Player Watch #20: Nick 'Souva' Larkey - '23 AA & '24 NM VC - plays game 100 v Hawthorn

[R00StaR]

While i still maintain he's far more agile than Petrie and unlikely to be a pack crasher the way Drew was, i must admit that mark around 25sec in - finishing on 1 knee was very Drew-ish.

 

[giantroo]

Had an 87% TOG.

 

[andana]

Larkey, TT, Scott and LDU showing the way. Miss Walker

 

[Only Forwards]

Onya SOUVA!!

Just wait.

This kid becomes a something and BT is gonna f***ing ruin calling him that.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Had an 87% TOG.

He'll probably get Weitering. Should be interesting.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Just a small thing but I really liked that after taking the mark prior to his second goal he hurried back to take the kick, clearly with the thought we still had time to get back into the game. Thought it was a nice positive insight into his mentality.

 

[muttley45]

Unlike most of his forward team mates, looks like he actually wants to kick goals, and does.

 

[shintemaster]

Looking good. Give him another 5-6kgs and I look forward to seeing a forward there for us that clunks marks and isn't adverse to sticking a knee in the back of anyone that is stupid enough to stand in front of him. Leaving aside Waite's ability I think Brown is somewhat his own worst enemy when it comes to lack of mongrel on field.

 

[Engimal v3]

So glad he played well. Wood's doing * all, Larkey/Brown is the future of the NMFC forwardline.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Unlike most of his forward team mates, looks like he actually wants to kick goals, and does.

Technique. It's basically flawless.

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[andana]

Shows a lot of promise. He, Brown and Wood need more time to work together.

 

[The acurate one]

Statically his game doesn't look great, but sheesh he helped straighten us up and gave us another target. His marking is a feature, but what really caught my eye was when he took em on and went on a run. Had time, which you just cannot buy.

Very impressive, very excited by what this guy brings.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Statically his game doesn't look great, but sheesh he helped straighten us up and gave us another target. His marking is a feature, but what really caught my eye was when he took em on and went on a run. Had time, which you just cannot buy.

Very impressive, very excited by what this guy brings.

He moves through traffic like a midfielder

Might have been Carlton trying to uphill ski back to their players and running past him, but he does generate some absurd time and space for a bloke of his size

 

[amaz199]

Must persist. He can attract more attention away from Brown or take advantage of it.

We need to stretch Geelong's defensive structure next week.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Statically his game doesn't look great, but sheesh he helped straighten us up and gave us another target. His marking is a feature, but what really caught my eye was when he took em on and went on a run. Had time, which you just cannot buy.

Very impressive, very excited by what this guy brings.

Gave a target all day and facilitated separation for the other forwards.

The one handed trap at ground level that set up a goal for us when Carlton looked like rebounding was one of my highlights of the day.

 

[Roosurgence]

Statically his game doesn't look great, but sheesh he helped straighten us up and gave us another target. His marking is a feature, but what really caught my eye was when he took em on and went on a run. Had time, which you just cannot buy.

Very impressive, very excited by what this guy brings.

Don’t worry about the stats. At the ground you could see the power of work he did. Contest after contest and was hardly beaten.

Having a forward who works hard and halves the contest at worst benefited the rest of the side.

Today was a Petrie like performance where he did a lot of work that benefitted his team mates.

 

[Snake_Baker]

The only blue he made all day was when he should have punched the ball through the Carlton goals, but went for a contested mark, fell over, and they goaled.

Otherwise, a good team contribution.

 

[The acurate one]

Don’t worry about the stats. At the ground you could see the power of work he did. .

Yeah I'm not He was fantastic and I'm looking forward to seeing how many gave him votes. He as you said did some real heavy lifting.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Provided alot on ground today and was very helpful to structure, on the paper he won't look great but this wasn't a bad game at all. Brown was on fire and so was Zurhaar, very rarely do 3 forwards have a white hot game.

 

[Harris 10]

All I can say is just keep playing him.

He’ll reward us for it.

 

[Hojuman]

The only blue he made all day was when he should have punched the ball through the Carlton goals, but went for a contested mark, fell over, and they goaled.

Otherwise, a good team contribution.

Hard man to please Snake.

 

[ferball]

Hard man to please Snake.

True but if our coaches were this full on then we'd be better off and so would the kids coming into the side.

We're obviously missing a level of perfectionism and have been for years.

 

[ferball]

He was good today even without goals. Worked hard, got up the ground and brought others into the game.