Just logged onto the club website to find this
http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/ne...ll-kennel-home
Looks like a sneaky Sunday morning signing
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Just logged onto the club website to find this
http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/ne...ll-kennel-home
Looks like a sneaky Sunday morning signing
What did he cost us, looks like the club has been active behind the scenes and good to see its been kept in house.
Looks to me that they are drafting well to complement the list. Makes sense on the Austin delisting
He certainly fits our focus on young players during the off season.
We have acquired Boyd, Biggs and Hamling before the National draft.
We will have to be patient with him as he hasn't played a lot of good football yet but I did read we wanted to draft him when the Cats selected him.
I think it's only soft tissue injuries that have been his problem.
This could be the training regime at Geelong, hopefully ours is a little different and he comes good.
Here is an article that might be worth a read
Hamlinghttp://geelongadvertiser.com.au/spor...-1226898578691
As would most youngsters, but he looks very small compared to Tom Hawkins
Don't mind this move. He'll be costing us nothing and can continue to develop down at Footscray.
Welcome Joel!
Hasn't cost us any picks as he's a DFA.
I thought I would check out Hamling's athletic prowess. We were apparently interested in drafting him in 2011 but the Cats got him first.
Hamling didn't get a senior game at Geelong and is still very much a longer term investment but maybe what maintained our attraction with him was his quickness and see him as a potential replacement for Morris.
Given that pace off the mark is a crucial requirement for key defenders I thought I should check his Combine results
In 2011 he recorded some great sprint times at the Combine
5M 0.98 10M 1.70 20M 2.90
Nakia Cockatoo is regarded as a highly rated explosive midfield prospect this year and Hamling's results almost duplicate his
5M 1.06 10M 1.70 20M 2.90
Based on his 2011 results he did have a lot of work to do on his endurance though.
I thought it might also be interesting to compare his leaping ability against another highly rated and athletic talent this year in the 194cm Tyler Keitel
Hamling
Vertical Jump 68
Running Jump Left 71
Running Jump Right 84
Keitel
Vertical Jump 68
Running Jump Left 80
Running Jump Right 79
I think there is a bit to work with here and I hope we can develop him quickly.
Welcome to the WOOF Pack Joel
Decent pick up because he's exactly what we need. I'm not expecting much from him though.
I guess the question will be asked why the Cats couldn't maintain him but we see some value in him?
Maybe it was a decision made after the Rhys Stanley trade who they might see as a CHB
There's also this:
https://www.broomeshs.wa.edu.au/news...7-joel-hamling
Joel 'the hammer'!
Very excited to have a TeamWA boy at the dogs...our ONLY one.
Big welcome to the Doggies Joel.