He got 52 in reserves the week before. The kid is a good Ruckman and was as a junior as well. He doesn't need to be playing reserves for Peel and he shouldn't be dismissed because he is more Nankervis/Darcy than Stanley/Jackson.
He seems a pretty good prospect to me but he'll be 24/25 before he's an AFL player IMO. I hope they dont keep dumping him at reserves though. Seems a complete waste of time
Cooper Simpson didn’t play. Delearn didn’t really set world on fire (10 possessions, 0 tackles, 0 goals). He is way too raw for mine to debut anytime soon. Got some tricks and has taken a few almost hangers.
Sharpy has played 5 games and is already shaping as an all-time recruit lol. We really should be saying daily morning prayers to Gold Coast and Stuey Dew.
If you are a 21 year old who missed 6 weeks of sport due to a blood clot in your knee joint, that seemingly can't be explained except for bad luck from a knock to your knee, I think that would dent most people's capacity to play contact sport.
I get the impression Hawthorn will rue not taking him with their first selection in MSD.
I remember Beau Muston famously being called the next Chris Judd by the famous draft watcher Colin Wisbey in 2005.....
Not Judd but we’ve been huge on him since day dot. I’m convinced there is a very good AFL player there and it sucks he was injured for half the preseason and start of the year. Like Draper, just had AFL traits.
Never forget that game Matera played in the GF in 92. I didn't watch much footy at that point and I didn't hate the Eagles, was just mostly indifferent to them but I loved watching some of their players - Kemp was just lovely to watch, the precision of McKenna off half back and even Worsfold was good value when he put some of the big Vics like Dermie on their asses. I loved Mainwaring (knew him personally) and Heady was good to watch.
One of my strongest memories as a kid. I was 10, Matera streaming down that wing and kicking goals was just magic. I still have a footy signed by him at Mum’s.
I was a kid (teenager) at the time and naively thought all the south’s and easts boys would want to come to play for Freo once we got a team. Nearly the entire spine of the 91 eagles team were from South’s (my team) Worsfold, Jackovich, Irving, Sumich. Plus Matera on the wing. I was sure we’d take the comp by the scruff of the neck and throttle it. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be, they’d all been Malthouse’d into the us vs them mentality which extended to Freo.
That is great recruiting. Right now we are mucking up structurally due to not having a first ruck ready to come in. Darcy is a match winner, but he hasn't won any form ya this season. Knobel should back himself.
