AFL Player # 8: Ben "Goblin" Hobbs

[VelvetSledge]

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

 

[Ambrosia]

Horsham is part of the old Essendon recruiting zone right? Plenty of Essendon fans out that way

 

[brutus76]

I love him already.

 

[TheGrizz]

Horsham is part of the old Essendon recruiting zone right? Plenty of Essendon fans out that way

Yup, Tim Watson, Glenn Hawker and Merv Neagle all came from Dimboola (about 30mins away from Horsham) whilst Roger Merrett was from Kaniva, and Shane Heard was from Horsham.

Apparently Hobbs'dad and grandad are Bomber die-hards.

 

[brutus76]

Reg Burgess was up that way too

 

[supportyourteam]

Yup, Tim Watson, Glenn Hawker and Merv Neagle all came from Dimboola (about 30mins away from Horsham) whilst Roger Merrett was from Kaniva, and Shane Heard was from Horsham.

Apparently Hobbs'dad and grandad are Bomber die-hards.

Hawker was actually Kaniva.

 

[fishardansin]

I was in Horsham and Dimboola on the weekend. Pretty disappointing to report there are no statues of Hobbs or Watson anywhere. Two three-time premiership players from the greatest ever football club in any code should demand statues.

 

[Zach Package]

I was in Horsham and Dimboola on the weekend. Pretty disappointing to report there are no statues of Hobbs or Watson anywhere. Two three-time premiership players from the greatest ever football club in any code should demand statues.

Commiserations

 

[brutus76]

Kevin Magee had a billboard as "the Horsham Hurricane" probably no longer in existence

 

[brutus76]

If you wanna sponsor Hobbsy or a dapper don join the BIGFOOTY PLAYER SPONSORSHIP crew for as little as $25

We currently sponsor Tippa and Perks and are $505 away from a third player

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Apparently killed it in the intraclub today. Racking clearances/touches playing against our best mids.

 

[Lore]

 

[FlyingV]

Looking good! Mostly outside footy from the looks of that rather then the messy inside stuff

 

[mike ross]

Found this pic of Ben on Pinterest. What a unit wow

 

[Ambrosia]

Thought he looked a bit off the pace in terms of being able to gather the ball under physical pressure and dispose of it cleanly.

Ball use on the outside looked good though with well waited passes.

 

[owen87]

Found this pic of Ben on Pinterest. What a unit wow
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He's going to be a solid unit, good frame for an inside mid

 

[ghostdog]

Thought he looked a bit off the pace in terms of being able to gather the ball under physical pressure and dispose of it cleanly.

Ball use on the outside looked good though with well waited passes.

I thought a lot of his kicks put the ball a bit high - loopy looking kicks. I would have liked to see more of his inside work as well but I think he's going to be a hard-nut inside bull in time. Both Perkins and Cox were given CBAs too. Midfield unit looking more and more sustainable.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Kid is a machine, wtf

 

[ghostdog]

Kid is a machine, wtf

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He's going to be an Ollie Wines Josh Kennedy ball pig for 15 years. Super stoked!

 

[FlyingV]

Kid is a machine, wtf

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If this guys was a meat, he would be pulled pork. Shredded.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

I thought a lot of his kicks put the ball a bit high - loopy looking kicks.

Scum here. Was super-keen on Hobbs at our pick before we traded it to Freo. He does seem to make connection a bit high in the ball-drop which limits his hurt factor by foot, but it's fixable, and a pretty small trade-off when you consider all his other strengths.

He's a unit, wouldn't be shocked if he's picked for Round One.

 

[Pweter]

Kid is a machine, wtf

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Pretty sure my waist wasn't as thick as his thigh when I was 18.

I've certainly made up for lost time these days though.

 

[TheUnicorn]

I know he's no bigger than the rest of our midfielders but if he is the contested bull people say he is then I say give him a crack vs Brisbane, Geelong made our midfield look like a joke.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Straight into the side. We got murdered in clearances. Let's get 20 games into him this year.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

We might as well be blooding our future skip as early as possible.

 

[ghostdog]

Straight into the side. We got murdered in clearances. Let's get 20 games into him this year.

Ham out