Rising Star 2009

[SirJimi05]

from wce

Masten is a very good chance

and if we get Rich he is also a very good chance as well

So he isn't a chance if he goes elsewhere?

 

[Checkers]

David Myers

 

[Impunity!]

patto_man



...or Chris Masten maybe

 

[silverscope]

rich to win it in purple next year

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Will Taylor Walker be as good as Fergus Watts who also bagged 10 in a SANFL final a few years ago and also looked like the next big thing but turned into nought?

I never liked Watts.

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

I dont type like that??

What are the reasons you picked those 6 then?

Walker will adapt stright away IMO.
Sidebottom can play anywhere around the ground which makes him very talented.
Hartlett is like a Palmer, with a better kick. Good at reading clearances and I like him as a player.
Ziebell is the 2nd best midfielder in the draft behind Rich, heaps of talent.
Rich is the best midfielder, best kick.
You saw Dalziel.

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

Walker currently has better form at a higher level than Dangerfield, and Walker is a promising exciting forward in a side that lacks similar players (Yes Burton can do the spectacular, but can also do the inept, and he won't be playing for the first half of the season).

Midfielders, even ones with elite pace, are fairly common, and normally they take a bit of a while to really break in on the scene.

If Walker comes in to the side more or less unheralded, and kicks a bag of nine as he did once for Norwood this year ... that should be good for a rising star nomination.

With luck we might see some stuff reminiscent of Modra's first games in early 1993. "Who is this guy, and where did he come from"?

Now this is how I wanted to explain it.

 

[peterss]

Masten.

 

[Windas_Magic]

Masten, Myers or Rich.

 

[estibador]

it's about time a young KPP gets reconised they never get the chance to win it because the usually develop later.

Why is it 'about time'? There's not much the selectors can do about the fact that most KPP's don't dominate in their first year. Tough luck - the award is for best rookie year, not best potential player who might develop into a quality KPP in a few years.

Nick Holland, Koschitzke, Riewoldt and Rivers have all won the award before. If young KPP's play well they have every chance of winning - it's not like the award is biased towards midfielders like the Brownlow.

 

[wantfrieswitthat]

Watts bagged 10 in one final, but has done virtually nothing before or since.

Walker's best SANFL bag to date is nine ... but he also has kicke 54 this year for Norwood playing as a 17 year-old fresh-from-the-country raw recruit.

When was the last time an unknown 17 year-old kicked 50+ goals in his first SANFL season?

Mate Watts was an awesome player whos injuries have ruined his career he played in his last game ever a couple of weeks ago, he had plenty of talent just was so very unlucky

 

[ok.crows]

Mate Watts was an awesome player whos injuries have ruined his career he played in his last game ever a couple of weeks ago, he had plenty of talent just was so very unlucky

I was talking about Fergus Watts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Watts

Played all of 5 senior games for the Crows in two seasons, and as a supposed forward kicked a grand total of two (2) goals in the AFL.

"including a 10 goals haul for Woodville-West Torrens in the 2005 SANFL semi-final"

Played one game for the Saints, and then was dropped.

"Although returning to the VFL in the latter half of 2007 he was unable to break into the Saints senior side. At the end 2007 he was delisted by the club."

Finished his AFL career playing in the VFL, unable to break in to the Saints side.

So who exactly was this "awesome" player named Watts you were talking about?

 

[wantfrieswitthat]

the one that played for wesley college and was crippled by injury unfortunately

 

[Danog]

Sidebottom

 

[jonoman89]

A flashy midfielder, as always. Hartlett, Sidebottom and the like.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

David Myers

 

[Pigdog]

A flashy midfielder, as always. Hartlett, Sidebottom and the like.

Like Joel Selwood??

 

[Blueinblood]

Browne!

 

[micool]

2009 the year of the ......

 

[Impunity!]

patto_man?

 

[pazza]

My 5:

Sidebottom
Rich
Hartlett
Myers
Vespremi

 

[savage hotdog]

Rhys Palmer would have to be short odds to go back-to-back wouldn't he? Given he's already had a year in the AFL system and should only get better.

 

[estibador]

Rhys Palmer would have to be short odds to go back-to-back wouldn't he? Given he's already had a year in the AFL system and should only get better.

Are you being serious? If you are Palmer is ineligible next year. He's played too many games.

 

[grimlock]

The Hungarian hunk, Patrick Veszpremi.

 

[Impunity!]

The Hungarian hunk, Patrick Veszpremi.

patto_veszpremi?