AFL Player #40: Tex Wanganeen - Running and kicking drills at training - 23/3

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024 (Category A Rookie)
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 37, ghostdog

 

[YoboD]

Nearly took an absolute speccy yin the goal square too

Can jump

Yeah he looks like he could be that damaging small forward who is good overhead that we’ve been lacking for a while. Definitely keep him in.

 

[Vander18]

certainly has something. Needs to keep building his tank, can’t run at AFL standard right now which is hardly surprising.

Seems to have the tackling gene - for whatever reason they just seem to stick, even against much bigger and stronger players.

 

[citizen-erased]

He's smart too.
Positioning was all about getting his man under the ball and goal side open for him to run into.

For a first game, super impressive.
Also **** the footy gods for that first post. Bunch of ****s

 

[bombreys]

He kicked a goal and he actually chases with intent. Obviously didn’t get a heap of the ball, but was an exciting first game

 

[Lore]

Nearly took an absolute speccy yin the goal square too

Can jump

Does anyone know what the injury was that he had last year? Please tell me not an ACL

 

[TheGrizz]

Does anyone know what the injury was that he had last year? Please tell me not an ACL

Foot issue, stress fracture from memory

 

[Shane Heard]

Foot issue, stress fracture from memory

Aka The Hird Stopper

 

[rumply]

 

[ant555]

Not ready for four quarters at the top level but I hope he gets another shot next week. A few games in a row will do him good .

 

[Lore]

There’s a debut jumper presentation/interview/highlights video on the club website now, they have a reverse camera angle of his goal where you can see how he got control of the ball.

Actually very impressive, nudges his opponent off balance under the fall of the ball (gently enough that you can’t see it from the other angle), guides the ball with one hand then gathers it and takes off towards the goal square.

Very classy

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[naraku]

While he is not quite ready, keep him in


Those tackles are great and that boundary line kick that found Wright(?) great poise and football brains.

 

[andleanback]

Clearly not ready, but still provides a spark. I’d keep him in until tippa is back.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Love his aggression and desperation to get involved (but without getting sucked into the play).

 

[Lore]

 

[TheGrizz]

Has the tricks to make it but desperately needs to work on his motor. That will come though with game time at VFL level.

 

[Mercurial89]

Has the tricks to make it but desperately needs to work on his motor. That will come though with game time at VFL level.

After all the football he has missed I'd be surprised if it wasn't.
Get this kid on a running program in the off-season then stick him in the 22.

 

[BrunoV]

Went down and had 5 shots on goal.

That's a good start.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Those highlights, fwaaaa.
Also, I love that he's not afraid to get into a contest and rip the ball out.
A great trait for any player!

 

[srobbo]

I’d bring him back in for Anzac Day. He’s had a taste, gone back & got a nice feel for it again at VFL. Give him another look in truck, he might just catch fire.

 

[Lore]

Tex Wanganeen​

Key stats: Two goals, 13 disposals, four tackles

"Tex didn't get a lot of the ball, but when he did he was really classy and smart. He's been working on what he does at the fall of the ball, and he really impacted the game with his running patterns. We threw him on-ball late to try to make a difference, and he won a few clearances and was really good."

VFL player review: Rd 4 v Port Melbourne

Fourteen AFL-listed players are assessed from Sunday's loss to Frankston.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[naraku]

I don't think Gav got a lot of the ball most games, but what he did with the ball 99% of the time was just silk magic.
Tex could be the same.

 

[ant555]

Too bad he also cost us 4.2 because he is too raw to get the defensive side yet.
Like him and what he may be but there is no way I am seeing him at AFL level when his weak spot is also the teams weak spot.

 

[Lore]

Interesting that both Jones and Wanganeen are having ankle issues after having a foot problem in the same foot in the last 12 months.

Forward Tex Wanganeen will also be conservatively managed after sustaining an ankle injury in the same VFL game [against Port Melbourne].

After missing the VFL Dons’ Anzac Day game against Collingwood, Wanganeen will likely miss one more week.

“Young Tex has a little bit of ankle impingement,” Murphy said.

“It’s the same side he had with the navicular (injury sustained last year). We’re just making sure we get that right and it’s very much a no-risk policy for him.

“He’s back up running, but he’ll probably miss this week and then be available the following week.”

Injury news: Laverde a test, Hurley building after minor setback

The latest on Jayden Laverde, Michael Hurley, Harrison Jones and Tex Wanganeen.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Lore]

Also wtf is an ankle impingement

 

[owen87]

Also wtf is an ankle impingement

Ankle Impingement

Original Editors Heather Hughes

www.physio-pedia.com