Past #21: Dom Tyson aka 'Tom Dyson' - delisted end '21 - 6 NM games/1 NM goal - 113 AFL games - good luck DomTom

[Devington]

Has looked pretty good for us in the VFL today. Clean and experienced, I'm happy for him.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

People are worried because he's a) an inside mid and b) played some underwhelming football after being forced onto a wing at Melbourne this year. I wouldn't be stressing, this guy can seriously play. He was an elite junior, hence the number 3 pick, but struggled with injury early in his career. When he finally got a run at it as an inside mid in 2016 and '17 he averaged 25 touches, 4 marks and 4 tackles a game (better than anyone currently on our list bar Cunners, Higgo and now Polec) and finished 4th in Melbourne's BnF in '16.

In 2018 he played out of position, had an injury interrupted preseason and still turned in these performances:

• 31 disps (13 kicks 18 hballs) and 4 marks- Round 21
• 27 disps (13 kicks 14 hballs) and 6 marks- Round 20
• 27 disps (13 kicks 14 hballs), 7 marks and a goal- Round 7
• 25 disps (15 kicks 10 hballs) and 8 marks- Round 3
• 22 disps (12 kicks 10 hballs), 7 marks and 6 tackles- Round 2

In today's footy you need 8-12 blokes who can run through the middle, so he won't be taking Ahern or LDU's spot, he'll be playing alongside them. He's a 25 year old who has the ability to be an elite inside mid and is a great leader and clubman to boot. 4 years ago, after averaging 13 touches a game for GWS he was traded for pick 2 (with some later pick swaps). Since then he has had his 2 best seasons, 1 mediocre one, and we look like landing him for a VFL ruckman when his best footy is clearly still ahead of him. This will go down as a huge win, mark my words.

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[Hojuman]

Anybody bought any of Dom's online golf gear ?

( down you go *** )