everything else if he can’t fix it. Anyone with an issue with this hasn’t been watching him in the SANFL.

Go and prove me wrong, young lad.

 

[40porpoise]

Happy with his game. Didn't do anything wrong (the kick on the full was beautiful and may cost nicks his job), but wasn't amazing. Yes he found the ball. But was mostly running to the right spots, mark and long kicks down the line.

Not having a go at him but when you're not given any midfield opportunity its hard to see what else he has

 

[hippyhippy]

Honestly has McHenry had a better game than Dowling's debut? Insane

This is Nicks in a nutshell....

He only plays his favourites... Just 1 of many glaringly obvious flaw of his.

 

[Archie87]

Bit of the Jarryd Lyons about him.

Spot on player comparison. Particularly because that's another player we treated like absolute shit where we prioritised getting games into a cooked Thompson for two years over getting game time and midfield minutes into Jarryd then we lowballed him for SFA return in a trade.

 

[DJ75]

Billy played a very good game. Buried on the HFF with some rotations on the wing, he did about as well as could be expected.
His kicking has a little bit too much air time and needs to be lowered a bit, but other than that he made good decisions with ball in hand. Should have had two direct goal assists (if Sholl and Murphy didn't drop sitters) and 2 goals of his own.

We didn't get to see it in this game, but one of the things that stood out to me in the SANFL was his ability to release the ball from the inside of a contest to the advantage of those on the outside. Not just a panicked handball, but a cutting, attacking handball.

He needs to play the rest of the season and play more and more midfield time.

He's an AFL player. And a handy one. You can see it.

At least we can see it - Nicks on the other hand....

 

[skam85]

A very solid debut.

Along with Nankervis, losing and Borlase's first goal, one of the shining lights from last night.

Classy first goal and hope he doesn't blame himself for missing the late one.

 

[Geoffa32]

Very impressive debut, on the HF.

Ticked all boxes should play every game from now on.

And in the middle. Sog will start to fatigue. Need guys like Dowling, Rachele and Talyor to come in the middle more.

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[Pugsley]

A very solid debut.

Along with Nankervis, losing and Borlase's first goal, one of the shining lights from last night.

Classy first goal and hope he doesn't blame himself for missing the late one.

Maybe he did to get back at Nicks for not selecting him earlier

 

[Pugsley]

A very solid debut.

Along with Nankervis, losing and Borlase's first goal, one of the shining lights from last night.

Classy first goal and hope he doesn't blame himself for missing the late one.

Has the goods. Now keep playing him.

 

[weekend at bernies]

That kick to Sholl to set him up in front of goal was elite.. still dont know how Sholl dropped that!!

 

[Twist_of_Lemon]

His game highlighted what a bunch of ****heads our coaches are and some of our posters on here morons.

Carving it up in the SANFL. Made to wait until we get injuries. Performs better than McHenry and Murphy have all year. This despite not even playing in his position. Not one CBA? You bunch of cowards.

Having talent like Dowling sitting in the 2nds while shit-trucks like McHenry and Murphy are gifted games is going to be one of the most bewildering legacies of Nicks.

Nicks is the guy who answers the cries of stop-hitting-yourself by winding his punches up even further.