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If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
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Many people wrote off Jobe Watson after his first 5 years. Goes alright now - makes abit of an impact...
Not saying Koby is going to be a Watson
He could be better!
I've seen enough flashes in his games to feel he has a good chance to be a long term player if he can clean up his disposal abit. He's an absolute hard nut. Was it the Port game they kept telling him he had to stay on so he played on with a busted spleen and two broken legs...??
He gets a 2 year extension from me for whatever game that was. Utter courage.Comment
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Yeah he was on one leg that game but played deep forward and competed well considering. It was pretty gutsy.
I am really surprised at some of the comments re: Stevens on here. What did we expect - that he would come in and dominate? As expected (for mine), he had a couple outstanding games, a bag of good games and some pretty poor games too. He needs to improve his decision making/ball handling, but his actual disposal is OK/neat enough. The thing that Stevens brings is the ability to keep competing, he throws his body around and creates space. He also doesn't mind breaking the lines a bit, and has reasonable toe when he needs it most. I think his ability to 'gut run' will be an asset as he develops this in future years. He has it in him, and does do it, but struggles with the consistency of it week-to-week. Understandable - has battled OP and a few other injuries.W00F!Comment
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Stevens was a good addition this year and for those comparing him to Christian Howard, just remember that Koby was taken in the same draft as Christian and on this year's form is a long way ahead.
Koby's a classic case of having a good kicking action with no pressure but given the slightest pressure it breaks down. On top of this he can often make poor decisions.
What I really, really like about him which I think many have overlooked is that he just doesn't stop running and trying to create. So many times this year when I thought we were down on energy I could see Koby running himself into the ground with and without the ball. It didn't always come off but the net effect was very good. He has a different kind of courage in this sense - courage to take the game on, something Murph brings every week, and occasionally Dahlhaus and Griffen join him, but which is lacking more generally from our team.'And the Western suburbs erupt!'Comment
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Back to Bontempelli, does he have any other footy players in his family? Bloodlines?You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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New interview with him up on the official website.
Definitely worth checking out, he speaks extremely well, very very impressed.W00F!Comment
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I can't believe how good this kid will be....just checked his DOB and he was born on 24.11.1995. He is only 18 years of age - he was born after Oasis released "What's the Story Morning Glory" - trying to get things into perspective but that's how young this kid is (it seems like only yesterday that this album was released).....and he plays football like that.
This kid is gonna be a star.Comment
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One of the knocks on him was whether he had a defined position or role, or was another Everitt that could play everywhere but nowhere really well. I think he is showing he is a good old fashioned centreman, a midfield marking target with good skills and a long kick to get it deep into our forward line quickly. The play that lead to our last goal of the game included a mark with Harry O'Brien coming at him where he elevated a long way off the ground to take the mark cleanly, if that was Wallis or Libba then Harry might have got a spoil in and turned it over back down the other endIf you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
Formerly gogriffComment
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Just watched Bonts on 360.
Too early to say 'captain'?
What a young man and footballer!Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Hope so as well. He seems like he is very level headed and confident but not in an arrogant sort of way. I found his interaction with Murph interesting - he had so much respect for the great man and holds him in high esteem. Bob would know doubt be a really good mentor for these young lads.Comment
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Re: Marcus Bontempelli
The balance, the way he handballs, some of the little tricks-the way he can mark overhead then turn and hit the ground running and scooping the ball up without bending over. At times in the third quarter yesterday Bont looked a lot like Doug Hawkins.
Like the Hawk Bont will make good players look silly showing them the rabbit while running past them and leaving them clutching at air.They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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