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

[Loose_Cannon]

Fingers crossed he can put on some size similar to how Shannon Neale has.

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Most young men grow into their neck. Look how similar Neal's neck looks in that first photo to Matlock's. Fingers crossed

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Jaidyn Stephenson and Curtis Taylor say hi.

-14.7kg in their time with us was really beneficial.

 

[Possession]

So he’s a forward now?

Has exposed form on both ends as a junior, to be fair. Should settle him forward if they've moved him there now though.

 

[zoomba23]

Has exposed form on both ends as a junior, to be fair. Should settle him forward if they've moved him there now though.

Past evidence would indicate that you're ****ing mental for suggesting this

 

[Twinkletoes]

Most young men grow into their neck.

Not all….



(CuriousLPlater alert)

 

[hotchilli]

Shannon Neale has put on more weight in the last 3 years than our whole playing list combined.

Excluding Logue

 

[HugeJohnson1]

-14.7kg in their time with us was really beneficial.

Must be their extra curricular activities outside of footy, such as- BMX riding and burning up dance floors at Eve bar.

 

[nelroo]

Moves like Waitey. Has the footy brain like him too. We need him to turn into a peak Waite.

 

[Gasometer]

Fingers crossed he can put on some size similar to how Shannon Neale has.

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Immediately misread this and thought of MW having a resemblance to the Great Whipping Boy ..Shannon Watt

 

[The Dougster]

peak Waite.

Early 2016 was peak Waite then he got injured

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

Excluding Logue

Never seen a bloke more primed for bush footy than Logue. $1,500 cash a game. Working for the club presidents tv antenna business (early finish Fridays, late in Mondays). Get in trouble with one of the netballers at the Chicken and Prawn day. Primed.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Never seen a bloke more primed for bush footy than Logue. $1,500 cash a game. Working for the club presidents tv antenna business (early finish Fridays, late in Mondays). Get in trouble with one of the netballers at the Chicken and Prawn day. Primed.

Arrives at the venue for Mad Monday at 7am. Violently insists everyone must keep drinking whenever it looks like the mood is dropping. Unavailable rounds 6-8 because of a Bali trip. Comes back and snaps at the coach during selection because the team hasn't been winning while he's been drinking cocktails. Dropped to the twos for a week in response and has 32 and kicks 7. Back in the ones and yells at a first year senior player on field, has to apologise to the club on Thursday night schnitzel night. Beloved by all

 

[giantroo]

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

Arrives at the venue for Mad Monday at 7am. Violently insists everyone must keep drinking whenever it looks like the mood is dropping. Unavailable rounds 6-8 because of a Bali trip. Comes back and snaps at the coach during selection because the team hasn't been winning while he's been drinking cocktails. Dropped to the twos for a week in response and has 32 and kicks 7. Back in the ones and yells at a first year senior player on field, has to apologise to the club on Thursday night schnitzel night. Beloved by all

Misses training one night as he is getting a haircut.
Never seen at a Tuesday night training.
Does the clearance deadline shuffle every year, depending on how the team he is playing for is travelling.
Wins the last man standing, which is rigged for paying him player payments outside the cap.
Old ducks in the canteen love him, and he even puts in a shift in there as canteen duty, which is him taking 3 orders, whilst eating dimmies standing at the back of the canteen talking s**t with committee members.
Calls everyone Chief as he couldn’t be f**ked remembering their names.
Also king of making up nicknames for teammates.
How good is country footy.

 

[King Corey]

Misses training one night as he is getting a haircut.
Never seen at a Tuesday night training.
Does the clearance deadline shuffle every year, depending on how the team he is playing for is travelling.
Wins the last man standing, which is rigged for paying him player payments outside the cap.
Old ducks in the canteen love him, and he even puts in a shift in there as canteen duty, which is him taking 3 orders, whilst eating dimmies standing at the back of the canteen talking s**t with committee members.
Calls everyone Chief as he couldn’t be f**ked remembering their names.
Also king of making up nicknames for teammates.
How good is country footy.

Country footy?

Hang on i thought you were just speaking literally of a week in the life of Mykonos Logue.

 

[JUST NORTH]

Has exposed form on both ends as a junior, to be fair. Should settle him forward if they've moved him there now though.

agreed,sometimes research is needed, Matt is more than a backman,he kicked 27 goals in 14 games during his draft year,with the majority of those games as a defender because his brother Jack was playing key forward,he kicked 25 in 12 games,therefore the the handfull of games Matt played forward it would be an understatement that he did quite well.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Wins the last man standing, which is rigged for paying him player payments outside the cap.

Exceptional gear

Also king of making up nicknames for teammates.

At least 40% of them are mildly racist

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

Exceptional gear



At least 40% of them are mildly racist

Pulls up next to a club stalwart at the pi55 trough pre-game. “Here he is”, as he has no idea of Club Stalwart’s name. “How come you ain’t out there having a kick. Bit of rain about and ya no good” both laugh as club stalwart is in his 70’s.

Club Stalwart: “I see Thommo’s young fella is getting a game in the 1’s today”

Logue: “yeah it’s good to see. And just quietly, probably could have come a bit earlier, as he has been going very well. His old man will be proud”
(This said with no idea who Thommo or his son are).

“I’ll catch up with ya for a beer after the game” (Logue is in the car heading home 10 mins after the game)

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Big Raffle held at club to raise valuable funds for the club. 1st prize is a new Toyota and despite not buying any tickets, Logue’s name is called out as the surprised winner. The script calls for; “I love this [insert club] so much they have almost become part of my family. I am going to donate this car straight back to the club.”

Logue doesn’t do scripts very well, and proceeds to ask for a manual in red with the sports performance upgrade package. President and head of social club clutches chest and collapses.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Moves like Waitey. Has the footy brain like him too. We need him to turn into a peak Waite.

Good call.

I was super impressed by his forward smarts with his goals. Plenty to work with.

 

[King Corey]

Moves like Waitey. Has the footy brain like him too. We need him to turn into a peak Waite.

Yeh good we're keeping expectations in line with reality.

To my eyes he was like a taller Wayne Carey but with higher take-off pace.

 

[groo]

Moves like Waitey. Has the footy brain like him too. We need him to turn into a peak Waite.

He doesn't have Waite's speed. Whitlock will need to be as strong as an ox to be a forward. He should be asked to watch a lot of Hawkin's footage. Learn those pushes to the chest and back to create space. He needs to find the weights program that Larkey lost and follow it to the letter over the next few years.

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Shannon Neale has put on more weight in the last 3 years than our whole playing list combined.

Griffin Logue says hi

 

[muttley45]

Matt's brother Jack being talked up as a Ruck/Forward for his debut v Geelong at Handbag stadium, will be interested to see how he fares with his Ruck work.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Matt's brother Jack being talked up as a Ruck/Forward for his debut v Geelong at Handbag stadium, will be interested to see how he fares with his Ruck work.

I wouldn’t expect much, he is coming off a very low base in the SANFL.

Only averaging 9 disposals and 3.3 marks per game.

Watched plenty of him last year and his ruck work isn’t pretty.