Player Watch #24: Tom Powell - signed thru 2026 - 7th highest ranked player league-wide after 3 rds - avg. 27.7d & 7clearances p/g

[The Anvil]

Future Brownlow Medallist. 30+ touches every week. One of the best handballers in the comp. But 50/50 on getting a Rising Star nom...

Anyway let's bang on about how we stuffed the draft last year by not picking McDonald.

I don’t think we stuffed the draft but we’re still at wait and see stage on all selections besides Powell and maybe Lazaro.


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[King Corey]

I don’t think we stuffed the draft but we’re still at wait and see stage on all selections

^^This.

Basti looked a million bucks in his first season.

Loving Tom's early work but it's a marathon not a sprint.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

^^This.

Basti looked a million bucks in his first season.

Loving Tom's early work but it's a marathon not a sprint.

Bastinac stood out due to his running capacity.

Powell seems different because his footy IQ is off the charts. Reads the play better than any first year player I’ve ever seen.

 

[King Corey]

Bastinac stood out due to his running capacity.

Powell seems different because his footy IQ is off the charts. Reads the play better than any first year player I’ve ever seen.

No argument that he currently looks awesome mate.

Just seen too many Aaron Blacks, Kieran Harpers, Ryan Bastinacs etc in the last decade. They all come in looking great with a variety of strengths but we still find a way to blunt them.

It goes as far back as a defensively ferocious 17yo Daniel Wells being slowly de-urgentised over his career.

Fingers crossed times are changing.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

No argument that he currently looks awesome mate.

Just seen too many Aaron Blacks, Kieran Harpers, Ryan Bastinacs etc in the last decade. They all come in looking great with a variety of strengths but we still find a way to blunt them.

It goes as far back as a defensively ferocious 17yo Daniel Wells being slowly de-urgentised over his career.

Fingers crossed times are changing.

A truly brilliant effort from the powers that be.

 

[King Corey]

A truly brilliant effort from the powers that be.

Remember his first few games when he was flinging himself to smother kicks like he was saving a village from a grenade, kicking matchwinners from the boundary, "Jackie Chan" efforts etc?

We got him scared him scared of his own shadow by the end of it.

 

[LB2Snake]

No argument that he currently looks awesome mate.

Just seen too many Aaron Blacks, Kieran Harpers, Ryan Bastinacs etc in the last decade. They all come in looking great with a variety of strengths but we still find a way to blunt them.

It goes as far back as a defensively ferocious 17yo Daniel Wells being slowly de-urgentised over his career.

Fingers crossed times are changing.

Fair way to go on Powell, especially when a club decides to sit someone on him....that can make or break a career. Loving what he's produced so far though.

 

[andana]

Who will your club take in this year's NAB AFL Draft? Our guru makes the call
By Callum Twomey on Dec 7, 2020, 3:16pm

TOM POWELL
POS: Midfielder
Ht 183cm, Wt 74kg, DOB 2/3/02
From Sturt/South Australia


The fix was in or draft tampering?

 

[Psicosis]

Who will your club take in this year's NAB AFL Draft? Our guru makes the call
By Callum Twomey on Dec 7, 2020, 3:16pm

TOM POWELL
POS: Midfielder
Ht 183cm, Wt 74kg, DOB 2/3/02
From Sturt/South Australia


The fix was in or draft tampering?

It was leaked a couple days before the draft. Cal was one of the last to the party.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

I may be remembering wrong but I remember Powell being talked up around that area for quite a while before the draft.

 

[andana]

So how is it they are known in advance.
And why doesn't another club jump in.

Mr Consistent, Mr Prolific, you could also call him the best young midfielder in South Australia at the moment as he again had a huge game as he continues to catch the eye of scouts. Powell again was a ball magnet both at stoppages and on the outside where he found the ball with ease and again used it cleanly and sharply – especially by hand.

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[Mav]

No argument that he currently looks awesome mate.

Just seen too many Aaron Blacks, Kieran Harpers, Ryan Bastinacs etc in the last decade. They all come in looking great with a variety of strengths but we still find a way to blunt them.

It goes as far back as a defensively ferocious 17yo Daniel Wells being slowly de-urgentised over his career.

Fingers crossed times are changing.

Come on mate, you’re missing all the hits. We’ve still got “the next James Hird” on our list, and he may even get a game this week.

 

[Long Live the King]

No argument that he currently looks awesome mate.

Just seen too many Aaron Blacks, Kieran Harpers, Ryan Bastinacs etc in the last decade. They all come in looking great with a variety of strengths but we still find a way to blunt them.

It goes as far back as a defensively ferocious 17yo Daniel Wells being slowly de-urgentised over his career.

Fingers crossed times are changing.

Got to agree that theres some twilight zone stuff that goes on with positional tactics with young players....Its almost like the coaches get together and say right we have a young midfielder showing plenty of potential...what do we do???.........agreed we play him in the backline.....so he can learn the craft before we put him into the midfield that we recruited him for providing we dont delist him first.....

 

[King Corey]

Come on mate, you’re missing all the hits. We’ve still got “the next James Hird” on our list, and he may even get a game this week.

