Tim O'Brien: Corner turned. 2yr extension announced.

[Davo23]

For me it'll come down to next season, will he kick on ? Or will he regress and get comfortable ?

Haha, Mr Negative!

 

[Agent Smith]

Tim O'Brien... number 23.

Oh yeah, now I see it.

 

[Gene Simmons]

Really excited at the 2020 prospect of having Lewis, TOB & Patton all plonked in the forward 50 with Breust, Wingard & Hanrahan buzzing round their feet

 

[Birdofprey]

Kicked 4 but I also loved his careful kick to Gunston/Burgoyne? deep forward pocket for a goal. Played a great modern forwards game with big impact from not a heap of possessions. Really happy for him enjoying his footy and fulfilling some of that huge potential.

 

[Milkshaker]

I don't think we'll be playing 2x rucks next year.

You're right though, we're gonna have good competition for spots. And I agree re: CHB.

Agree Patton Ruck/FWD.

 

[OnTheRocks]

Haha, Mr Negative!

Haha, Captain Obvious!

 

[Brant]

Agree Patton Ruck/FWD.

I reckon Timmy will get some ruck work. Patton probs when the ball is deep forward. Or Lewis.

I hope Big Boy doesn't come into the F50m, but instead sets himself a kick outside our F50m to provide making power & prevent the rebound. Also gives him minutes of rest at a time whilst we lock it into the F50m.

 

[Milkshaker]

I reckon Timmy will get some ruck work. Patton probs when the ball is deep forward. Or Lewis.

I hope Big Boy doesn't come into the F50m, but instead sets himself a kick outside our F50m to provide making power & prevent the rebound. Also gives him minutes of rest at a time whilst we lock it into the F50m.

Its exciting which ever way you look at it atm thats for sure!

 

[Dewwwww]

Really excited at the 2020 prospect of having Lewis, TOB & Patton all plonked in the forward 50 with Breust, Wingard & Hanrahan buzzing round their feet

So Trading Gunston to bring in Anderson is a sure thing then

 

[realhawk]

Tim put on a few more kgs in weight this year and the this has made a big difference to his confidence and his improved form , proved a few of us wrong , well done Tim, our most improved player.

 

[MrPremiership]

Better career revival since Liam Jones.

Was about to delist himself earlier in the year and now is such a weapon.

Looks at home as a forward, please leave him there.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

 

[Iceman!]

 

[Iceman!]

 

[toomanysquibs]

Always gets serious hang time, even when he jumps off two feet. Like a lighter version of the Rough, but with more straight line speed.

He has that beautiful kicking action too, just like Lewis.

The Eagles backs when after his body in a lot of contests. He just wasn't overwhelmed at all by it.

In light of this, all this talk of Patton is a little weird IMO. Our forward line is becoming Land of the Giants with our 3 emerging talls, Gunston and a ruck floating down there.

Granted Nash can play as a small also I guess.

 

[Iceman!]

Always gets serious hang time, even when he jumps off two feet. Like a lighter version of the Rough, but with more straight line speed.

He has that beautiful kicking action too, just like Lewis.

The Eagles backs when after his body in a lot of contests. He just wasn't overwhelmed at all by it.

In light of this, all this talk of Patton is a little weird IMO. Our forward line is becoming Land of the Giants with our 3 emerging talls, Gunston and a ruck floating down there.

Granted Nash can play as a small also I guess.

I still think it makes sense, depth is important.

When you have -

Patton FWD/RUC
Obrien FWD/DEF
Gunston FWD/WING/DEF
Hodgey FWD/RUC

The one i think gets squeezed out is Cegs, deserves to be a regular best 22 and first option Ruckmen somewhere and i think he will get that opportunity elsewhere after a very strong end to the season.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Always gets serious hang time, even when he jumps off two feet. Like a lighter version of the Rough, but with more straight line speed.

He has that beautiful kicking action too, just like Lewis.

