Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn, James Worpel, pick #43 2017 - Peter Crimmins medalist 2019

[tommyk72]

The three amigos ....

Titch JOM Worpedo .

TOM, JOM and Da Bom (linkages with torpedo/bombs... I know it's tenuous.)

 

[Rushed_Behind]

He slips your mind so easily.

This post is one out of the box. Very good.

 

[KermitJagger]

He slips your mind so easily.

We really dropped the ball forgetting Clinton Young.

 

[Alite]

You have to love Worpel's commitment to the tackle.

 

[MrPremiership]

If we only play one final, then he'll be eligible for the Rising Star next year......could give it a fair shake

 

[Alite]

The Rising Star should be split into 2 ideas
1: the best rookie of the year.
2: the most exciting talent.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

The Rising Star should be split into 2 ideas
1: the best rookie of the year.
2: the most exciting talent.

Not sure I could have handled the AFL last year going McGrath for 1. and Fantastia for 2.

 

[RIOLINWITPUNCHS]

If we only play one final, then he'll be eligible for the Rising Star next year......could give it a fair shake

Let's hope he's ineligible then

 

[Franko Armani]

Still not sold on this kid, well not in the way he has been hyped after one ok game. Hope he can put in a solid game on Saturday because god knows we’ll need it.

 

[grumbleguts]

Still not sold on this kid, well not in the way he has been hyped after one ok game. Hope he can put in a solid game on Saturday because god knows we’ll need it.

One OK game? Really? You probably want to watch football matches instead of reading the post match stats sheet. That would really help you. In fact I insist. Watch a game of football. Go back in time and watch hi play for the falcons then watch him play for Hawthorn in the AFLx comp then watch him play for box hill and then watch him play for Hawthorn. Then tall me how he's played one OK game. He is a gun, was one of only 5 players from his draft that was described as afl ready.

 

[beta_condition]

Still not sold on this kid, well not in the way he has been hyped after one ok game. Hope he can put in a solid game on Saturday because god knows we’ll need it.

Have you not seen his forward 50 entries in the last two matches? Most promsing young player we've had seen Brad Hill and he didn't show this match until his second year.

 

[RIOLINWITPUNCHS]

One OK game? Really? You probably want to watch football matches instead of reading the post match stats sheet. That would really help you. In fact I insist. Watch a game of football. Go back in time and watch hi play for the falcons then watch him play for Hawthorn in the AFLx comp then watch him play for box hill and then watch him play for Hawthorn. Then tall me how he's played one OK game. He is a gun, was one of only 5 players from his draft that was described as afl ready.

Agree.

Yeah it's early days but we got an absolute bargain by the looks of it.

From what i saw at pre season training he is the ultimate professional.

He struggled big time in the time trial I watched live (expected for a 1st year player)but he has come on big time in the VFL.

This guy will be a very very good player for years too come.

 

[Manila_Hawk]

Still not sold on this kid, well not in the way he has been hyped after one ok game. Hope he can put in a solid game on Saturday because god knows we’ll need it.

Nothing?

He killed the Jabberwocky!

 

[bumsonseats]

Needs to have a big pre-season at the end of the year, and then need him to become best 22 next season

The games he plays this year are a bonus in his development next year and beyond.

Plenty to work with here and will become a fan favourite I reckon

 

[crazywildhorse]

He’s cut his hair. We all know what that means at hawthorn

 

[Topiary]

One OK game? Really? You probably want to watch football matches instead of reading the post match stats sheet. That would really help you. In fact I insist. Watch a game of football. Go back in time and watch hi play for the falcons then watch him play for Hawthorn in the AFLx comp then watch him play for box hill and then watch him play for Hawthorn. Then tall me how he's played one OK game. He is a gun, was one of only 5 players from his draft that was described as afl ready.

Some people -really what are they watching !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Still not sold on this kid, well not in the way he has been hyped after one ok game. Hope he can put in a solid game on Saturday because god knows we’ll need it.

Still sticking to your record on these calls being apparently spot on when it is far from the case? It's okay - admit you are wrong on the kid. It's a liberating experience to admit you got it wrong - particularly when it benefits the Hawthorn footy club!

 

[MrPremiership]

Will be one I'll be paying close attention to in pre-season training...

If he has a big pre-season and gets his tank right, he could be a real weapon in 2019 working in tandem with Mitchell and JOM

 

[LRobbo]

If you aren’t impressed with this kid, you don’t watch enough footy.

It was evident to see during his early season run of games that he wasn’t quite up to the pace of the game.
So Clarko, drops him to work on certain things and he comes back 8-10 weeks later and looks to of improved on all the things he struggled with early.
He’s a ripper.
Hope he gets hold of little Zac Merrett or the false rising star winner and absolutely drills one of them with that big frame he’s getting around with.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

How many of our first year recruits have had a 30+ possession game in their first year?


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[MrPremiership]

How many of our first year recruits have had a 30+ possession game in their first year?


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Only Worps

 

[Gold Member]

How many of our first year recruits have had a 30+ possession game in their first year?


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Only when we unleashed the Dogs of Worp have we seen a rookie so relentless..

 

[toomanysquibs]

Incredible composure, had every right to shrink away into the afternoon when the play on call went against him.

Instead he smashed a KPD out of a contest, sprints away to kick the winner.

You can't buy that competitive streak, and talent/ability.

TOM/JOM/WOR is coming, sooner than you think.

 

[cryptor]

Huge mental fortitude to bite back with the winning goal. Future leader.

 

[rjslcM]