Player Watch #27: Jack Darling

[My Left Foote]

Was dead and buried at West Coast. Quite impressive what he's done since he got here.

Agree, could also be benefitting from reduced travel playing for a Melbourne based club.

 

[shinboner magic]

He can’t do what he use to do but what he does is put his body on the line.
You want to get to the ball - you’ll have to crawl over his limp body

 

[7577969923]

He can’t do what he use to do but what he does is put his body on the line.
You want to get to the ball - you’ll have to crawl over his limp body

He's still got plent of forward craft. Hope the young guys are picking his brain as much as they can.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Agree, could also benefitting from reduced travel playing for a Melbourne based club.

Reduced? Us?

Funny stuff Lefty.

 

[My Left Foote]

Reduced? Us?

Funny stuff Lefty.

Yes understand that we probably travel the most of the Melbourne clubs but it would still be less than when he was at West Coast.

 

[Chadwiko]

This bloke is crucial to our structure.

Works his guts out all game.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

How's this right - I grew up with Bob Jane T Marts. And one thing he wasn't, was a "Wild Child."

 

[giantroo]

 

[Shinboner '07]

What a rejuvenation this has been for JD. Looked finished and cooked at west coast. Hope he sticks around for quite a while still

 

[Its a Process]

Brady cops it a lot but Jack Darling

27

Jack Darling

Age

33

Ht

191cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.4

5star

, Dyl Stephens, Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

Tom Blamiers and Cooper Trembath have been pretty shrewd business in the last couple of years.

 

[Dinkers]

What a rejuvenation this has been for JD. Looked finished and cooked at west coast. Hope he sticks around for quite a while still

I'm liking how we're managing his game time, no use flogging him. He's running out games very well and seems to lift when the game gets a bit hot.

 

[Westend]

Nice to see jack going well and glad you North fans are enjoying having JD around

Loved jack at West Coast...very durable player fitness really good...slowed down in the last couple of years for us but still played a role and kicked over 500 goals for us

gun forward in his early years and still contributing..good to see

enjoy North Fans

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Nice to see jack going well and glad you North fans are enjoying having JD around

Loved jack at West Coast...very durable player fitness really good...slowed down in the last couple of years for us but still played a role and kicked over 500 goals for us

gun forward in his early years and still contributing..good to see

enjoy North Fans

It’s fair to say that he has exceeded all our expectations at this point in time. Proud man and wins makes everything a little easier. I love a JD flip back on his feet. If I tried that, I would end up in traction for 6 weeks.

 

[RightWingRoo]

It’s fair to say that he has exceeded all our expectations at this point in time. Proud man and wins makes everything a little easier. I love a JD flip back on his feet. If I tried that, I would end up in traction for 6 weeks.

Comes from his Karate days maybe?

 

[Merlin007]

It’s fair to say that he has exceeded all our expectations at this point in time. Proud man and wins makes everything a little easier. I love a JD flip back on his feet. If I tried that, I would end up in traction for 6 weeks.

for me, it would be months. Very impressive for a big unit

 

[Heaps of fun]

He can still do the ninja flip.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Been a great value pickup, loved his attitude, could even see him staying on another year, but he needs a successor-apparent by this trade season at the latest. Especially if Whitlock isn't showing enough.

 

[Frank Thring]

20 possessions of which 12 were contested last week. Great pick up who is playing a role

 

[Chip Scab1]

Love him, fantastic person and player.

Has really bought in and does all the team shit you'd expect in addition to being a great kick and athlete (still). Great person to have around the traps and hope we offer him something post-career so we can extend his and families stay.

Brady has really turned the beat around, Gloria Estefan-styles and fair play to him for it.

 

[Dingster]

15 and 3 goals in only 66% game time. Old man JD deserved more time forward today. Cats were troubled by him.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

seriously underrated

 

[ferball]

He was one of our best players on the weekend. Dunno how good a sign that is to be honest.

 

[TruRoo]

Has been a very very good player for a long time. Fights when the chips are down, which is a credit to him

 

[My Left Foote]

He was one of our best players on the weekend. Dunno how good a sign that is to be honest.

I don't think it's an issue, that's 300+ games of experience coming to the fore against a well-drilled opponent. We've got a lot of inexperienced players, by comparison, that's exactly the reason we got him. Trembath will continue to benefit from playing with him for another 18 months and hopefully Souv can learn from him how to deliver in key moments more often.

 

[amaz199]

Ultra professional.