Player Watch #35: Matt "The Swingman" Whitlock! - Extends contract to 3 years.

[Val Keating]

I dunno man. Been north my whole life like my old man, but my kids will likely support Tassie. Will be hard either way.

Spose you’ll only know once we play them.

 

[Masked Avenger]

VFL defence will be pretty handy with matty , Dawson x 2 , bergs, hardeman for starters

Hopefully doesn't last long.

Disappointed if all of Whitlock, Hardeman and particularly W Dawson are not getting good game time this year.

 

[Supa_Nova]

Don't forgot all our round 2 pick plus the tips round 2 prob becomes a top 15 pick if we can trace with gc... which would never have been likely with 1 round 2 pick...

 

[Gasometer]

The Shepp Connection

 

[amaz199]

100% can see why we rated him.

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

Don't forgot all our round 2 pick plus the tips round 2 prob becomes a top 15 pick if we can trace with gc... which would never have been likely with 1 round 2 pick...

Unfortunately I can understand what you are trying to convey.

 

[travelli]

Can see why we rated this bloke so highly. Doesn't have the baby giraffe vibe like most young talls

What are you talking about? He's got huge baby giraffe vibes

 

[The Dingrel]

I dunno man. Been north my whole life like my old man, but my kids will likely support Tassie. Will be hard either way.

Show em the door Devski.

 

[King Corey]

Will be hard either way.

Oh behave.

 

[DesertRoo]

Get his bro, biggest mistake we made was not going all in for both the tuggers picks.

 

[Midas]

If you use Larkey, McKay, Petrie, Browb and Tarrant, who are probably our best talls in the last 20 years, 2-3 years is how long it takes for them to look as comfortable as this kid did today.

He is such an exciting talent, I think they may have just nailed this pick and fast tracked our rebuild by a year - a developed tall in 3 years time when we are playing at the business end.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

Get his bro, biggest mistake we made was not going all in for both the tuggers picks.

Which tuggers picks and when? We made a pretty decent attempt to get their first pick of night 2 in order to secure the brother but the deal was too complicated and it collapsed.

 

[amaz199]

Get his bro, biggest mistake we made was not going all in for both the tuggers picks.

We tried to organise something but had no takers.

Richmond weren't gonna budge.

 

[king of the road]

Get his bro, biggest mistake we made was not going all in for both the tuggers picks.

The whole world and all of BF:
Nth went too hard giving up a future first for 27 to get Mitlock and F2!

BF: But we should have offered more to get another one!!!!

 

[zoomba23]

I enjoyed the penetration he got on his kicking and general skill, but he still looks like a twig. Can't see much, if any, senior game-time this year. He would get absolutely murdered by any remotely decent key forward

 

[the big lebowski]

I enjoyed the penetration he got on his kicking and general skill, but he still looks like a twig. Can't see much, if any, senior game-time this year. He would get absolutely murdered by any remotely decent key forward

Thursfield or Rawlings said during the commentary that he could get game time by playing on a shorter player as he has the speed to go with most players

 

[chubbspeterson]

Which tuggers picks and when? We made a pretty decent attempt to get their first pick of night 2 in order to secure the brother but the deal was too complicated and it collapsed.

Yep basically Tigers wanted to guarantee they got Sims on night 2, so they kept the pick.
I'm sure our offer would've then gone to the next team after them but nobody wanted out.

 

[shintemaster]

I enjoyed the penetration he got on his kicking and general skill, but he still looks like a twig. Can't see much, if any, senior game-time this year. He would get absolutely murdered by any remotely decent key forward

He wouldn't play on a key forward this year.

Edit: BTW just adding, while I agree he is a twig, he has already put on some size which is a real positive. Some of those skinny talls just seem to take forever to put on weight. If he can do similar over another 1-2 pre seasons I think he can have real impact from 2027 onwards.

 

[cybercrab]

Has Matt or Clarko talked about him playing forward this year or in the future? Or do the club believe his final position will be a defender.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Does Clarko think outside of the box and play him up on wing ala Mark Blicavs from Geelong? Very athletic type, but not sure of his tank at this stage. If he can hit a target and provide great 2 way running, then he would have Scott covered. Use the VFL season to experiment where he is best suited. As long as we have picked the best Whitlock is all I care about at this stage . I’m sure a few on this forum have thought did Brady get their names correct when we submitted on draft night. Seems like a ripping no BS kid who has Shinboner all over him. Good country stock.

 

[Mr north man]

Does Clarko think outside of the box and play him up on wing ala Mark Blicavs from Geelong? Very athletic type, but not sure of his tank at this stage. If he can hit a target and provide great 2 way running, then he would have Scott covered. Use the VFL season to experiment where he is best suited. As long as we have picked the best Whitlock is all I care about at this stage . I’m sure a few on this forum have thought did Brady get their names correct when we submitted on draft night. Seems like a ripping no BS kid who has Shinboner all over him. Good country stock.

Not a bad idea

 

[innercircle]

Matt's junior days in Shepp he played Key Position, but his team had lots of KPs and so he spend time on the wing and went into centre bounces as an an outside mid.
He had the smarts to play the outside role. Held his width, was a great outlet on the wing - 6'7' wingman is hard to defend.
Had the happy knack and timing of being on the move in the right spot and able to receive out of stoppage.
Basketball background (Vic Country U16s and U18s) meant he knew where the space was and was also comfortable in congestion.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Matt's junior days in Shepp he played Key Position, but his team had lots of KPs and so he spend time on the wing and went into centre bounces as an an outside mid.
He had the smarts to play the outside role. Held his width, was a great outlet on the wing - 6'7' wingman is hard to defend.
Had the happy knack and timing of being on the move in the right spot and able to receive out of stoppage.
Basketball background (Vic Country U16s and U18s) meant he knew where the space was and was also comfortable in congestion.

Nice insight innercircle

 

[Heaps of fun]

Get this guy on a WPI IV, need him in the side yesterday.

 

[Lomas]

Matt's junior days in Shepp he played Key Position, but his team had lots of KPs and so he spend time on the wing and went into centre bounces as an an outside mid.
He had the smarts to play the outside role. Held his width, was a great outlet on the wing - 6'7' wingman is hard to defend.
Had the happy knack and timing of being on the move in the right spot and able to receive out of stoppage.
Basketball background (Vic Country U16s and U18s) meant he knew where the space was and was also comfortable in congestion.

Basketball, eh? Did you know Pendles played basketball?