Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn - Conor Nash. Extends to 2029!

[lyger]

That's hardly an exclusively Irish problem, it happens to players who grow up playing the game too.

Took Breust a few years to break in and play. Duryea was on the list for a long time before becoming a regular.

Suckers and Ossie also spent a few years redrafted/developing before becoming a regular.

 

[tommyk72]

Sounds like a good game from the big fella today!

 

[MrPremiership]

Sounds like a good game from the big fella today!

Looks to have cemented himself in that forward line alongside Cegs Roughy Gunners.....tall playing as a small with great strength and speed.

 

[tommyk72]

Looks to have cemented himself in that forward line alongside Cegs Roughy Gunners.....tall playing as a small with great strength and speed.

Cemented is a very definite word

 

[MrPremiership]

Cemented is a very definite word

says more about our lack of KPF......was also playing the last few finals....

 

[PT Bar None]

Looks good in #11.
Makes him appear faster

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Really hope the reports of his kicking being improved are true, such an exciting prospect but he needs to improve in that area or it will hold him back from playing too many senior games in 2019.

 

[KermitJagger]

says more about our lack of KPF......was also playing the last few finals....

Surprisingly, he wasn't there as a KPF. He was there for the pressure Cyril provided.

 

[MrPremiership]

Surprisingly, he wasn't there as a KPF. He was there for the pressure Cyril provided.

Says even less about the other small pressure forwards then. Nash laid a total of 4 tackles in the 2 finals he played.

We need to better utilise his speed. I like him as a forward, but not deep.

 

[KermitJagger]

Says even less about the other small pressure forwards then. Nash laid a total of 4 tackles in the 2 finals he played.

We need to better utilise his speed. I like him as a forward, but not deep.

Which was a shame, because before that he was averaging 3 tackles I50 which is a massive amount. Maybe he got overawed, but his form line going into the finals suggested he was there for pressure.

I agree though, with better kicking he's a link up player who can exploit his opponents for speed on the fast break. I like him in that role, but he just needs to keep working on his kicking. The tackling would just be a bonus.

 

[threesixpio]

Surprisingly, he wasn't there as a KPF. He was there for the pressure Cyril provided.

Different kind of pressure I imagine. The word “ow” springs to mind

 

[threesixpio]

Cemented is a very definite word

Such a surface response


Oh dear sorry

 

[COKEandCOLA]

Needs to work on his kicking and also his marking, without that his good qualities mean very little.

I'm really hoping that he makes it, because he certainly has some freakish traits.

 

[TAITA]

Does the extraordinary very, very well - just needs to master the ordinary to be the total package. He will make it and he will be a nightmare to match up on. Excited.

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[Brishawk]

Does the extraordinary very, very well - just needs to master the ordinary to be the total package. He will make it and he will be a nightmare to match up on. Excited.

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Really looks likely. Kicking looks better than last year. So athletic it’s ridiculous. And fierce!

 

[COKEandCOLA]

Whilst he definitely does need to work on the basics, he will make it and once he does it'll be scary for the other 17 clubs.

 

[grumbleguts]

That tackle today in the midfield was poetry.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

He's like a much better Mason Cox.

 

[KermitJagger]

That tackle today in the midfield was poetry.

Laid 2, only one was rewarded.

Crazy part about him is how he looks when he runs, he's so quick but it seems effortless. He lopes across the ground kinda like a taller Isaac Smith.

 

[Pessimistic]

If Buddy had done some of the things Nash did yesterday, everyone would be jizzing.

the guy ran both ways too. Tank coming along nicely

Both he and Lewis did a couple of nice kicks int f50 from HFF

 

[OnTheRocks]

The strong arm by Nash is beautiful to watch.
He does some little things that most other players who grew up with our game don't do. I can see those little traces of gaelic and rugby still in him which the oppo do not expect.

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

Think Nash might be my favourite player at the moment. Love his potential, he'll go very far.

 

[OnTheRocks]

Think Nash might be my favourite player at the moment. Love his potential, he'll go very far.

Geez just imagine if he greatly improves his kicking and contested marking?

 

[Mississippi]

Nash is basically a unique player.
I can't think of any other AFL player (apart from Buddy?) who has his attributes - height and blistering speed.
As the commentators said yesterday, amongst their irrelevant drivel, he out-sprinted a small fast opponent.

And don't overlook that he also tackles like a freight train. I'm going to keep score this year of the number of opposition players who hobble to the bench after a Nash express tackle.

This guy has played 5 (repeat 5) AFL games. If you work on the principle that a young player needs 50 senior games to establish himself then don't fret over his comparative lack of marking or kicking ability.

The significant advantage he gives us right now should be seen in the context of the new brand of 6/6/6 zone footy we're required to play. No one can catch this bloke when he breaks the lines. He'll be giving opposition coaches nightmares this year.

 

[threesixpio]

Nash is basically a unique player.
I can't think of any other AFL player (apart from Buddy?) who has his attributes - height and blistering speed.
As the commentators said yesterday, amongst their irrelevant drivel, he out-sprinted a small fast opponent.

And don't overlook that he also tackles like freight train. I'm going to keep score this year of the number of opposition players who hobble to the bench after a Nash express tackle.

This guy has played 5 (repeat 5) AFL games. If you work on the principle that a young player needs 50 senior games to establish himself then don't fret over his comparative lack of marking or kicking ability.

The significant advantage he gives us right now should be seen in the context of the new brand of 6/6/6 zone footy we're required to play. No one can catch this bloke when he breaks the lines. He'll be giving opposition coaches nightmares this year.

I just fainted