so exciting that in both of his first 2 games (West Coast pre season and Dreamtime) he has had multiple highlights.
Normally it takes a while for any youngster to show that kind of dash etc.
Not to mention that he’s only played about 50% average game time in those games.
Watch where he comes from for that second goal. Had about 6 players in front of him and he beat them to the contest and then burst through the contest without anyone getting near him. Clean one grab pick up off the ground in slippery conditions and then bangs it through from the boundary.
Just make him captain. There is no ceiling.
Richmond players were just walking out of tackles all night.
Mozzie comes in, and his tackle is like a vice.
It shows that the art of tackling is just as much about mindset and technique… rather than strength.
Yep, has another gear.
Cheers that’s great. He has the potential to be a real weapon then. Fingers crossed he has a great off-season and his body holds together and allows him to do his thing.
That’s the thing with Moz that has been consistent across the time I’ve watched him from juniors until now. He just knows how to be damaging with the ball in hand. By damaging I mean knows how to make things happen. I don’t think it’s a conscious thing either. His instinct is just to break a game open when he has the ball.
Look at the point he kicked, and the way he moved. It got touched but he very easily could have kicked 3 goals on debut.
One thing that I was pleased about… he got involved with some passages of play, when he was abit quiet.
That’s a huge positive, too many of our forwards disappear. They’ve either got red hot momentum/ or you don’t see them for a quarter.
Mozzie was able to get a few handball receives and then quickly dish off a handball to someone in a better position, when further up the ground.
So has he done a calf? Was bandaged and limping late in the game, spent significant time on the bench. Fingers crossed he was just sore. Would follow the trend of this ■■■■ sandwich of a season that he would be injured after providing a few much needed moments of joy.
What? He’s nothing like NLM, wether you’re referring the unpredictable high flying early version, or the big bodied defender/midfield enforcer he eventually transformed into
I hope to Christ he’s a better player than NatRat.
Just give him the #13 Guernsey already
Yes a bit of Longy about Mozzie and Hawk Rioli, he is gunna hit the packs at speed and I reckon he can jump and mark too. Will be an excitement machine.
Lets hope we can further accentuate his natural x factor abilities, and don’t try and turn him into something he is not…he is potentially a damaging goal kicker, something we need, and he needs a development environment where his natural talents are allowed to flourish and he gets the self confidence and support to do his thing…
Seems to have that already. Just hope he can maintain it playing for this club
In saying that, I just hope the club resists trying to develop him into something else ( think Parish ), he will just need a nudge here (eg bit more running fitness etc) and there cause he has got “it” already and lots of positive feedback, this kid could be huge for the club. If we try and change him into something else, he might lose some of “it”.
Development can foster ability or fark with it…I’m looking at our recruits from the last 5 years and worry about which way we go about it?
“Mo13ie” doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Edit: I suppose it could morph into “MOZZ13”.
You all know what to do, vote early & vote often;
Shouldn’t that be buzzzzzzzzzzzzto it?
I don’t understand this obsession to change players’ numbers. Let Mozzie make #22 famous.
And someone suggested giving Ridley #31 to which I say “■■■■ off”. #14 hasn’t had many heroes since Russell Blew. JJ is the only one who springs to mind.
I’m the same; look at what Dean Rioli did for 43. No one of any significance wore that number before he did. As he and Walla said in that interview they did together before his 100th game. They consider it a Tiwi number now.
I’m not advocating to change, by the way. Unless you start with some ridiculously high number (like Hird and Mercuri), why change? Why did Stanton change twice? Just seems dumb.