The Eagles backs when after his body in a lot of contests. He just wasn't overwhelmed at all by it.

In light of this, all this talk of Patton is a little weird IMO. Our forward line is becoming Land of the Giants with our 3 emerging talls, Gunston and a ruck floating down there.

Granted Nash can play as a small also I guess.

Yes, I had been thinking it was a land of giants as well but then I paused to think the talls are incredibly multi-skilled. Gunners and TOB, anyways, are genuine full-ground swing men. Even Hodgey is frequently back past the midpoint providing a linkage up the boundary. There is, despite the height, a lot of variety in the Hawthorn forward line from out of nowhere it seems. Even Nash was parked at FF for times in the last few weeks and picked up a couple snags in that position. This second half of the season saw the forward line grow immensely.

Patton better get to work on his cardio. He’s going to need a good tank to compete with this bunch.

 

[KermitJagger]

Interesting to note, 10 disposals - 9 score involvements. Pretty good efficiency there.

 

[Gralin]

Always gets serious hang time, even when he jumps off two feet. Like a lighter version of the Rough, but with more straight line speed.

He has that beautiful kicking action too, just like Lewis.

The Eagles backs when after his body in a lot of contests. He just wasn't overwhelmed at all by it.

In light of this, all this talk of Patton is a little weird IMO. Our forward line is becoming Land of the Giants with our 3 emerging talls, Gunston and a ruck floating down there.

Granted Nash can play as a small also I guess.

We've got no depth.
Next year no Rough, probably no Schoey, fair chance we only want to play one actual ruck
If one of Lewis or O'Brien get's injured we'd be light on for talls, both out and we'd be looking at Gunston as the only tall.

Patton give's us some depth, he also gives us a genuine mature tall option who is a forward, something we don't have on our list at the moment

 

[toomanysquibs]

We've got no depth.
Next year no Rough, probably no Schoey, fair chance we only want to play one actual ruck
If one of Lewis or O'Brien get's injured we'd be light on for talls, both out and we'd be looking at Gunston as the only tall.

Patton give's us some depth, he also gives us a genuine mature tall option who is a forward, something we don't have on our list at the moment

I've got no problem with adding depth, and I agree losing Shoe and Rough is troubling. But with Patton at an age where he's likely to demand a start, I can only see it pushing TOB to the backline.

I think long term, his value is as a forward adding a skillset that makes Lewis a bigger threat.

Hell, I'd argue that whatever Patton can bring, it's a bit iffy after 3 knees.

But we need a bigger body than TOB down back long term. That's the bigger issue in the next 1-2 years imo. I'm not saying he can't be a weapon down there, but slick, high leaping forwards with good skills aren't a common commodity.

 

[seysearles]

Who here would be willing to cash in on his late season form and trade him for a late 1st early 2nd rounder (18-24)?

 

[KermitJagger]

Who here would be willing to cash in on his late season form and trade him for a late 1st early 2nd rounder (18-24)?

1. Just re-signed
2. Likely wouldn't fetch that much off such a small sample size
3. Would be a lot of wasted effort in his development

 

[Milkshaker]

Just a quick thank you for all these (in all threads) during the season BJK#5. They are great value.

Its great to see TOB enjoying himself and growing in confidence. That smile says a lot. He has matured this year no doubt.

 

[Pessimistic]

The ginger joe daniher (was from the same draft. Joe has over twice tims total games)

Joe Daniher and Tim O'Brien AFL Stats Comparison

Joe Daniher and Tim O'Brien AFL Stats Comparison.

www.footywire.com

 

[Pessimistic]

If cegs were to leave, and bigboy got injured, could we get by with pitto?

Pitto is absolutely dominating vfl but more a pure ruck, but then the other talls would need to hold their spots, and provide targets for kick outs.

But I do remember fondly the last time we took a frenchman ruck into the finals


Rookie mullinger mchue?