AFL Player # 8: Ben "Goblin" Hobbs

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 12, Schnitzengruben

 

[Dave]

Played in a senior flag at 15yo. Kicked 4 in the GF. Clearly a massive competitor. That’ll do me.

Yep, cant go past kids who can compete with men.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Blue collar selection, the obvious choice at our pick.

Welcome Ben!

 

[Burzum]

Genuinely shocked we drafted a player with his profile.

 

[Cold Sober]

Still none the wiser, thanks for everyone's input.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Welcome Ben! Ignore all the sad-sacks and nay-sayers.

 

[Mercurial89]

Always support the club targeting competive drive and hunger for the contest, it's what I believe we should be targeting all over the field.

Seems to really fit the Rutten type that I think we are all understanding that he values.

Looking forward to hopefully a bright successful career.
Good luck.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

His dad is a Dons fan.

Even more reason to like him.

 

[ghostdog]

Not disappointed with this. Hobbs sounds like he'll be a beast who leads by example. The kind of inside mid who'll will us to victory.

Honestly thought we'd pick up Johnson, but not unhappy. Welcome to EFC, young Hobbit!

 

[the PILL]

Welcome Ben

Interesting, a bullocking contested beast with apparent leadership skills out of the box. Fascinated to see how he fits in with DP3, Zachy, Caldwell and Shiel.

 

[eth-dog]

Welcome Ben. Good luck.

 

[Atavistic]

We finally drafted a contested beast. Still, he needs to grow at least 3cm to make some of our fans happy.

 

[Shermy]

Now thats a jawline I could get behind!

 

[VelvetSledge]

Was so hoping he would fall to us but doubted it.

Couldn’t be happier he’s ours. Stoked.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Pretty happy with this. Didn’t really expect him to be there at our pick and seems to fill a need.

Welcome Ben!

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Extremely pleased with this. Seems like a great kid too, which is a running theme with our recent draft picks. Character can be just as important as talent.

 

[BrunoV]

Meat and potatoes mid with meat and potatoes name and meat and potatoes jaw.

Not very Essendon.

Could have taken 3 different types who were all real needs. I like the style of mid because it is so different to what we usually select.

 

[doug85]

Love this pick. Can’t remember the last time we had a Cunnington/Selwood/Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

type.

 

[The Prosecutor]

I just hope we can eventually turn him into a half back.

 

[Haychh]

Looks like a bit of a Tom Mitchell/Zac Merrett hybrid.

 

[Mikevk123]

Absolutely stoked with this pick. Was meant to go Top 10 all day. If we can try grab Matty Johnson I will be rapt.

 

[yodellinhank]

My man, you all stay the **** back.

Welcome Tank, potentially Fridge or Bam Bam depending on how we go

I think kelvin_sheedy has the rights to match a bid

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Yep, cant go past kids who can compete with men.

Every U16 team around probably has 1 or 2 players that could do it physically. But those who actually do play well at senior level at that age do it almost invariably because they’ve got that mental competitiveness, angry, hate to be beaten quality that you can’t teach.

It suggests he’s very mature physically and won’t take a backward step. Reads to me as a likely Round 1 selection. Bring it on.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Dodo beating them off with a stick..

 

[Lore]

View attachment 1286737Dodo beating them off with a stick..

It’s like the live trading edition of “we rated him at pick 5” or whatever.

 

[The Prosecutor]

It’s like the live trading edition of “we rated him at pick 5” or whatever.

'We had him ranked in the first six or seven': Dodoro delighted with 'blue-chipper' Hobbs

Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro was delighted to secure tough midfielder Ben Hobbs with Pick 13, admitting he 'didn't think we were going to get him tonight.'

www.theinnersanctum.com.au