Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Nick 'the Wizard' Watson!

[Philhawk]

I’d love to see a heat map of where he kicked goals from as a junior.

I don’t know if he’s trying to roost the ball higher now when kicking the goal, but it’s seriously impacting his distance.

 

[scrim reaper]

He will start converting the snaps soon, not really worried about that. Looked really good with the straight run up yesterday but think he will probably rely on the arc out to the right for anything around 40+ metres. I don't hate that as much as everyone else seems to, statistically it's a better chance than trying to pick out another mark inside 50.

It'll come together eventually, regression to the mean works both ways folks.

 

[scrim reaper]

I’d love to see a heat map of where he kicked goals from as a junior.

I don’t know if he’s trying to roost the ball higher now when kicking the goal, but it’s seriously impacting his distance.

Honestly he had his way with defenders in juniors, completely dominated and got whatever he wanted, lots from within 25m but was certainly a better (albeit not amazing) finisher there than at AFL level.

 

[2008wasoverDEW!]

He plays with a chip on his shoulder, and once it all clicks... look out.

He's already so much fun to watch, and will be winning games off his own boot before too long.

 

[TassieGrown]

Not to concerned about his conversion rate, his break out game is coming

 

[threesixpio]

The snap across the body technique promotes an attitude of indifference to goalkicking.

Snap shots are intended for difficult angles only.

Using them for anything else removes the responsibility on the player to kick straight, bc snap shots imply that the shit is difficultt.

So you see players just whack it on the boot and rarely ever dismayed at missing, unlike when they use a drop punt.

It’s a massive cop out and I’m stunned we haven’t seen coaches rule them out for all but the most acute angles.

Any more than 15-20m out and 1-2m from the boundary line and you’re kicking a drop punt son.

Yeah I get cross when I see it. Even Ginnivan’s goal yesterday. It should be simple and formulaic - see Chol/Hardwick. Perfect. Throw in Croc these days - reliable as heck

 

[HawthornHawk]

He attacks groundballs so ****ing hard, I had no problem with him getting that high freekick in the first quarter because he wanted the ball more than anyone else.

 

[threesixpio]

He attacks groundballs so ****ing hard, I had no problem with him getting that high freekick in the first quarter because he wanted the ball more than anyone else.

For a little bloke he goes hard hey? Must be made of concrete

 

[Brishawk]

He attacks groundballs so ****ing hard, I had no problem with him getting that high freekick in the first quarter because he wanted the ball more than anyone else.

I thought it was a clear free kick. The tackler Was not even close to making a legal tackle!

The smallest guy on the field was being tackled by a ruckman. Was almost always going to be high lol

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Yeah I get cross when I see it. Even Ginnivan’s goal yesterday. It should be simple and formulaic - see Chol/Hardwick. Perfect. Throw in Croc these days - reliable as heck

Mackenzie too. Just a really clean set-shot action.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

For a little bloke he goes hard hey? Must be made of concrete

I think it's a case of his body moving too fast for his brain to realise what he's doing could be detrimental to his health.

 

[barbster]

I think it’s stage fright, he just needs to blockout the noise.
I’d give him another game at Box Hill to boost his kicking confidence and then bring him in against Freo with the smaller crowd to see how he performs, hopefully that’ll be the breakout game we are all hoping for.

 

[threesixpio]

I think it's a case of his body moving too fast for his brain to realise what he's doing could be detrimental to his health.

He gets back up though

 

[Judd2Sewell]

I think it’s stage fright, he just needs to blockout the noise.
I’d give him another game at Box Hill to boost his kicking confidence and then bring him in against Freo with the smaller crowd to see how he performs, hopefully that’ll be the breakout game we are all hoping for.

I'm envisaging him giving the "shhhhh" to the Geelong crowd after he kicks the sealer.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

I'm envisaging him giving the "shhhhh" to the Geelong crowd after he kicks the sealer.

His 10th for the day!

It will be glorious

 

[Mr Lizard]

two drop punts from 40 or so, both times he ran straight.

fluffed his first shot a little; didn't let it faze him, didn't resort to shonky technique. His second shot was perfect.

good job. good use of bye week.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

two drop punts from 40 or so, both times he ran straight.

fluffed his first shot a little; didn't let it faze him, didn't resort to shonky technique. His second shot was perfect.

good job. good use of bye week.

He just keeps finding it huh?

How many other small forwards in their first 10 games can miss a shot and think "I'll have another chance in 10 minutes or so"

He sliced the first one which is an overcorrection on his big hook action. But nailed the second and it was unreal to watch

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

How many shots did he end up with yesterday? Adding to that, he was burnt a couple of times when he could have had more

 

[Philhawk]

Just think he could do with a solid off season in the gym to get more power into his lower half .

 

[HawthornHawk]

How many shots did he end up with yesterday? Adding to that, he was burnt a couple of times when he could have had more

I counted 4

 

[KermitJagger]

I counted 4

Yep 4.

Season	RoundNumber	Team	Opposition	ShotsAtGoal	Goals	Behinds	GoalAssists	ScoreInvolvements
2024​	1​	Haw	Ess	3​	0​	3​	0​	3​
2024​	2​	Haw	Melb	4​	1​	3​	0​	5​
2024​	3​	Haw	Geel	4​	1​	1​	1​	7​
2024​	8​	Haw	WB	2​	0​	2​	0​	2​
2024​	9​	Haw	St K	3​	2​	1​	1​	7​
2024​	10​	Haw	Port	2​	0​	1​	1​	3​
2024​	14​	Haw	Rich	6​	1​	4​	1​	8​
2024​	16​	Haw	WC	4​	1​	2​	0​	5​

 

[PenAndPaper]

How many shots did he end up with yesterday? Adding to that, he was burnt a couple of times when he could have had more

He is =18th in the comp for average Shot at goal for forwards and =6th for average shots at goal for a small forward (removing the key forwards)

 

[QuietB]

Yep 4.

Season	RoundNumber	Team	Opposition	ShotsAtGoal	Goals	Behinds	GoalAssists	ScoreInvolvements
2024​	1​	Haw	Ess	3​	0​	3​	0​	3​
2024​	2​	Haw	Melb	4​	1​	3​	0​	5​
2024​	3​	Haw	Geel	4​	1​	1​	1​	7​
2024​	8​	Haw	WB	2​	0​	2​	0​	2​
2024​	9​	Haw	St K	3​	2​	1​	1​	7​
2024​	10​	Haw	Port	2​	0​	1​	1​	3​
2024​	14​	Haw	Rich	6​	1​	4​	1​	8​
2024​	16​	Haw	WC	4​	1​	2​	0​	5​

If he kicked at 67% he should have 18 goals in 8 games. That can be extrapolated out to 50 goals a season for a 22 game season. It will happen.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Just think he could do with a solid off season in the gym to get more power into his lower half .

I think he'll add strength and tighten himself up a bit. Can't wait to see how he goes after 3 preseasons

 

[hawksalltheway]

kid is on the right track....his impact on games is undeniable...you cant teach it,