Player Watch #2: Finn 'The Finn-isher' O’Sullivan - broken jaw after GF game - looking at possibly 2-3 weeks out

[Ashley B]

FOS lol

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Simply put: if he wasn’t playing, we don’t win. Phenomenal impact. No weaknesses to his game.

 

[Wild Bill]

Ran with Butters all day and absolutely toweled him up.

Soft as Butters

Just did the same job on Merrett. Kids a jet.

Talks about the Tigers trading up for 2. We wanted 7 and 11 - they pulled out and will regret it for the next 15 years.

 

[Wild Bill]

Simply put: if he wasn’t playing, we don’t win. Phenomenal impact. No weaknesses to his game.

He plays like Parker - tough and doesn’t make any bad decisions.

 

[zoomba23]

There'll be idiots outside the club wondering where the hell this came from.


We knew. We always knew

 

[tazaa]

4 frees against and I think all were holding the ball.
Just a horrible day.

The fact their mids brought the heat after quarter time and FOS was found wanting was disappointing.

Put it this way. His midfield minutes went to Jy in the last quarter, as Clarko tried something to get us going. Thats how off he was.


Anyway. Big game this week to bounce back. Straight to Merrett he goes.

Bravo FOS

Syd Barker night he gets the 3 votes and if the umps had any idea they’d give him best on as well.

He’s the reason we beat Essendon. Nothing surer.
Stopping Merrett has been our kryptonite.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

24 disposals (11 contested) at 88%, 8 marks, 3 tackles, 2 GAs, and 3 clearances.

 

[disco_cowboy]

What a performance.
This kid is incredibly north coded.
Him and wardlaw are going to look so good in that midfield together for a long time.

 

[Flawed Genius]

He's 19 for another two months

 

[giantroo]

 

[Makeshift Park]

Imagine what he’ll be like when he’s 23. Barely scratching the surface atm.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Possession]

Butters and Merrett, not a bad resume so far.

 

[nelroo]

One word for this kid. Special.

 

[Shermanator]

He has some unique qualities this kid. Someone mentioned I. Heeney a while ago, and I reckon that’s not a bad comparison.

Has the potential to be very, very special.

 

[Disco Dew]

huge.
I love him

 

[sruss]

How’s McGuire, Finn’s best game in a while? Since when, 2 weeks ago?

 

[r_boy]

Being harsh but he should have had a crack at that goal. Why did he pass it off....

Just accept it mate youre better than everyone you arent just a tagged, just kick the goals.

 

[roos 10]

Welsh next week

 

[R00StaR]

Breakout game.

 

[footy2016]

Welsh next week

Cripps, expose him like Melbourne did today going the other way, just this time we will have FOS who will be even more damaging.

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Pure footballer. 2 more years of working on his conditioning and he will be doing as he pleases out there.

 

[7577969923]

How’s McGuire, Finn’s best game in a while? Since when, 2 weeks ago?

To be fair, probably his best game for the club so far. Beat an elite opponent and played a hugely influential game himself with ball in hand.

 

[giantroo]

For many at Arden Street, Finn O'Sullivan is a favourite and his first three weeks of this season have shown his development. The No.2 pick from the 2024 draft class closed down Zak Butters

9

Zak Butters

Age

25

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

14.7

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.9

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

' influence in round one and on Saturday completely shut down Merrett, keeping him to 10 disposals – the lowest tally of his career outside of games that were cut short by injury or as the substitute.

Next stop looks to be Blues star Sam Walsh

18

Sam Walsh

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

, who is a second cousin of O'Sullivan, North's laidback but fiercely competitive talent.

 

[Rick18]

The most impressive thing about the game was that people hear 'tag' and think oh, he must have been solely focused on neutralising Merrett.

It wasn't really a 'tag' by the traditional definition. Instead FOS used Merrett as kind of like a reference point - he's there, close him off, ball goes over there, Merrett out of commission, time for me to go get involved. And carrying out that role well is 100x harder than a traditional tag.