Player Watch #24 Sam Grlj

[THE_GUN]

sorry sir, ill see you tonight, same time, same place

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Why is muddimoose sitting on that chair ?

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

 

[sportshow]

Took a step towards Rd 1 selection today for mine ....

 

[Mr Magic]

Took a step towards Rd 1 selection today for mine ....

yeah, he looked alright, creates some energy and bounce

 

[Blinger]

I thought he was best of all our young players, good start.

 

[Grockadoc]

Locked for round 1, especially ahead of Short and Hugo.

 

[Buddy Tambling]

Can’t believe we almost took Robey ahead of this stud

 

[voorhees]

yeah, he looked alright, creates some energy and bounce

yep..and that energy and bounce is going to be so valuable especially early in the season.
throw him in for rd.1

 

[Mr Magic]

yep..and that energy and bounce is going to be so valuable especially early in the season.
throw him in for rd.1

something for fans to get excited about early on to

 

[Drunken Wookie]

Locked for round 1, especially ahead of Short and Hugo.

absolutely. people expecting anything more from short than constant blind bombs straight to the opposition are kidding themselves. oh sorry he does get the odd hand off goal from 50, so there's that. grlj was trying to make things happen, not just refer pressure to someone else 60 meters away.

 

[Calcium Man]

absolutely. people expecting anything more from short than constant blind bombs straight to the opposition are kidding themselves. oh sorry he does get the odd hand off goal from 50, so there's that. grlj was trying to make things happen, not just refer pressure to someone else 60 meters away.

Grlj is better defensively too. Hates losing.

 

[Turka]

Grlj is better defensively too. Hates losing.

Like last year in the VFL, he just stepped in and got the job done...He's a monty for Round 1, it won't faze him...

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Think we’ve seen enough last year in the VFL and today to play him.
The list lacks speed, he has plenty of that and he’s a competitor. He’ll have his ups and downs, I think he may turn it over a bit early in his career, but he’ll be a high metres gained player straight up and will iron out any deficiencies with experience.

 

[THE_GUN]

Think we’ve seen enough last year in the VFL and today to play him.
The list lacks speed, he has plenty of that and he’s a competitor. He’ll have his ups and downs, I think he may turn it over a bit early in his career, but he’ll be a high metres gained player straight up and will iron out any deficiencies with experience.

Why do you believe the list lacks speed ?
I think we have more than enough players with good - Great speed
Its just 3-4 players that would be considered below average

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Why do you believe the list lacks speed ?
I think we have more than enough players with good - Great speed
Its just 3-4 players that would be considered below average

we lost 2 of the quickest players in the competition at the end of 2024. That left a hole re line breaking speed off hb and through the midfield. I think they’ll end up being great trades for the future, but there’s an immediate impact.

Got a couple of good ones in Hotton and Grlj in the last 2 years, but they are a number of years away from doing what Shai and Dan were doing.

Seth the other one that I’m hoping takes his game to the next level.

 

[THE_GUN]

we lost 2 of the quickest players in the competition at the end of 2024. That left a hole re line breaking speed off hb and through the midfield. I think they’ll end up being great trades for the future, but there’s an immediate impact.

Got a couple of good ones in Hotton and Grlj in the last 2 years, but they are a number of years away from doing what Shai and Dan were doing.

Seth the other one that I’m hoping takes his game to the next level.

Lalor has speed and so does Cumming
Peucker is another thats fast along with NRT
Faull , Trainor , Armstrong are not slow for men that are 195+cm tall
Alger is elite similar to Grj

The list now is very very fast and the only players that would be considered slow are players like Hopper and to a lesser degree Tarantro which is not slow but not fast either but they are smart footballers that dont rely on their pace to play to their best and every team has similar players

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Great to see him given the full four quarters yesterday. Seemed to have no trouble with the pace of the AFL, even contributed to increasing it quite a few times.

Most likely a Round 1 lock.

 

[Bojangles17]

Took a step towards Rd 1 selection today for mine ....

Really looking like he could be one out of the box this kid , has A grade qualities . Let’s hope he keeps progressing, could have a high ceiling

 

[Calcium Man]

Really looking like he could be one out of the box this kid , has A grade qualities . Let’s hope he keeps progressing, could have a high ceiling

Watching him last year I felt he had close to highest ceiling in the class (cdt and Robey only two higher not including academy players), lacked a bit of consistency and had a meh champs which hurt. Just has so many elite weapons.

But my favourite thing about him is he’s psychotic. You watch him outside the play and he did things like shove Josh Lindsay over for no reason while he was trying to get back up, or vs Sandy he basically got in fight with Dalton/Terexia/Bamert (basically Sandy’s midfield) at every other stoppage.

He also lives and breathes footy. Gonna be a star.

 

[Bojangles17]

Watching him last year I felt he had close to highest ceiling in the class (cdt and Robey only two higher not including academy players), lacked a bit of consistency and had a meh champs which hurt. Just has so many elite weapons.

But my favourite thing about him is he’s psychotic. You watch him outside the play and he did things like shove Josh Lindsay over for no reason while he was trying to get back up, or vs Sandy he basically got in fight with Dalton/Terexia/Bamert (basically Sandy’s midfield) at every other stoppage.

He also lives and breathes footy. Gonna be a star.

His speed and agility matched with an ability to find the footy will take him far , in 12-18mths with a bit of beef on the frame , he,ll be a midfielder

 

[Drunken Wookie]

His speed and agility matched with an ability to find the footy will take him far , in 12-18mths with a bit of beef on the frame , he,ll be a midfielder

going off player interviews he sounds like he is uniquely driven. Zero ****ing around just goes full intensity in everything. Already bigger than I thought he’d be at this stage so has the same attitude in the gym. Very exciting.

 

[RoaringTiger]

He is so fast and evasive. He’s going to be really fun to watch and he’s going to break some opposition ankles!!!

 

[Hoos]

Players can be criticised for sure but Short has been a very good player for us, but did have an off year last year.

An off year last year? He's been off for the last 3 years. As bad as last season was, it was better than the year before.

 

[Hoos]

I hate this idea as he is a 3x premiership player, winner of eh B&F and leader on and off the field.

Not a 3x premiership player.

He didn't play in the 2017 grand final.

*reading back over the last couple of pages I noticed this had been mentioned already.

 

[Hoos]

Locked for round 1, especially ahead of Short and Hugo.

Short will still play.