Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Nick 'the Wizard' Watson! Rising star Nom!

[cryptor]

Not fussed if the Wiz doesn't get it. Rightfully belongs to Sam Darcy or Harley Reid.

Just funny how the media openly discounted Newcombe and Burton for being 2nd year players who had played 6 and 3 games respectively.

But now there's a 3rd year player who's played 7 games across his first couple years and has had two extra preseasons of development and I haven't heard it mentioned once.

 

[KermitJagger]

Not fussed if the Wiz doesn't get it. Rightfully belongs to Sam Darcy or Harley Reid.

Just funny how the media openly discounted Newcombe and Burton for being 2nd year players who had played 6 and 3 games respectively.

But now there's a 3rd year player who's played 7 games across his first couple years and has had two extra preseasons of development and I haven't heard it mentioned once.

It is pretty funny. The best thing about the Newcombe situation was that not only did he get dismissed for not being a first year player, he was graded as more of a mature age player than Nic Martin and Sam De Konig who were both the same age.

I have no qualms about Daicos winning in 2022, and he's been the stronger player since, but it's clear Newcombe was given a handicap for being older despite objectively the strongest season (and the strongest season in recent history for a rising star nominee).

 

[QuietB]

He plays like a more skilful poppy, not quite like Cyril as he is probably more athletic than Cyril but Cyril was more skilful.

No one is more athletic than Cyril - Cyril was a freak.

 

[Sirlemsip]

A player could be running half arsed at the ball carrier and it will count as a pressure act.

Rioli rarely cracked the top 100 on pressure acts per game, yes, per-game. Actually, the year he won the Norm Smith he was ranked 100th in the league.

Yes, the best pressure player in the league was ranked 100th for pressure acts.

The opponent seeing Cyril's name on the teamsheet was a pressure act.

 

[tommyk72]

I reckon when Cyril looks back on his AFL resume, regrets about not winning the rising star would be pretty low on his list of reactions. Hopefully Watson ends with a similar CV (though preferably staying in the game a lot longer and achieving double the accomplishments!).

 

[Sixpence]

I reckon when Cyril looks back on his AFL resume, regrets about not winning the rising star would be pretty low on his list of reactions. Hopefully Watson ends with a similar CV (though preferably staying in the game a lot longer and achieving double the accomplishments!).

It's hard to regret something you have no control over. I think players would still rather win awards than not, even if it's something they won't lose sleep over.

 

[grumbleguts]

No wonder they say he plays for free kicks.

 

[Flamin Joe]

No wonder they say he plays for free kicks.
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LOL someone is taking the micky. If you click on the [1] it takes you to the source which is the Hok Ball video on X.

 

[Davo-27]

No wonder they say he plays for free kicks.
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557 feet tall and plays backward

I love silly humour

 

[flashmanvc]

I've been so impressed with Watson, even early on when he was missing all those shots. A couple of key points...

- he works really well with Ginivan, Moore and McDonald in the sense that they never seem to get in the way of each other.

- his timing at the fall of the ball is spot on and he usually hits it running at full speed. Moving at pace like that means the opposition have to lay a tackle if they are going to stop him and at five foot feck all, good luck not getting him above the shoulders.

I could go on here (e.g. his ability/work rate/footy smarts to find himself in the open; the quickness of his disposal by hand and foot) but the above two points are what has impressed me most.

I said when we drafted him "who doesn't love a gun small forward, all the good sides have one" and that's what we've got on our hands.

 

[suedehead]

I've been so impressed with Watson, even early on when he was missing all those shots. A couple of key points...

- he works really well with Ginivan, Moore and McDonald in the sense that they never seem to get in the way of each other.

- his timing at the fall of the ball is spot on and he usually hits it running at full speed. Moving at pace like that means the opposition have to lay a tackle if they are going to stop him and at five foot feck all, good luck not getting him above the shoulders.

I could go on here (e.g. his ability/work rate/footy smarts to find himself in the open; the quickness of his disposal by hand and foot) but the above two points are what has impressed me most.

I said when we drafted him "who doesn't love a gun small forward, all the good sides have one" and that's what we've got on our hands.

The other thing that goes almost unnoticed is how good he is on his non-preferred left foot. Could be close to our most ambidextrous player since the coach himself.

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[KermitJagger]

I want to believe there's no anti-Hawk agenda when it comes to the Rising Star but Watson not polling a single vote is a deadset joke.

 

[kirbatron]

7th place – Darcy Jones (6 votes)
8th place – Matt Roberts (3 votes)
9th place – Lawson Humphries (2 votes)
=10th place – Caleb Windsor (1 vote)
=10th place – Logan Morris (1 vote)

surprised especially with this tripe

 

[KermitJagger]

7th place – Darcy Jones (6 votes)
8th place – Matt Roberts (3 votes)
9th place – Lawson Humphries (2 votes)
=10th place – Caleb Windsor (1 vote)
=10th place – Logan Morris (1 vote)

surprised especially with this tripe

Meh. Initial thought is that not getting a vote is a joke, second thought is that I'd take Wiz ahead of every name listed. Glad we've got him.

 

[TylerDurden]

He'll just slot 5 next Fri night. That's all he cares about. Winning games.

 

[Billyc]

He'll just slot 5 next Fri night. That's all he cares about. Winning games.

Like a lot of our players (and their coach), I think he plays well with a chip on his shoulder. Dempsey is a deserved winner on performance but not a single vote? Baffling

 

[daniel23]

What the hell is a matt Roberts

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

What the hell is a matt Roberts

He's "Kryptonite"

 

[burger09]

Like a lot of our players (and their coach), I think he plays well with a chip on his shoulder. Dempsey is a deserved winner on performance but not a single vote? Baffling

Spot on.
Just a little more motivation to come out next Friday and "stick it right up em".

 

[Cyril says]

Not even 1 lousy vote in the rising star, not even a place among the 11 vote getters.

Logan Morris got more votes than Wiz? Are you joking?!?

How stupid. This guy is to a better than all of them!

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

What the hell is a matt Roberts

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Dempsey is very average. Up there with R Palmer and L Taylor as the worst winners of the rising star.

 

[daniel23]

Dempsey is very average. Up there with R Palmer and L Taylor as the worst winners of the rising star.

Stupid award . Connor McDonald is better than him in every stat , same age and drafted the same year .

 

[theiaofseed]

Luke Breust

22

Luke Breust

Age

33

Ht

182cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

4.8

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

1.8

5star

kick 35 goals in his rising star year and didnt get a single vote either.

 

[satan1]

We never cared much for individual recognition at Hawthorn. The wizard will have a better career than most of not all ahead of him in this beauty pageant.