Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn : MSD Pick 12, Brandon Ryan, debuts!

[lyger]

Reminds me of this dude from Street Fighter..

Explains his great reach and marking at the highest point!

 

[cyrilicious]

how good was it to see a forward clunk it around the ground

 

[Yardie]

They're both kind of laconic in how they move, I think!

I can see it with Ryan as he wouldn't make much sound cause he weighs little. Pods on the otherhand I thought you could hear from a mile away.

You could make a case that they both use very few words.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

He is a work in progress,he didn’t look overly confident!
He needs to work on his weight improvement so he can use his body more.
He needs to put work into his goal kicking procedure it looked a little rushed or he just needs to go back a little further.He just looked unorganised?
Also needs a big preseason to get his tank up to speed.He looked cooked in the second half !
But you can definitely see a player there just a bit rough around the edges?


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At least Sticks is enough of a risk to hold his defender accountable.

 

[MatteeG]

Explains his great reach and marking at the highest point!

Ha ha I instantly thought of a mantis, shooting out the arms to grab the ball.

 

[Philhawk]

I was pleasantly surprised by him! There's something to work with there, isn't? I hope it's not ageist of me to say also, I do wonder how much improvement he has left in him at the age of 25? That said, I was amazed to see Podsiadly have the career he did.

If he can possibly put on 7-8kg over the offseason and works on his endurance, we could have a really interesting player in him.

 

[Brant]

I was pleasantly surprised by him! There's something to work with there, isn't? I hope it's not ageist of me to say also, I do wonder how much improvement he has left in him at the age of 25? That said, I was amazed to see Podsiadly have the career he did.

If he can possibly put on 7-8kg over the offseason and works on his endurance, we could have a really interesting player in him.

Wasn't he playing ammos only 12 months ago?

I'd say he'll be improving his speed, strength, stamina, skill & forward-craft for the next 2-3yrs, minimum.

No idea what his ceiling is, of course - but I reckon he'd be a fair way off it.

 

[Teamwork Talks]

Ha ha I instantly thought of a mantis, shooting out the arms to grab the ball.

Ken Beck had the nickname Mantis

 

[AussieToffee15]

Could be our David Hale

David Hale

Age

40

Ht

201cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

0.4

3star

of this new era...

 

[CD Xbow]

Ken Beck had the nickname Mantis

....and he couldn't kick over a cherry tree according to my late father.

Could be our David Hale of this new era...

Probably more in hope than expectation. I don't know if he has done much rucking, I'm sure there are posters on here who will.

 

[Cyril says]

So as far as young tall forwards are concerned he’s ahead of Jeka, but also big Koschitzke?

Can we fit them all in the team?

We’ve been good with the mid-season draft, it has to be said.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

So as far as young tall forwards are concerned he’s ahead of Jeka, but also big Koschitzke?

Can we fit them all in the team?

We’ve been good with the mid-season draft, it has to be said.

Jeka and kosi are probably on their last chance, onto of that, jeka has spent most of the year in defence

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Hope he can kick 2-3 today. Need him to be a nuisance.

 

[Dipper]

Hope he can kick 2-3 today. Need him to be a nuisance.

Ha!

He's more than a nuisance.

I'm loving Brandon, an AFL pre-season of strength conditioning and there's another 3 contested marks he could have taken already in this game.

 

[Iceman!]

We've found one!

 

[WWSD]

He is actually quite good even when the ball hits the ground despite being 200cm. A full pre-season will help.

 

[Billyc]

Made a huge structural difference since he came in. Allows Lewis to move around more while always having someone who can compete in the air and keep opposition accountable. Comfortably the best performed of the several guys we have trialed as the second tall this season

 

[threesixpio]

He is ready. Don’t care about the age thing. **** it. Leave him in n

 

[threesixpio]

Too tall my arse

 

[hawkmang]

Once he learns the leading patterns 100% watchout. A few times today he ran into the hole where Moore or another small was sitting/leading to

 

[VandoHawk]

Once he learns the leading patterns 100% watchout. A few times today he ran into the hole where Moore or another small was sitting/leading to

I feel like the smalls need to learn his leading patterns. When your 200cm forward is barrelling to the boundary and primed to take an uncontested mark you let him do it.

Also I salivate at the prospect of how good Ryan will be after a preseason to build his core strength. Will always be skinny but when he can position himself better in 1v1s he'll be absolute weapon.

 

[Bugs1977]

Hope he can kick 2-3 today. Need him to be a nuisance.

Well played SYL. Can I please have next weeks lotto numbers?

 

[cryptor]

I hope he can put some mass on quickly. His biggest weakness is that he is able to
moved so easily.

But despite that he is still very productive on the scoreboard.

That pick up off his boot from Breust’s soccer pass into the goal square was CLEAN. Only needed to throw a boot at it but showed some impressive coordination for a 200cm tower.

 

[Bugs1977]

I hope he can put some mass on quickly. His biggest weakness is that he is able to
moved so easily.

But despite that he is still very productive on the scoreboard.

That pick up off his boot from Breust’s soccer pass into the goal square was CLEAN. Only needed to throw a boot at it but showed some impressive coordination for a 200cm tower.

That is most definitely not normal for a man his size. Very agile below his knees.

 

[CHUBBSS]

I hope he can put some mass on quickly. His biggest weakness is that he is able to
moved so easily.

But despite that he is still very productive on the scoreboard.

That pick up off his boot from Breust’s soccer pass into the goal square was CLEAN. Only needed to throw a boot at it but showed some impressive coordination for a 200cm tower.

If he keeps getting the scoring shots and kicking 3, I doubt he needs mass just core and increase in fitness base.

He would be an impossible matchup really unique, few recruiters would be having some what ifs