Please don't take me back there.

I remember the game when we unveiled our much vaunted top 10 pick - David "next Hird" Trotter - while Port rolled out their sickly little rookie Danyle Pearce at the same time.

Former bigfooty alumni Briedis and I argued with several north peers about who had the brighter future.

In the end it was neck and neck. Our choice - Pearce - just edged out Trotter by 251 games and 125 goals.

 

[Mav]

Please don't take me back there.

I remember the game when we unveiled our much vaunted top 10 pick - David "next Hird" Trotter - while Port rolled out their sickly little rookie Danyle Pearce at the same time.

Former bigfooty alumni Briedis and I argued with several north peers about who had the brighter future.

In the end it was neck and neck. Our choice - Pearce - just edged out Trotter by 251 games and 125 goals.

Are you telling me he’s not on our list? I just thought he was injured.

FAAAARRRRKKK

 

[Shermanator]

No argument that he currently looks awesome mate.

Just seen too many Aaron Blacks, Kieran Harpers, Ryan Bastinacs etc in the last decade. They all come in looking great with a variety of strengths but we still find a way to blunt them.

It goes as far back as a defensively ferocious 17yo Daniel Wells being slowly de-urgentised over his career.

Fingers crossed times are changing.

Nah this one is different mate..

Get Pumped for Powelly - he special..

 

[big_e]

Please don't take me back there.

I remember the game when we unveiled our much vaunted top 10 pick - David "next Hird" Trotter - while Port rolled out their sickly little rookie Danyle Pearce at the same time.

Former bigfooty alumni Briedis and I argued with several north peers about who had the brighter future.

In the end it was neck and neck. Our choice - Pearce - just edged out Trotter by 251 games and 125 goals.

Trotter now manages Harry McKay.

Let's hope he remembers those seven games fondly.

 

[Hojuman]

Trotter now manages Harry McKay.

Let's hope he remembers those seven games fondly.

That'll rub it in even more when a " former North Melbourne Champion " convinces Harry to play for us

 

[Merlin007]

Trotter now manages Harry McKay.

Let's hope he remembers those seven games fondly.

hope so; myself, I saw few of them, and remember at the time wondering whether that's what a number 9 pick was worth

 

[DesertRoo]

Come on mate, you’re missing all the hits. We’ve still got “the next James Hird” on our list, and he may even get a game this week.

 

[shinboner magic]

Nah this one is different mate..

Get Pumped for Powelly - he special..

Yes things are turning.

There’s a new chief in charge

 

[Snake_Baker]

Trotter now manages Harry McKay.

Let's hope he remembers those seven games fondly.

Every time I read his name I see a dark curly headed man dragging a tyre behind him around the Arden Street Oval all by himself.

Another poor bastard that couldn't catch a break.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/935433/project-powell

Project Powell

When David Noble was appointed as North Melbourne’s new senior coach, much was said about his holistic stance on player development. With his approach giving equal measure to the development of the athlete on the field and the person off it, Noble’s style of coaching and player-management looks to be the future of sport. The North coach has formed a positive bond with a number of his players, but perhaps none more so than first-year player Tom Powell.

“’Nobes’ has been really good for me … he’s really big on pushing your family and off-field lifestyle balance … so you have that release away from footy,” the youngster told The Advocate. “That’s something that really does resonate with me … to be given an opportunity to pursue my off-field focuses has been really good. “He’s really relaxed around the club, you can have a laugh with him and he gives the boys a bit of stick sometimes. It’s good to be able to have a bit of banter with the coach … I think it’s healthy.”

Despite North continuing to search for its first win of the season, there has been obvious and tangible development on the field as a young group of players improves week-after-week.

“The feeling around the club has been great and it’s a good learning curve for us. We’re all improving … I’m sure it will be better for us in the long term to have to go through a bit of hardship and push through a bit of adversity,” Powell said. “As footy players and professional athletes we hate losing, and while ‘Nobes’ has said it’s great we’re improving each week, we still want to win. “It’s something I’d love to get a taste of, I’d love nothing more than to get a win at the moment … that’ll make the win all the more-sweeter when we get it.”

North’s only draft pick to have been an ever-present in the AFL side this season, to say Powell is finding his feet at the top level of the game is an understatement. With a NAB Rising Star nomination almost certainly on the horizon, his ability to find the football at under 18s level has translated well to the AFL, with the 19-year-old averaging 18.9 disposals a game, as well as kicking three goals.

Powell says the step up in quality has been challenging, but has quickly adapted his game to be able to play against stronger and more athletic opponents. “It’s obviously been a massive step up from any footy I’ve played previously … I didn’t play SANFL or VFL footy, so there are a few things I need to pick up on being a smaller body until I put on some size,” he said.

“I just try to focus on what I can control because there are always going to be great footballers you come up against, I just want to do my best and play my role for the team. “I’m really enjoying playing and I’ve love nothing more to get a win. The boys are really positive and the culture is really good here at the club.”

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Any chance we can get a GIF of that hand off to Goldy in the last quarter?

 

[giantroo]

Any chance we can get a GIF of that hand off to Goldy in the last quarter?