Player Watch Bobby “Norm” Hill

[Magpie Ink]

This latest news has made my night, although far from certain, it sounds promising

 

[stormskye]

Given our seasons over it’s going to be a little awkward when Bobby rocks up on Monday and nobody’s there

 

[Pistol Night]

Given our seasons over it’s going to be a little awkward when Bobby rocks up on Monday and nobody’s there

"What have I missed boys?"

"Oh Pendles is a psycho now and Nick has signed for Tassie. Not much apart from that Bob"

 

[legendstatus]

Just play him!

 

[Pistol Night]

Just play him!

Honestly, an unfit, match lacking Bobby would still be dangerous

 

[riddick78]

Hill must of watched our 2 games and thought, Christ that forward line needs me!!! All part of Flys master plan.

 

[Pistol Night]

Hill must of watched our 2 games and thought, Christ that forward line needs me!!! All part of Flys master plan.

If Fly planned this he'd smash Magnus Carlsen at chess

 

[riddick78]

If Fly planned this he'd smash Magnus Carlsen at chess

I had to Google that.

Fly is playing 4D chess.

 

[CheckerTrade666]

Gosh I would absolutely love to see him out there playing for us again. It’s gonna be a long road to get their given how much time he’s had off, but hopefully this news is the starting point to him returning.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

I wouldn’t get my hopes up for Bobby playing this season

I think the focus should just be on coming back, staying back and training consistently again

That way at least we can have him back for seasons 27 and 28 of his contract

 

[jathanas]

In before Kirby .

Please no predictions!

 

[Eastern Magpie]

 

[unplugged]

Look forward to checking in every single training day for the next 2 months to see if he is on the track

 

[Bianconeri]

Surely Bobby is excited to swoop in on all of Buller’s dropped marks.

 

[OniAu]

Get Bobby back in and lets play small ball up forward. Ive missed him

 

[whiskeytown]

I’d be surprised if we see him in the first half of the season. And not entirely surprised if he doesn’t feature at all… if the rumours of his very poor conditioning are true.

What’s more he’ll need to put in months of faultless commitment I imagine before he proves himself ready and worthy of senior football

Echoes of the Jamarra return to the dogs… where fitness, form and trust of team mates and football department saw him stuck in the VFL until trade time

 

[Peters_Nuts]

I wouldn’t get my hopes up for Bobby playing this season

I think the focus should just be on coming back, staying back and training consistently again

That way at least we can have him back for seasons 27 and 28 of his contract

Agree. We'd be looking at the last handful of rounds at best.

If he's committed for the whole season and wants to stay, it would be huge for our list moving forward.

 

[tmpies01]

Thrilled to hear this news. Him showing up on Monday will be a nice vibe boost heading into the GWS game. No doubt the group will welcome him back with open arms.

I really hope his return isn’t to beef his trade value. He can take however long he likes, I just want him to be a Pie for life.

 

[stormskye]

March 10



March 17



Promising

 

[Bianconeri]

I’d be surprised if we see him in the first half of the season. And not entirely surprised if he doesn’t feature at all… if the rumours of his very poor conditioning are true.

What’s more he’ll need to put in months of faultless commitment I imagine before he proves himself ready and worthy of senior football

Echoes of the Jamarra return to the dogs… where fitness, form and trust of team mates and football department saw him stuck in the VFL until trade time

A month ago I’d have agreed with the bolded but from the reports it’s sounds like he’s worked on fitness away from the club to prepare him for training with the group.

There are similar vibes to JUH situation but I think the difference is Bobby issues were in his personal life away from the club where JUH exclusion came from a rumoured direct clash with teammates.

 

[rand corp]

Apparently, given Bobby has lost a bit of conditioning, the plan is to have Dan McStay run out each week with a lunch box strapped to his head. That way, Bobby can have a sandwich whilst he is up there, and Dan is actually contributing something.

 

[anshell]

This is great news about Bobby potentially returning to the club soon.I think it would give the other players a huge boost to see him back at training again.And let’s not forget,it’ll probably do Bobby a lot of good to be around his team mates again.

 

[TradeDraft]

Exclusive: Collingwood star progressing towards AFL comeback

Bobby Hill has taken a big step towards an AFL comeback!

www.sen.com.au

That does sound Promising but still be a Fair Away of Playing and you hope no Relapse

 

[joff]

Id written Bobby off so great to hear hes a chance to be back on track with life and footy again

 

[Chunky Steak]