Player Watch #29: Will Phillips - 20d/12 tackles in VFL vs Brisbane - returns to the team vs Hawthorn

[deano28]

Love it !!! He’s going to be some sort of player & so important for us in the future.

 

[The Dingrel]

Looking and sounding like a mini-me Tex Walker in that clip.

i had the same thought, but didn't want to admit it!

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[Kanga Glory]

WIll be a shinboner for life, we are very lucky

 

[the big lebowski]

Comparisons are odious but I still think he’ll end up better than Powell.

 

[Psicosis]

"I see this as a learning year to soak up as much as I can"

Big preseason, more midfield time and WP will give the 2022 rising star a serious tilt.

 

[Val Keating]

"I see this as a learning year to soak up as much as I can"

Big preseason, more midfield time and WP will give the 2022 rising star a serious tilt.

What’s the cut off for games to be eligible? Reckon he’ll get a few in the remainder of the season

 

[Psicosis]

What’s the cut off for games to be eligible? Reckon he’ll get a few in the remainder of the season

10 or less games. He's currently played 6.

Guess it will depend on injuries (Jeds come back). Would rather he plays VFL if he doesn't get midfield minutes in the 1s this year.

 

[Mjs94]

Comparisons are odious but I still think he’ll end up better than Powell.

So do I. Small sample size but his hands in those highlights are ridiculously clean and his work rate to stay involved in already there.

 

[kool kangas]

The NMFC jigsaw puzzle is slowly coming together.

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Yeah, certainly no rush with him. Let him get leather poisoning in the VFL for the rest of the year and get himself in tip top shape over preseason.

 

[shinboner magic]

Huge news

Will be vital for our future plans.

 

[the big lebowski]

So do I. Small sample size but his hands in those highlights are ridiculously clean and his work rate to stay involved in already there.

Yeah and I think physically he’s going to be very imposing in the contest once he gains strength and fitness. He’s going to be Cunners replacement.

 

[Hojuman]

The NMFC jigsaw puzzle is slowly coming together.

We need the missing pieces Kool;
. Scott
. Taylor
. Xerri
. Hayden

 

[Mjs94]

Yeah and I think physically he’s going to be very imposing in the contest once he gains strength and fitness. He’s going to be Cunners replacement.

Yeah I think so too but with better defensive application than Cunners. Dunno if Will's contested marking will get to Cunners' level but probably won't be needed considering LDU, TT and potentially Horne all look a capable mark in the forwardline.

 

[giantroo]

 

[pupstar]

Love this bloke. Shows what confidence we have in him as well.

As well as how much confidence he has in us as well.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Congratulations also to his proud Bigfooty parents - Souup and Snake_Baker.

Cheers mate. The first of Will's regulation extensions.

It's also good contract management putting away the youngsters first.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Comparisons are odious but I still think he’ll end up better than Powell.

Different types of players.

Will at the coalface, Tom as the architect on the outside.

Yeah and I think physically he’s going to be very imposing in the contest once he gains strength and fitness. He’s going to be Cunners replacement.

Have you noted the "swagger" in Horne's play? This is what Will also has, but inside and bursting away from the packs. The opposition appear to be oblivious to him. I noted in the VFL match vs * that he seems coast away from the contest, and he's deceptively quicker than he looks.

 

[the big lebowski]

Different types of players.

Will at the coalface, Tom as the architect on the outside.



Have you noted the "swagger" in Horne's play? This is what Will also has, but inside and bursting away from the packs. The opposition appear to be oblivious to him. I noted in the VFL match vs * that he seems coast away from the contest, and he's deceptively quicker than he looks.

Yeah he’s got plenty of zip. Under rated zip.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Yeah he’s got plenty of zip. Under rated zip.

As I pointed out in the post VFL game thread, his running style is quite striking and it gives the impression that he's just coasting through and away from the contest without a care in the world. His legs pump up & down, but from the torso up he stays bolt upright. It's an extraordinary centre of gravity/balance.

 

[Shermanator]

 

[the big lebowski]

As I pointed out in the post VFL game thread, his running style is quite striking and it gives the impression that he's just coasting through and away from the contest without a care in the world. His legs pump up & down, but from the torso up he stays bolt upright. It's and extraordinary centre of gravity/balance.

Lol yeah he could balance a book on his head as he runs

 

[Snake_Baker]

Here's an example of what I mean (timestamped)

Most folks lunge forward to gain greater speed when pursued, but Will stays relatively upright and still gets away. This affords him much greater balance.


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It makes him look cocky, and of course we know after listening to him speak, that he's a very humble, grounded young fella without an ounce of arrogance in him.

Timestamped again, Check out the next couple of plays where he just appears to stroll away from the contest. He was doing it with this sort of ease vs the scum in the VFL match.

 

[speedy]

Great news, Powell signing on would be even better news.