Let’s hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the club
Good luck to him.
Let's hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the clubGood luck to him.
Yeah like…premierships and all that
Let's hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the clubGood luck to him.
Yeah like…premierships and all that
Like running into tackles, betting on AFL matches, and organising sloppy spreadsheets.
Haha, I knew that the premierships would get raised. I personally have such a dislike to Dean Wallis the footballer that its hard to be impartial about him. I hope his son is a gun though
On the back of confirmation that all clubs will not be in the pre-season draft, Essendopn has come out and announced that with pick 54 in the Rookie Draft, Tom Wallis, son of Dean, will be taken with that pick.Source? Can't find it on EFC website.
From brett anderson's twitterOn the back of confirmation that all clubs will not be in the pre-season draft, Essendopn has come out and announced that with pick 54 in the Rookie Draft, Tom Wallis, son of Dean, will be taken with that pick.Source? Can't find it on EFC website.
Let's hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the clubGood luck to him.
take that back
Nice pick up. Inconsistent as hell but his best is seriously good. Fingers crossed he can put it all together.
Any chance that was planned?
Nice pick up. Inconsistent as hell but his best is seriously good. Fingers crossed he can put it all together.Any chance that was planned?
Doubt it. If you’re going to suck deliberately so your dad’s side gets you cheap, why not suck deliberately for the whole season rather than just the middle? Surely the end of the season would stick in recruiters’ minds better, and that’s when he played his best.
Besides, if I deliberately agreed to take a season-long dive so my dad’s team could get me with a late pick, I’d damn well want them to guarantee me a main list spot before I agreed to the plan, none of this rookie ■■■■!
So nah, tempting to believe it, but sometimes inconsistent is just plain inconsistent…
From brett anderson's twitterOn the back of confirmation that all clubs will not be in the pre-season draft, Essendopn has come out and announced that with pick 54 in the Rookie Draft, Tom Wallis, son of Dean, will be taken with that pick.Source? Can't find it on EFC website.
Thanks for that. You would think they would have the actual names listed for the F/S and other pre-selected rookies.
Stoked. I’m a sucker for the FS stuff.
Cheap pick up, nothing to lose by doing so.
Good luck to Wallis the Younger.
Let's hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the clubGood luck to him.
take that back
Brutal
You didn't know the premierships would get raised really did youLet's hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the clubGood luck to him.
Yeah like…premierships and all that
Like running into tackles, betting on AFL matches, and organising sloppy spreadsheets.
Haha, I knew that the premierships would get raised. I personally have such a dislike to Dean Wallis the footballer that its hard to be impartial about him. I hope his son is a gun though
What sort of player is he?
From brett anderson's twitter
Does that mean eagles arent picking matera as a father son selection?
From brett anderson's twitterDoes that mean eagles arent picking matera as a father son selection or did he go in main draft?
They opted not to pick him
Nice pick up. Inconsistent as hell but his best is seriously good. Fingers crossed he can put it all together.Any chance that was planned?
Doubt it. If you’re going to suck deliberately so your dad’s side gets you cheap, why not suck deliberately for the whole season rather than just the middle? Surely the end of the season would stick in recruiters’ minds better, and that’s when he played his best.
Besides, if I deliberately agreed to take a season-long dive so my dad’s team could get me with a late pick, I’d damn well want them to guarantee me a main list spot before I agreed to the plan, none of this rookie ■■■■!
So nah, tempting to believe it, but sometimes inconsistent is just plain inconsistent…
I’m not disagreeing with you at all as I think you are entirely correct.
But my thinking in questioning was the way it happened. It wouldn’t be an easy task tanking enough to get drafted low but not bad enough to be make it obvious. His rapid rise later in the season suggests he is capable and somebody said your not playing well enough to get drafted, so he has more of a crack. I think where we drafted him was an accurate reflection of his year, from all reports. Else we would have been questioned. If he had played better we would have used our last list spot.
Just need a Barnes to go with him to keep up the Squadron 617 connection. Couldn’t believe it when Barnes and Wallis arrived at the bombers in the same year in the 80s! Even down to the spelling of Wallis.
Anyone who has no idea what I’m talking about should go read Brickhill’s book about the Dam Busters. Plenty of Australians feature, including ‘Mick’ Martin (real name Sir Harold Brownlow Martin) (footy name coincidental references galore), considered to have been the greatest pilot ever in the RAF (transferred from RAAF), above even Guy Gibson.
Wally played some seriously good footy when it mattered, that game in 99 should have been locked away well before the last minute if that team had played anything like it should have; can’t blame one mistake for the loss.
Let's hope he gets his mum to drive him to training, cos no good comes out of things when the old man is around the clubGood luck to him.
take that back
Brutal
Wow, two things really stand out to me
1 footy has changed enormously, Wallis would get 6 - 8 weeks for that bump these days
2 farkcarlton players didn’t even look sideways at Wallis after knocking out one of their cult heros, weak, extremely weak effort
What sort of player is he?
Run and carry midfielder, clean hands, bit of burst pace, hard at it but not really a specialist clearance guy.