Player Watch #30: Charlie Comben

[shintemaster]

I was riding that kick for goal, I know bittersweet for him given the loss but he hit it flush. Overall I was pretty happy with his game given it was his first crack at seniors. It wouldn't surprise me if we saw significant improvement over his first 15-20 games. Did a lot right.

 

[Harpergun]

Really like how he took the mark, no trying to be safe with the chest mark, took it out in front giving the defender no chance. All good marking forwards do this. Shows a good confidence level in his own marking abilities as well.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Psicosis]

What the ******** ****

 

[shintemaster]

Lol. That was quick.

 

[hellas_johnny]

wtf has happened now

 

[the flying ham]

Yeah, he looks ready to help shoulder the KPF duties next year!!! FFS

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[Ligma]

Only our luck this would happen

 

[TurnoverMerchant]

Either he is just that injury prone, or they may have sent him in for surgery early. My bet would be on the former. We need key position depth at both ends.

 

[R00StaR]

Judging by the look from his dog this must be a troll

 

[BoomerRoo]

******* ******* *******hell ridiculous *!

 

[Psicosis]

That is a serious week ruiner

She's deleted the photo btw

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Laughing.

 

[The chorus]

Judging by the look from his dog this must be a troll

Leave the dog alone. I have a dog looks exactly like that- Jack Russell father and mother cocker spaniel and cavalier cross

 

[Ligma]

Leave the dog alone. I have a dog looks exactly like that- Jack Russell father and mother cocker spaniel and cavalier cross

Well the dogs face is making me laugh

 

[hilly]

Let's wait and see.

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[Hojuman]

Injury report with Brady:
" unfortunately Charlie suffered a neck injury in the stacks on the mill pile on after his announcement in the team for this week. He'll miss 2 weeks "

On the $money Hoj

 

[shinboner magic]

On the $money Hoj

Hey last person to quote himself got banned from here.

Be very very careful

 

[Hojuman]

Hey last person to quote himself got banned from here.

Be very very careful

I promise not to self flagellate in public again.

 

[tazaa]

Sent in early for surgery. We do shoulder clean ups all the time but * me the kids copped it so far

 

[Passmore]

I promise not to self flagellate in public again.

Just post it on Tik Tok, or Snapchat or whatever the youngens do....

 

[Psicosis]

Sent in early for surgery. We do shoulder clean ups all the time but fu** me the kids copped it so far

Confirmed? Much prefer this then an accident at training

 

[remfan101]

There’s a photo of him at training this morning without a cast...

 

[Kangayroo]

How very dare someone make this happen on page 69

 

[Jasemon]

There’s a photo of him at training this morning without a cast...

Just checked his Twitter and Insta accounts and can't find the above photo there. If he was training this morning where was the photo sourced from?
Bit odd.

Anyway that's not why I'm here.

Was very excited, like all of us to see Charlie finally get on the park on the weekend and his goal after the siren the perfect way to finish off his debut.

My thoughts for a long time however have been around our list management's supreme faith in Charlie to get on the park and show his wares. A few flashes shown during his first game such as his athleticism (the mark that led to his goal), ability below his knees (the handball on the boundary), his speed, aggression and marking abilities are qualities we've seen some very exciting glimpses of over the last month.

So going back to last year's draft many in the industry (obviously outside the four walls of the club) were shocked when we didn't pick up Logan McDonald on the back of parting ways with BBB. Must admit I was initially taken aback as well, however I've kept the faith in Clayton/Luff/Brady and I have no doubt in the strategies they have with our list build, and we can all see what a leader and a star that Phillips is going to be already.

I thought I'd offer the following comparison though on Comben and McDonald just to show how potentially inspired keeping faith in Comben might turn out to be (though we do need his body to hold up).

Comben is essentially a first year player and only about 8 months older than McDonald so he's young and someone we've got a lot of time to work with.
Their basic stats in comparison are:
Comben: dob - 20/07/2001 (20yr) / height 199cm / weight 84kg
McDonald: dob - 4/04/2002 (19yr) / height 196cm / weight 86kg

As you can see there's a lot of similarities there, and respective bodies holding up, it will be extremely interesting to track these two kids in the years to come. I'm sure we'll all be very excited to see the result in the long term (as well as Phillips).