Not too shabby off the left foot even at this early stage.
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I spoke to his enemies, and they were also bullish
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Where did he go?
Where do we see him playing? Off half back?
He has a lot to learn.
But he has the body of a 25yo pro footballer already. He will be able to focus his time on the important stuff and less time in the gym
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Who is the quickest at the club over 30m ?
It would be between Bourke, Kondog and Unwin.
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Need to start training for the GF Sprint. We never have good representation on the biggest Australian foot race for the year.
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There’s usually a bit of talk at draft time about how tough it is for kids who have to move interstate after they’re selected. This guy is still only 19yo and has moved right across the globe. It must be pretty daunting. The early reports sounds promising, the Irish blokes often bring something a bit different and exciting, and I hope the fans will really get behind him (and have a bit more patience than they did early days with McKenna).
I’ll be watching with interest, best of luck to the young fella.
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For sure but really, kids do this all the time, gap years, living overseas, looking after themselves, and this one is getting excellent pay, probably free rent, and an extraordinary experience that will set him up for whatever he does. They just about all end up going back to Gaelic and often have the best of both worlds, improved physically and professionally. He’ll be right!
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Absolutely, I’m sure he’s being well looked after. But he is just a kid, from a small place, and he’ll also have to deal with a level of scrutiny that he may not have expected.
Hope he goes really well, seems an exciting prospect.
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Yeh, that’s not how strength and conditioning works. He’ll be spending the same amount of time in the gym as everyone else.
And that time in the gym IS important stuff. Just as the footy skills are.
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Isn’t it an Olympic qualifier
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Interesting he is listed as a defender when he played mid/forward for Offlay. I figured he would be more suited to the winger role.
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He’s going to single-handedly solve our lack of C2C goals.
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In many respects the easiest place to learn the game is as a defender. Until you have learned to read the game, your opponent can lead you to the ball, and you don’t need to be a great mark, or even a great footballer to be effective at spoiling and harassing.
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Defenders just have to run forward, no turning around. Much easier according to my mate a former CHF who played AFL reserves. Some truth in it. The late great Jack Dyer used to say " duds and squibs to the backline". Just passing on some views.
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Gavin Wanganeen says hi
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