Player Watch Pick #18 (2016) - Sam Powell-Pepper

[MrMeaner]

Family photo at the local quarry

You can take the bloke out of WA but not the WA out of the bloke.

 

[Papa G]

Yeah who ****ing cares? Stories about a B grade footballer having his third child front page news? I get that Sam isn't very bright but why would you sign up for this?

 

[bomberclifford]

Family photo at the local quarry

That’s Port Willunga beach.

 

[VineValerian]

Not having a go at Pep whatsoever, but it continually amazes me the obligatory front page pics of footballers from all teams getting married or having/had kids.
Never seems to end.
Aside from their families, who cares one iota.
Surely there's real news to plaster over the paper/internt????

* old man yells at clouds *

 

[RangaInTeal]

Make it a Son… please!

 

[Andre]

Yeah who ****ing cares? Stories about a B grade footballer having his third child front page news? I get that Sam isn't very bright but why would you sign up for this?

A desperate attempt to broaden the reader base. Barely anyone under 60 buys a paper, but Sport is still something Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z like, so hoping to attract a few into buying their rag. As if anyone under 60 can't read/see all they want on it, on their phone or PC.

 

[JimmyBC]

They do these stories for the same reason cricket telecasts have wag boundary riders that ask players moronic questions about their home life and their kids.. for the female audience

And how does Giselle cope with the kids while you are off at the IPL herpa derpa? err she pisses off to buy handbags while the nanny brings up the kids.

 

[Wargreymon90]

Not having a go at Pep whatsoever, but it continually amazes me the obligatory front page pics of footballers from all teams getting married or having/had kids.
Never seems to end.
Aside from their families, who cares one iota.
Surely there's real news to plaster over the paper/internt????

* old man yells at clouds *

I extend this to caring about personal lives of celebrities in general.

Sure care about a sportsman, actor musician in their respective sport or art form. But who the **** cares who they’re dating.

 

[Grave Danger]

Yeah who ****ing cares? Stories about a B grade footballer having his third child front page news? I get that Sam isn't very bright but why would you sign up for this?

I really only care about what game/s he'll miss - when is the bub due?

 

[Willsy10]

Was it front page news, wasn't it just a post from the PAFC twitter?

I'd rather that content than some of the other weird shit they put on social media like oppy goopy.

 

[VineValerian]

Was it front page news, wasn't it just a post from the PAFC twitter?

I'd rather that content than some of the other weird shit they put on social media like oppy goopy.

Uppy Guppy

 

[GremioPower]

SPP “B-grade footballer”

What?!

 

[Papa G]

SPP “B-grade footballer”

What?!

You think SPP is an A grader? Like top 20% in the league?

 

[TeeKray]

I would've thought SPP is the classic 'B grader' - never going to be an All Australian but never going to be playing reserves.

 

[Jonts]

Spp is arguably not even in the top 20% of players at port

And I love SPP

 

[GremioPower]

You think SPP is an A grader? Like top 20% in the league?

How many players are there?

I would've thought SPP is the classic 'B grader' - never going to be an All Australian but never going to be playing reserves.

I think that’s a very narrow definition of “A-grader”. That’s might be the issue.

 

[JimmyBC]

I don't think Ollie Wines & Travis Boak are A graders either tbh.

 

[Imhotep]

I don't think Ollie Wines & Travis Boak are A graders either tbh.

I don't think current day Travis Boak is a B grader.

 

[FishingRick04]

Sam is a great B grader.

40 on list
Rozee
Butters
JHF
Rioli
Georgiadis
Lukosious
Alir
Mckentee

All infront of him

 

[Fizzler]

You think SPP is an A grader? Like top 20% in the league?

B-grade implies hardly an AFL level player, no? I guess it's all subjective as to what that term means, but I would've assumed it was more along the lines of an insult (for lack of a better word) than a classification of skill amongst AFL players.

 

[RangaInTeal]

B-grade implies hardly an AFL level player, no? I guess it's all subjective as to what that term means, but I would've assumed it was more along the lines of an insult (for lack of a better word) than a classification of skill amongst AFL players.

Not at all, Micheal Wilson was a B Grade footballer, but one of the first picked in any team he played in!

A Graders are the cream, B Graders are a rung down, C Graders still play 50-100 games of AFL footy and many win premierships playing their role. C is still a passing mark.

JHF, Butters and Rozee are probably the only genuine A Grade footballers at Port at present.

 

[Windy Cindy]

He appears built to be a midfielder but he has never really shown it there. Didn’t get enough clearances and didn’t find it enough on the outside.

He’s a forward.

He’s a much better forward.. he’s a throw it on the boot mid, much like wines..