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

[rei154]

Sign him up LONG term.

Wasn't sure I was going to think this this early on, genuinely stoked we got him over all other talent in last years draft.

Wiz is a champion, it's hard to know for sure, but I feel like no other top end talent would have fit in with our team mix as well as he has.

 

[Buzz Hawk]

Has to be a lock for a rising star nom this week.
Adds another dimension to our midfield if he can rotate through there every now and then.
Love this kid.

 

[Cyril says]

Has to be a lock for a rising star nom this week.
Adds another dimension to our midfield if he can rotate through there every now and then.
Love this kid.

Given there is no one clear in front for the award, if he repeats last night every week til the end of the season, I say he wins it!

 

[Buzz Hawk]

Given there is no one clear in front for the award, if he repeats last night every week til the end of the season, I say he wins it!

Totes agree.
If he keeps going like this he’s a real chance to win it.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Good news is we might get some media from Wizard this week!

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Going to be a midfielder that plays forward, isn't he? Beginning to look like it might be his true position and he obviously played quite a bit of midfield as a junior.

I think more in the style of Rioli (or recently Moore) - HFF, pushes into the 5th/6th mid role for relief or when we need an attacking spark.

Some day I'll put a post up with my thoughts about how Sammy is changing midfield roles and onball rotations - redefining player position roles. I think I can see where he's going next.

 

[I got the outside word]

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[humid hawk]

Am watching the replay again today - he's an absolute star.

First bounce of the game. Meek kicks the ball forward off the ground and the wiz barrels in at full pace with pressure right on him, scoops the ball off the ground and in the same motion hits Worps on the chest with a bullet handpass.

GOLD.

 

[I got the outside word]

Does Sidebottom try and trip him?


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I don’t think so, it honestly looks like the Wiz moved past him so fast that Sidebottom’s step to stop him landed that late.

Some Road Runner vs Coyote biz, surprised Steele didn’t get spun around.

 

[flashmanvc]

He looks strong.

 

[earthworms]

Rising star
Teams will regret letting us get ginnivan and watson in the same offseason.
North already regretting taking duursma over the wizard.

 

[mustang]

I think his the Rioli of this rebuild, the more he works on his tackle pressure also.

 

[CHUBBSS]

His so bloody good to watch live, he just zips around laying tackles and kicking goals. Such a unique player and to do this all in his first year. Very special

 

[theiaofseed]

Rising star
Teams will regret letting us get ginnivan and watson in the same offseason.
North already regretting taking duursma over the wizard.

There's a reason Melbourne offered their first and a future first.

 

[mustang]

Given there is no one clear in front for the award, if he repeats last night every week til the end of the season, I say he wins it!

What’s the less amount of games a player has played and won it I wonder, in the past it’s been a player that was nominated in the first few rounds, as the players nominated late in the year are just token nominees.

 

[Slainte]

He sometimes plays at a different tempo. The centre clearance is a good example but I recollect in a previous game he flashed past a player who had taken possession and picked his pocket. It was so quick no-one knew what had happened. Rioliesque!

 

[TylerDurden]

His steal in Geelong was like nothing I've seen.

It's like he saw the future.

 

[theiaofseed]

His steal in Geelong was like nothing I've seen.

It's like he saw the future.

I've seen it before but people don't like comparing players to said ex Hawthorn player. But it was very special.

 

[Cyril says]

There's a reason Melbourne offered their first and a future first.

For the Wiz?

 

[cs61]

Really glad Cornes showed the footage of the hard work Watson did to win that high free and goal on 'The Round So Far'. He was running all over the ground from a long way out. When you looked at the whole ground footage and the play leading up you can see Watto just ran harder and went to the contest with more intensity than his opponent and won a free kick because of this which was clearly there. Huddo's 'he is playing for the free kick' (which Huddo, a great/the best commentator says a lot towards our small forwards if you listen) didn't do him justice.

 

[peetoo]

Huddo makes it too much about huddo

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Does Sidebottom try and trip him?


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Thought it was a play on the man disguised as a smother attempt

 

[matey]

Standing next to Nash I reckon the Wiz has recently had a growth spurt!

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Assuming Richmond Club Hotel. A bit rich for my wallet that place

I miss the days of the Karma Keg on Fridays when you could pay as little as you wanted for a pint until the keg ran dry - but proceeds went to charity.

 

[The Chad and I]

I wanted Duursma with our fist pick.
I even preferred Curtin ahead of Watson.

But I can’t imagine this team without Watson.

I was sceptical about using a top five pick on a small forward, but he is gonna be so much more than that.

Duursma and Curtin will be fine players in time. Watson is already an elite small forward.

Great call by Sleepy and co.