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

[Devington]

Injured his foot again?

Propped and dropped in a marking contest after coming back on from something else a little earlier, might have been restrapping. Now has ice on his ankle.

 

[tazaa]

So we send him back out after he rolled his ankle in a game that was done and dusted. Next contest he hurts it more.

I’m going to hold off until we find out how bad it is. Club better pray for his sakes it’s minor.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I see where the resident Goths are preparing to set up shop this week.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Put aside the quiet 3 quarters and just look at the big picture here;
He's our number 1 forward now.

BBB is second fiddle. What Larkey brings to this team as the main man or just, in general, is very clear, we look just a lot better and Zurhaar plays a lot better.

 

[Psicosis]

Hope he gets rested against the Cats.

Absolutely no need to risk his ankle.

 

[Devington]

Hope he gets rested against the Cats.

Absolutely no need to risk his ankle.

Ankle or no ankle there are good reasons to rest him.

1: We have Brown ready to go
2: He's a handful of games back from injury without much real conditioning under his belt

 

[Horizons_00]

Be absolutely devastated if he’s injured already. Fingers crossed he’s ok. Super important

 

[Rad Roo]

No, brown just got dropped, he needs rest. Walker and Daw in the forward line. Mackay will handle the main man with tarrant as the general of backline.

 

[Caracas]

I see where the resident Goths are preparing to set up shop this week.

That and writing off BBB completely!


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[giantroo]

 

[ChoppyGun]

Very impressive.

His set shot action and routine is sublime.

 

[giantroo]

 

[barnrokn]

Maybe opposition are wising up. Let him run up and down the ground. His opponent will stay at home and help double team whoever is left up front.

Does he run a lot of pointless km's??

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Love the David Brent/Freelove reference at the end.

 

[ChoppyGun]

Think not enough love for Larkey. He's a gun imo.

He has work to do sure, but he'd have kicked 6 or more if we didn't fold completely.

Get around him.

 

[the big lebowski]

Think not enough love for Larkey. He's a gun imo.

He has work to do sure, but he'd have kicked 6 or more if we didn't fold completely.

Get around him.

He could have kicked 6 if he didn’t drop some simple marks! He’s so accurate.

 

[Conundrum]

geeze can you imagine how completely stuffed our list would be if we hadn't picked up Larkey pick 73 (!), whiffed on so many selections earlier than him over the years.

If anyone else had picked him, we'd currently have no established forwards aside from Brown, in addition to needing to draft midfields and defenders...

 

[tazaa]

So we send him back out after he rolled his ankle in a game that was done and dusted. Next contest he hurts it more.

I’m going to hold off until we find out how bad it is. Club better pray for his sakes it’s minor.

Hes nearly the most important player going forward. Definitely he and Comben are the ones to build the forward line around.

 

[nicko74]

Get him on a long term contract asap

 

[RightWingRoo]

Feel a nice sense of safety when he's lining up for goal. You know 9 times out of 10, it's going through.

 

[benbanjo]

Really has all the tools you would think.

Good mark, decent speed, good kick, has the smarts, Still skinny but uses the body well already. if he gets up to 105-106kg could be a real imposing figure and still pretty young. Lets hope he gets a good run at it and we see him bring it all together.

Also pick 73? why? was he just too skinny?

 

[Roo Beauty]

Second in our goal kicking and he’s played 4 out of 11 games.

 

[shinboner magic]

Knows how to use his body in a contest

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Really hope the likes of Nick and Cam don’t plan on leaving in the foreseeable future. They would make this rebuild much easier to sit through.

 

[Only Forwards]

Really hope the likes of Nick and Cam don’t plan on leaving in the foreseeable future. They would make this rebuild much easier to sit through.

It is that cohort of players we need believing that they are the only way forward and drive each other to get better.