Player Watch #9 Will Hayward

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Will Hayward
Spritely Sydney Swans forward Will Hayward enjoyed a rocketing start to his career as he became the 11th-youngest player in the AFL era to reach 50 career goals in 2018. The 2016 draftee’s nippy pace and cunning goal awareness have made him a dangerous option in coach John Longmire’s forward line. A broken jaw and a persistent hip injury limited Hayward to just 12 goals in 13 senior games in 2019, but the South Australian is attacking the 2020 campaign on the back of his first full pre-season. Don’t be surprised if the exciting Swan finds himself on a wing this year.

Will Hayward
DOB: 26 October 1998
DEBUT: 2017
DRAFT: #21, 2016 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Walkerville (SA)/North Adelaide (SANFL)

 
Hayward will be better than Mitchell. Florent is just icing.

Out of interest, how many goals per year would Hayward have to kick to be deemed better than Mitchell?
 
Out of interest, how many goals per year would Hayward have to kick to be deemed better than Mitchell?
He would have to kick 150 goals in a season, have 50 possessions in 20+ games and average 10 tackles a game, even then there are those on here that would find it more convenient to forget how Hayward got here on the first place
 

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He would have to kick 150 goals in a season, have 50 possessions in 20+ games and average 10 tackles a game, even then there are those on here that would find it more convenient to forget how Hayward got here on the first place

Horse doen't like chip scab, run around the back getting cheap handballs, that is why Hayburner is his favourite. He kicks clutch goals.
 
Out of interest, how many goals per year would Hayward have to kick to be deemed better than Mitchell?
Enough to be named the best player in the league by his peers. He would then join Gerard Healy as the only Swans to receive that honour
 

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Do you think he is capable of kicking 40 in a season?

Yes but a few years away and with a couple of ifs: if he stays as a forward and doesn't become a part-time mid, and if we start to play a more attacking style of football as a team. With our current style of play I doubt we could have two 40 goal forwards, and Hayward can't be a #1.
 
Yes but a few years away and with a couple of ifs: if he stays as a forward and doesn't become a part-time mid, and if we start to play a more attacking style of football as a team. With our current style of play I doubt we could have two 40 goal forwards, and Hayward can't be a #1.

So if he becomes a 40 goal per season forward that would make him better than Mitchell?
 

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