Player Watch #6: George Wardlaw

[Frank Thring]

Great to see him back

 

[zoomba23]

We missed him

 

[Passmore]

We missed him

Damn straight. Life's better when I can watch Georgie Wardlaw play footy.

 

[jackAttack]

I'm just glad he got through unscathed. Certainly had some great moments. Now just to build on it.

 

[King Corey]

George hasn't enjoyed many wins. Big positive besides prevailing was realising it's hopefully another encouragement to forge him as part of our long term future.

 

[backtothedraft]

Massive difference maker

 

[Disco Dew]

So glad to have him back out there.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Push him to 80% TOG and he ends up near 30 touches with double digit clearances and I50s. He is filth

I’d love to find how many games he’s played over 80 % TOG.

 

[tazaa]

Continuity continuity continuity

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

I’d love to find how many games he’s played over 80 % TOG.

Don’t know where individual game stats are but he’s 59%, 73%, 62% per game across his 3 seasons.

As a comparison LDU was 66%, 67%, 75% in his first 3 and is now in the mid 80s.

 

[Makeshift Park]

I’d love to find how many games he’s played over 80 % TOG.

One. Round 15 2024.

Aside from that, 75% ToG is about where he's peaked.

TBH if he averaged 75% across this season I would be stoked.

 

[LB2Snake]

Geez I love this bloke.

 

[Sphynx]

Whilst everyone was wilting in the last, he turned it right up in the last 5 minutes.

You could tell he knew the game could be on on the line and led from the front and dialed up his intensity to the max.

In stark contrast to “leaders” Simpkin and Zurhaar who thought they were in a school yard kick around.

This is what we can expect if we ever play finals the millennium

 

[Chadwiko]

Whilst everyone was wilting in the last, he turned it right up in the last 5 minutes.

You could tell he knew the game could be on on the line and led from the front and dialed up his intensity to the max.

In stark contrast to “leaders” Simpkin and Zurhaar who thought they were in a school yard kick around.

This is what we can expect if we ever play finals the millennium

To be fair, that's likely because he wasn't coming back from a WA Sunday evening game played in 30 degree heat.

The rest of our guys were clearly ****ing sapped.

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Just makes me wanna watch footy

 

[RightWingRoo]

Look so much better when George is in and causing havoc.

 

[7577969923]

To be fair, that's likely because he wasn't coming back from a WA Sunday evening game played in 30 degree heat.

The rest of our guys were clearly ****ing sapped.

Also, George only played 54% game time, aiding his freshness in the closing stages.

 

[Sphynx]

Also, George only played 54% game time, aiding his freshness in the closing stages.

Not really.

It's his first competitive game of the year, including the pre-season games.

His team mates had 4.5 games under their belts to that point.

Our side should be at peak fitness right about now.

It would have been a fair leveller.

 

[Liam Boy]

It looked to me like he's been working on his kicking. It used to be the only concern about his game but he nailed basically everything he tried on Saturday.

 

[justroyal]

Pretty ****ed he had that many clearances with that much tog

 

[Elite Master]

He was fairly clean while still being a brute. Only Duursma was cleaner and FOS. Mostly everyone else were fumble, turnover machines .

 

[Onihr]

A couple of mistakes in the last led to turnovers to the opposition.

But exactly what we wanted in terms of intent. While others went into their shells and showed how they can't deal with pressure, this guy swims against the tide in terms of what he sees from his senior leaders and tries to get the ball forward, picks off a tougher kick.

A different team when he is in it.

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

To be fair, that's likely because he wasn't coming back from a WA Sunday evening game played in 30 degree heat.

The rest of our guys were clearly ****ing sapped.

I have it on good authority that we were absolutely wrecked after last week and club was a tad worried and just glad we were able to hold on.

 

[Merlin007]

I have it on good authority that we were absolutely wrecked after last week and club was a tad worried and just glad we were able to hold on.

That’s how it looked

 

[Passmore]

I have it on good authority that we were absolutely wrecked after last week and club was a tad worried and just glad we were able to hold on.

You could say that from a supporters point of view as well.