Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Cody Weightman

[Testekill]

Heeney's mark was great but I think that the fact that it's a tiny dude pretty much clearing the shoulders of a ruckman puts Cody over the top. Heeney is pretty much the same height as Luke Ryan, the height that Cody got to clear Gawn's shoulders is the real big deal.

[Happy Days]

Tom Green is an almost unbackable favourite. Gulden is equal with Flea on the 7th line of betting.

I know, someone needs to tell David King.

Green’s been dropped twice on form whereas Gulden is maybe a top 10 kick in the competition already. This award is stupid and the rightful winner is usually pretty irrelevant.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Just thinking back to when Jack Martin was on the market and we wanted to offer the Weightman pick for him. At the time I was gutted that Martin chose Carlton, but he's really had a pretty average season and seems to have sunk into the Carlton Quagmire. So glad we ended up keeping the pick and adding Cody to the squad. What a gem.

[Axe Man]

Just thinking back to when Jack Martin was on the market and we wanted to offer the Weightman pick for him. At the time I was gutted that Martin chose Carlton, but he's really had a pretty average season and seems to have sunk into the Carlton Quagmire. So glad we ended up keeping the pick and adding Cody to the squad. What a gem.

In hindsight I am glad we ended up with Cody too however Martin may be a completely different player with us than he is in that rabble. He made a poor choice football wise, but he's probably not too sad when he checks his bank statement.

[Testekill]

Yeah I think that we didn't offer what Martin thought that he's worth but what he's actually worth, he's probably happy to be paid way above market value at the Blues while not having to really work for his position.

[hujsh]

In hindsight I am glad we ended up with Cody too however Martin may be a completely different player with us than he is in that rabble. He made a poor choice football wise, but he's probably not too sad when he checks his bank statement.

He might be given how heavily he was front loaded and the pay cut players took from their 2020 salary

[Mofra]

Just thinking back to when Jack Martin was on the market and we wanted to offer the Weightman pick for him. At the time I was gutted that Martin chose Carlton, but he's really had a pretty average season and seems to have sunk into the Carlton Quagmire. So glad we ended up keeping the pick and adding Cody to the squad. What a gem.

We picked up Bruce and Keath in that trade period and somehow managed to keep the first rounder we used to select Cody.

We were building a shrine to Sam Power even before the Adam Treloar trade was a thing.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Pretty fancy footwork from Sam Power there

We picked up Bruce and Keath in that trade period and somehow managed to keep the first rounder we used to select Cody.

We were building a shrine to Sam Power even before the Adam Treloar trade was a thing.

[bulldogtragic]

We picked up Bruce and Keath in that trade period and somehow managed to keep the first rounder we used to select Cody.

We were building a shrine to Sam Power even before the Adam Treloar trade was a thing.

Plus he made a live trade at the draft to get Pick 62, which he used on Garcia.

Insane result where Cody, Garcia, Bruce & Keath are doing well in a team on the top of the ladder.

[Twodogs]

We picked up Bruce and Keath in that trade period and somehow managed to keep the first rounder we used to select Cody.

We were building a shrine to Sam Power even before the Adam Treloar trade was a thing.

A stand right next to EJ in the car park. Sam has earned that at least.

[AshMac]

Voting for the MOTY ends tomorrow at 10am. Anyone who wants to vote for Cody can do so here:

https://www.afl.com.au/mark-of-the-year

[Axe Man]

Who tops Mick McGuane’s list of the league’s 10 most watchable AFL players right now?

10. Cody Weightman (Western Bulldogs)

Good coaches let players play to their strengths, and that’s what Luke Beveridge does with Weightman.

Bevo just lets him play, and it is working for the Bulldogs.

The 20-year-old has only played 13 games — 10 this year — but he has quickly established himself as a cog in the Bulldogs’ machine.

He is a footballer in the true sense of the word. He plays on instinct.

He has kicked 17.9 this season, he is a good ball handler and crumber, he has an uncanny goal sense, but he can also take a big mark overhead. Just ask Max Gawn about that!

The other attribute about Cody is the fact he is always in the contest and stays in the game when others don’t. He is a great rundown tackler, because his mind is always ahead of the game as he runs down poor awareness defenders.

He does not need a lot of the ball to make an impact. He can have 10 disposals and kick a few goals and really impact the game.

I love watching him play … if you follow him, you know something is going to happen.

[Doc26]

Kudos to a clever tweeter for this one.

[Prince Imperial]

One fun fact to add to yesterday's smashing of the Bombers was that they originally had the pick (No.14) in the 2019 draft which was just before the pick with which we took Weightman.

Instead they had traded it the year before to get the underwhelming and overpaid Shiels.

Oh Dodo!

[bornadog]

One fun fact to add to yesterday's smashing of the Bombers was that they originally had the pick (No.14) in the 2019 draft which was just before the pick with which we took Weightman.

Instead they had traded it the year before to get the underwhelming and overpaid Shiels.

Oh Dodo!

The Ss they traded for - Devon Smith (average footballer), Shiel (underwhelming), Saad (ok but can't defend), Stringer (talented but lazy footballer)