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

[OnTheRocks]

Great skills and massive football IQ more than compensated for the slim physique. He is a really smart footballer.

Like all good players he will make others look better more often than not, by giving them the ball in more advantageous positions

 

[almuz]

Tooting my own horn here but knew he’d be a jet after a few touches in the Pies game. IIRC someone gave him a dud handball and he let it come across his body to evade the Pies player. He seems to have a knack for quick thinking and good hands which you can’t really teach.

 

[GerryLewis]

Day needs a full year at Box Hill and the gym. He's way too skinny to withstand the rigours of AFL right now.....

 

[MrPremiership]

Day needs a full year at Box Hill and the gym. He's way too skinny to withstand the rigours of AFL right now.....

Might be a rare modern draftee that doesn't play any VFL. Like Cyril.

Can't see him down at BHCO.

 

[grumbleguts]

Midfield or not of course he will need size. I never actually said he wouldn’t add size but that what he does add wouldn’t be noticeable due to his buddy type. Guys that a long and lanky like him can actually add considerable weight that is evenly dispersed across his body but not have it be visually noticeable because they don’t have a thick chest or solid legs. What will be paramount for him though is his core strength which I’m sure has always been something the club has always focused on with our players.

Hi Bugs, just thought you should know, that while your avatar gif has never, in and of itself, fooled me, today I had an ant crawling around my screen and I ignored it for 15 minutes, having been inoculated against that sort of thing from all of your posts.

 

[Bugs1977]

Hi Bugs, just thought you should know, that while your avatar gif has never, in and of itself, fooled me, today I had an ant crawling around my screen and I ignored it for 15 minutes, having been inoculated against that sort of thing from all of your posts.

I needed this laugh today

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Reading that has me fired up. Future captain.

 

[Roddy]

May be my imagination, but seems to have flown under the radar a little this pre-season.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

May be my imagination, but seems to have flown under the radar a little this pre-season.

I had felt the same from the practice match and against Norf - didn't do anything wrong but just wasn't as eye catching as say Brockman or CJ. I like that others have stepped up though and that he isn't our only youthful player that's taking your attention.

 

[cryptor]

For me, the theme of our pre-season has been pretty clear.

Mental toughness.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Reading that has me fired up. Future captain.

This bit.

“We’ve seen glimpses of CJ this pre-season and what he can do, as well as the likes of Scrimma, Dimma Hardwick and Jarman.

Our defence has quickly taken on a new identity this summer and I think the Hawks fans will enjoy watching this new generation of defenders grow together this season and into the future.

I think, having quite a bit of youth, we’d love to use all the positives that come with that as a bit of a weapon in 2021.”

 

[Milkshaker]

May be my imagination, but seems to have flown under the radar a little this pre-season.

Impervious to second year blues hopefully.

 

[lyger]

Reading that has me fired up. Future captain.

Agree. Already speaking and acting like a leader. Loved the finish to the letter;


“We can’t wait to show people what we can do.

I know there’s people that have counted us out, but I love the idea of proving a few people wrong”

 

[MrPremiership]

Poster child of the rebuild

 

[Iceman!]

 

[Hawkas1988]

Was huge in that 2nd half. What a classy player.

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[kirbatron]

Enormous tonight.

 

[CD Xbow]

Day needs a full year at Box Hill and the gym. He's way too skinny to withstand the rigours of AFL right now.....

This one has not aged well. Showed a lot tonight.

 

[jameses]

This one has not aged well. Showed a lot tonight.

The poster you're quoting said that in jest, probably mocking all those who lamented Hawthorn picking a skinny half-back flanker in the first round of the draft.

 

[CD Xbow]

The poster you're quoting said that in jest, probably mocking all those who lamented Hawthorn picking a skinny half-back flanker in the first round of the draft.

Phew. The lad always looked the goods to me, and I prefer to be picking 'a footballer' over an athlete.

 

[The Chad and I]

How do you replace Luke Hodge?
You can't, but Will Day

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Will Day

Age

23

Ht

191cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.5

2star

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

2star

CL

0.5

3star

D

17.5

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.5

3star

does a pretty good job of it.

Has anybody ever won the Brownlow in his second season?!

 

[Fulgent]

How do you replace Luke Hodge?
You can't, but Will Day does a pretty good job of it.

Has anybody ever won the Brownlow in his second season?!

Haydn Bunton snr won a Brownlow in his 2nd season. Of course, he also won one in his first season. And he won a 3rd a few years later as well.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Can someone change the thread tag to 'universal love' already???

 

[detox]

What a gun this kid is.