Player Watch #17: Riley 'Stiffy' Hardeman

[Better Loosen Up]

Maybe you are just biased?

I don't consider myself to be. I see myself as more of a realist, call a spade a spade etc. You won't see me on here making outlandish, deluded calls like we're going to beat Geelong this weekend for example. Sheezel was considered top 5 in the comp last year or something like that by Champion Data. A high % of people had Sheezel in their AA Team (70 something percent from memory), but no, not picked.

Ben Brown in one of his 60+ goal seasons was very unlucky from memory. I'm sure there's many other examples that just don't come to mind right now.

When it comes to a 50/50 call, it pretty much always goes against us.

 

[shintemaster]

I don't consider myself to be. I see myself as more of a realist, call a spade a spade etc. You won't see me on here making outlandish, deluded calls like we're going to beat Geelong this weekend for example. Sheezel was considered top 5 in the comp last year or something like that by Champion Data. A high % of people had Sheezel in their AA Team (70 something percent from memory), but no, not picked.

Ben Brown in one of his 60+ goal seasons was very unlucky from memory. I'm sure there's many other examples that just don't come to mind right now.

When it comes to a 50/50 call, it pretty much always goes against us.

Agree. Goldy as well from memory managed to be "not quite good enough" whilst they regularly found second ruckman spots for players that - quite frankly - will be a puzzling trivia question already to answer.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Agree. Goldy as well from memory managed to be "not quite good enough" whilst they regularly found second ruckman spots for players that - quite frankly - will be a puzzling trivia question already to answer.

I think he ended up with one in the end

 

[shintemaster]

I think he ended up with one in the end

Got 1 yep. Was a gun for years though.

 

[Hatchy1992]

Agree. Goldy as well from memory managed to be "not quite good enough" whilst they regularly found second ruckman spots for players that - quite frankly - will be a puzzling trivia question already to answer.

Would be curious to find out who the last North player prior to Goldy who made the all AA squad actually.

 

[DocSholl]

Would be curious to find out who the last North player prior to Goldy who made the all AA squad actually.

Boomer? Think LT made the squad in 2013 too but not the final 22

 

[Lomas]

Boomer?

Scooter?

 

[DocSholl]

Scooter?

I think he was the year after Goldy

 

[TruRoo]

Would be curious to find out who the last North player prior to Goldy who made the all AA squad actually.

Dish in 2011?

But that wouldn’t help the “we are persecuted” narrative

 

[TruRoo]

Agree. Goldy as well from memory managed to be "not quite good enough" whilst they regularly found second ruckman spots for players that - quite frankly - will be a puzzling trivia question already to answer.

As above - like drew petrie in 2011 when he wasn’t in the top 10 goalkickers and averaged four hitouts a game but was picked on the bench as a second ruck?

But nah everyone is against us

 

[Lomas]

As above - like drew petrie in 2011 when he wasn’t in the top 10 goalkickers and averaged four hitouts a game but was picked on the bench as a second ruck?

But nah everyone is against us

Having fun

 

[ferball]

I don't consider myself to be. I see myself as more of a realist, call a spade a spade etc. You won't see me on here making outlandish, deluded calls like we're going to beat Geelong this weekend for example. Sheezel was considered top 5 in the comp last year or something like that by Champion Data. A high % of people had Sheezel in their AA Team (70 something percent from memory), but no, not picked.

Ben Brown in one of his 60+ goal seasons was very unlucky from memory. I'm sure there's many other examples that just don't come to mind right now.

When it comes to a 50/50 call, it pretty much always goes against us.

Ben brown made the AA squad at least once, iirc the same year Higgo made the AA team.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Get Riles and FOS playing further up the ground. Both have great decision making and disposal.

C: Kerch FOS Hardeman

 

[discodaddy]

This bloke is one the few shining lights in an otherwise dismal year.
Keep it up, “stiffy”.

 

[shintemaster]

Boomer? Think LT made the squad in 2013 too but not the final 22

One of the best years from a small forward in living memory.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

One of the best years from a small forward in living memory.

Criminal omission.

 

[Chadwiko]

There was a kick he made under pressure across the defensive goals that was centimetre perfect that let me know this kid is going to be very very good.

 

[Moti]

Most complete player on the list. Could be an AA defender or a devastating mid in time

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Want him to be our distributor off half back.

Would go a long way to minimising the Lerch/Daniel howler turnovers

 

[kingcarey1]

Very good. May end up being our captain.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Weld his magnet to the board. Dropping him at any stage for the rest of his career would be criminal

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Want him to be our distributor off half back.

Would go a long way to minimising the Lerch/Daniel howler turnovers

We need to get Goater and Archer back there with him. All three can defend and Goater and Hards could create.

And that releases Kerch to a wing and Daniel to to VFL

 

[Nylex]

Fantastic left peg on him

 

[Shack18]

Very good young player with a penetrating kick

 

[Blightys Barrel]

He should take all the kick outs moving forward. At a minimum he clears the ball to 65-70 meters. He also doesn’t confuse the shite out of the mids and lead up forwards by running around in a circle and tripping over and his own feet. None of this give and go BS that ends up in turn overs most of the time.