Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn - Conor Nash. Extends to 2029!

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Expect Grundy to go to Rough, Rampe to Gunners and Aliir Aliir to Nashy.

Hope they get Nash to drag Aliir away from the landing of the ball when kicked long and then use his pace to double back and provide extra assistance.

 

[Smooth Banana]

Conor Smash, I'm going with that from now on. The speed, the clean hands, the crunching tackles woweee I'm excited! Good times my friends.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

BJK#5, no gif of that tackle yet?


LIFT!

 

[TAITA]

BJK#5, no gif of that tackle yet?


LIFT!

Seen enough mate?

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[vanders]

This kid is going to be special

 

[tommyk72]

Once he gets over his kicking yips he will really go to next level. Add a little more game awareness and he’ll be something rarely seen in AFL.

Hopefully the yips get cured with a couple of nice goals against Richmond.

 

[Slick]

Seriously got something, this kid!

 

[Fulgent]

IrishMEN - if it's turned to shit I would definitely consider Glass.

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Don Lane is rumoured to have agreed with this (though he denied it).

 

[Hawthorn United]

Love this guy. Just hope he works on his set shot for goal over the summer!



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[MasterSamurai]

Stays in.

 

[HolyRioli]

Tackles for keeps

 

[toomanysquibs]

Once someone gets him to run in a straight line for his set shot, and drop the ball with the hand over his right foot, he's going to be next level good.

Crazy that he's showing these signs so early. It's like this incredible rough diamond talent that we've never really seen has landed at the HFC.

The kicking coach, and some biomechanics expert needs to start sharing a house with him.

What a find. He'll transition from the game's tallest pressure forward, to either a monster wingman, or key forward it looks like.

 

[Dave Id]

Once he gets over his kicking yips he will really go to next level. Add a little more game awareness and he’ll be something rarely seen in AFL.

Hopefully the yips get cured with a couple of nice goals against Richmond.

Yippee Ki Yay!

 

[HolyRioli]

Reminds me a little of a young G-Train

 

[toomanysquibs]

Reminds me a little of a young G-Train

Actually he really does, just without the Seinfeld face, and hunch.

 

[wizzard400]

Still tries to kick it like a Gaelic ball i.e. the motion of kicking across your body.

Just needs to practise a straight ball drop and leg swing. Maybe a couple of sessions with Gunston?

 

[toomanysquibs]

Still tries to kick it like a Gaelic ball i.e. the motion of kicking across your body.
?

It looks like he's fighting against that technique the whole way through his set shots.

Likely not easy to change. But it absolutely could happen quickly if they pull the car apart, and then put it back together step by step.

It will be some really simple thing that straightens him up I'd bet. Just a matter of tweaking whatever it is. He's too coordinated, to not be able to kick a football.

He looked like a friggin' 1990 James Manson with his set shot, after that cracking mark in the last. Not a good look.

 

[essaynode]

Seen enough mate?

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My goodness have I seen enough! That contest to create a handball/loose ball for Puopolo who then goaled was a mixture of pure speed, strength, determination and class. I only got to watch the second half but his score involvements were good (in my opinion.)

 

[Lotus]

My goodness have I seen enough! That contest to create a handball/loose ball for Puopolo who then goaled was a mixture of pure speed, strength, determination and class. I only got to watch the second half but his score involvements were good (in my opinion.)

If you watch him live he's a beauty . He's doing what Cyrill normally did, the forward pressure. Just need to practice on his set shot and he'll be a complete footballer.

 

[Hodginator]

Found a slow-mo replay of the tackle on Lloyd.

 

[Isaba]

Actually he really does, just without the Seinfeld face, and hunch.

He's better looking than the Orc...

 

[MC_9]

He has a bit of buddy Franklin about him.

He is a very tall small forward, that is not a great kick at goal. But he has that x factor, and has the tools to be seriously elite forward.

Very exciting..

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[Iceman!]

BJK#5, no gif of that tackle yet?


LIFT!

 

[Holy Rioli]

I would have liked to have seen another couple of seconds - just missing the good part where Lloyd is crumpled over in pain.

 

[tige19]

Brilliant athlete, huge potential and has huge enthusiasm for the game but has to spend the off season working on his kicking. All things equal could be a star