Player Watch #32: Tom Sparrow

[Topkent]

The tominator

Wayne Johnston reference for the young fellas

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Tim Sparrow - please don't be Scott Thompson 2.0

Hes already re-signed, no mummies boy.

 

[00Stinger]

Hes already re-signed, no mummies boy.

tbf I'm pretty sure Scott Thompsons brother was terminally ill when he anted to go home

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

finals beast confirmed, the bigger the game the better Tommy gets.

 

[Topkent]

Said before the finals I had a feeling he was built for them.
He does important things. No dinky crap possessions in the finals.

Love him

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Just so bloody composed is the Sparrow.

Barely looks flustered.
Is clearly footy minded.
Has a thick body.

 

[Dory_77]

That goal in the third was ha-uge. Brilliant game and finals series. What a lad.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

That goal in the third was ha-uge. Brilliant game and finals series. What a lad.

What a lad indeed.

Cliched but he showed why he was thought of highly enough to be drafted.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

That goal in the third was ha-uge. Brilliant game and finals series. What a lad.

Slick stole a cert in the first quarter too, that kick to Brown to open the last quarter. His skills were great. One of the few blokes I feel confident in when hes having a shot at goal, moments dont seem to faze him.

 

[Topkent]

It's kinda a stupid thing to say but he looks like a bloke whod be captain one day.

 

[Xhoquelin]

Really good player we got here, he's worked on his game a lot, rounding out his skillset. Kicks it a mile too, not just the goal but the diagonal to Ben Brown

50

Ben Brown

Age

33

Ht

200cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

2.2

5star

D

7.9

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.6

1star

M

3.7

4star

T

0.9

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

in the 4th, covered a ridiculous amount.

For his sake a bit of a shame Trac/Clarry ahead and the 3rd guy around them needs to be defensive-minded, because Tom can really play. Fact he's impacted games in finals in general play...

 

[Topkent]

Really good player we got here, he's worked on his game a lot, rounding out his skillset. Kicks it a mile too, not just the goal but the diagonal to Ben Brown in the 4th, covered a ridiculous amount.

For his sake a bit of a shame Trac/Clarry ahead and the 3rd guy around them needs to be defensive-minded, because Tom can really play. Fact he's impacted games in finals in general play...

Nah could be a blessing in disguise for him. We need our midfielders to be well rounded and he's becoming a handy HFF.

 

[Xhoquelin]

Nah could be a blessing in disguise for him. We need our midfielders to be well rounded and he's becoming a handy HFF.

Couldn't have imagined that he'd round out the rest of his game this well, thought he was a guaranteed bull in the china shop a la SPP for his whole career.

I don't disagree but at some point this kid could be one of the upper grade midfielders but probably won't really ever have the opportunity to tap into the clearance/grunt work side of his game. Teams have won flags with key mids inferior to where I believe Sparrow could end up(Eagles in 18', Tigers last few years...).

The trajectory he's on is pretty great

 

[Topkent]

Couldn't have imagined that he'd round out the rest of his game this well, thought he was a guaranteed bull in the china shop a la SPP for his whole career.

I don't disagree but at some point this kid could be one of the upper grade midfielders but probably won't really ever have the opportunity to tap into the clearance/grunt work side of his game. Teams have won flags with key mids inferior to where I believe Sparrow could end up(Eagles in 18', Tigers last few years...).

The trajectory he's on is pretty great

Yeah which means someone might throw a big deal at him to get him out

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

The kid has great weapons forward. Can mark overhead, can launch a big bomb, has some explosive capacity on a lead and ofc his tackling

 

[Xhoquelin]

Shoutout TMac but decent effort this off one step

 

[stEdy]

That goal from 55 off one step - campaigner didn't even blink just bannnnggggggggg

 

[Topkent]

Me an A11dAtP0w3R have talked about him, might be the player I trust most from 50m out. He has a hell of a leg and loved the pressure.

 

[Xhoquelin]

Featuring slick Jacko and composed Nibbler **** me we've got a squad by Pythagoras theorem this would've covered around 55 surely? Went as long as it went wide, PERFECT

 

[Jamurp]

Was down at Goschs watching them train a few months ago and Sparrow was having shots at goal towards the end, did not miss a single shot. Fantastic effort to grab himself a place in a premiership side.

 

[schmuttt]

The new Bernie Vince

Bernie Vince

Age

40

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.8

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

8.4

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

2.8

4star

MG

357.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.2

3star

in that he will likely continually look 15 years old for the rest of his career.

Oh, and like Bernie he loves a snag from outside 50m.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

It just came to me watching that last quarter how much he actually reminds me of Dane Swan

Dane Swan

Age

42

Ht

185cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.9

5star

K

16.4

5star

HB

10.4

5star

M

5.9

5star

T

3.1

5star

CL

5.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

early days

the way he moves and waddles
kicking style is actually eerily similar
Loves a goal and plays well in big games

 

[Dancing Potato]

Thought he'd had a decent year when picked but bloody hell, I had no idea he was capable of this.

Just looked like he belonged on the big stage.

 

[LeverPuller]

Tell you what, that goal he kicked in that minute, he roosted it from 50 off about 2 steps with 4 blokes around him.

I remember when he was drafted he looked like a poor man’s Dangerfield from his highlights package but Danger never had that in his game.