Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn pick 13: Will Day 2023 PCM!

[OnWardnUpWard]

Will join the upper echelons when he consistently hits the score board.

 

[MrPremiership]

Is turning into the player everyone thought Whitfield could become

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I always likened him to the skinny early version Fyfe, and now he’s started to play like him in the middle without the bulk.

Can he add another 5-8kgs over summer?

 

[The Chad and I]

I always likened him to the skinny early version Fyfe, and now he’s started to play like him in the middle without the bulk.

Can he add another 5-8kgs over summer?

Does he even need to?
He is doing everything required of him in the guts and maintains excellent mobility for a tall guy.
He will get stronger as he gets older, but I don't see the need for him to put on 5-8kgs at all.
That's a lot of weight.

 

[TylerDurden]

Does he even need to?
He is doing everything required of him in the guts and maintains excellent mobility for a tall guy.
He will get stronger as he gets older, but I don't see the need for him to put on 5-8kgs at all.
That's a lot of weight.

Agree. A couple more would be ample.
He's doing what he needs to do, at his current weight.

 

[robiecampbellbrown]

Needs to work on his set shots

 

[peetoo]

Agree. A couple more would be ample.
He's doing what he needs to do, at his current weight.

Core strength.

 

[Buckemenico]

He and Jai will be 2 of the top 8 mids in the comp

 

[nelk boys]

Does he even need to?
He is doing everything required of him in the guts and maintains excellent mobility for a tall guy.
He will get stronger as he gets older, but I don't see the need for him to put on 5-8kgs at all.
That's a lot of weight.

I see him getting to 92kg. Adding 5-6 kg further weight to his legs and hips won't slow him down too much. Bont is 96kg and has only gotten faster.

We are building a monster midfield. Nash at 198/94, Duke at 187/92, Worps at 186/86 and Day already at 192/86. How many other midfields can compare to that. Frenchie isn't small either, he's 188.

Day will be the Crown Jewel to our midfield. I don't see how others will compete with his running ability, core strength and his aerial capabilities.

 

[humid hawk]

I see him getting to 92kg. Adding 5-6 kg further weight to his legs and hips won't slow him down too much. Bont is 96kg and has only gotten faster.

We are building a monster midfield. Nash at 198/94, Duke at 187/92, Worps at 186/86 and Day already at 192/86. How many other midfields can compare to that. Frenchie isn't small either, he's 188.

Day will be the Crown Jewel to our midfield. I don't see how others will compete with his running ability, core strength and his aerial capabilities.

Imagine weddle running through also!

 

[nelk boys]

Imagine weddle running through also!

I see Weddle and McDonald being those hybrid midfielders. Where they pinch hit and run forward, similar to how we used Roughie and Silk to an extent.

Day, Weddle, McKenzie, Newk, McDonald as those goal kicking mids.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Needs to work on his set shots

The only fault in his game right now is that his kicking doesn't seem to be at the level it was when he first came into the side.

Granted he was playing in the backline and had some more time.

But the set shots in particular could be an easier thing for him to work on. He's good enough to create chances for himself every game and if he became a double digit goal kicker he'd be certified elite.

 

[spudmaster]

I always likened him to the skinny early version Fyfe, and now he’s started to play like him in the middle without the bulk.

Can he add another 5-8kgs over summer?

I could do that by the end of this month without even having to leave the couch! Should be a breeze for him.

 

[Sixpence]

I could do that by the end of this month without even having to leave the couch! Should be a breeze for him.

Yes, but you're a master of spuds. Will would be more like spudrookie.

 

[Big Easy]

When Day picked up that loose ball in the centre at full speed clean as a whistle did anyone else get a James Hird at his best flashback? To me Day has a fair bit of Hird in his game style and a bit of Scotty Pendelbury in the way he moves. I declare he'll end up better than both!

 

[TylerDurden]

When Day picked up that loose ball in the centre at full speed clean as a whistle did anyone else get a James Hird at his best flashback? To me Day has a fair bit of Hird in his game style and a bit of Scotty Pendelbury in the way he moves. I declare he'll end up better than both!

Plays exactly as Hird used to.

 

[Kenyan]

Plays exactly as Hird used to.

As his core strength develops, his kicking efficiency will improve. Love watching him and he has all the attributes of a top notcher. Future leader of the club.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Plays exactly as Hird used to.

What Hird was so good at is what Day is so good at as well, one touch ball handling.

Sicily has it as well, it's what separates the truely elite players from the pack.

 

[TylerDurden]

What Hird was so good at is what Day is so good at as well, one touch ball handling.

Sicily has it as well, it's what separates the truely elite players from the pack.

It's also the vision and decision making. Stuff you can't teach.

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Does he even need to?
He is doing everything required of him in the guts and maintains excellent mobility for a tall guy.
He will get stronger as he gets older, but I don't see the need for him to put on 5-8kgs at all.
That's a lot of weight.

Especially if it’s from burgers and fries and distributed around the middle, I’m absolutely with you on this.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Of all the players to compare a Hawk to, you guys choose a disgraced drug cheat. Sad.

 

[TDS7]

Of all the players to compare a Hawk to, you guys choose a disgraced drug cheat.

Would you rather we compare him to Dunstall?

 

[grumbleguts]

Of all the players to compare a Hawk to, you guys choose a disgraced drug cheat.

I know, even if I could see a resemblance, I'd never go there. Horrible thing to do to a kid.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Would you rather we compare him to Dunstall?

I’d rather compare him to just about any free wheeling mid that has ever existed.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

lewis with a significantly better hairline??