Player Watch #15 Sam Wicks

[Kennedy Parker]

Sam Wicks

Sam Wicks is a small forward with tidy skills below his knees and an outstanding awareness around goal. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy product was rookie-listed in November 2018 and was a consistent stand-out for the Sydney Swans’ NEAFL side in 2019. He became Sydney's fifth debutant of season 2020 when he was named to face Collingwood in Round 10, before finishing the season with seven appearances to his name. Wicks heads into 2021 fighting names like Tom Papley

11

Tom Papley

Age

27

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.3

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

3.4

2star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.4

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.6

5star

, Ben Ronke

25

Ben Ronke

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

5.2

5star

G

2.4

5star

, Lewis Taylor

28

Lewis Taylor

Age

29

Ht

174cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.6

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.1

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

9.6

2star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

3star

CL

0.2

2star

D

12.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

1.2

4star

and Sam Gray

15

Sam Gray

Age

32

Ht

176cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.8

4star

D

10.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

5.8

3star

M

2.2

2star

T

2.4

3star

G

0.2

3star

D

12.8

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.0

4star

for a spot in Sydney’s best 22.

Sam Wicks
DOB: 14 September 1999
DEBUT: 2020
DRAFT: #Undefined, 2018 Other
RECRUITED FROM: Manly-Warringah (NSW)/Sydney (NEAFL)

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[caesar88]

If anyone is still in any doubt of his worth to the side, this statistic spells it out.


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Who would doubt his worth to the side?! The kid's a ******* gun!

 

[Ticky009]

Last one for the day and not entirely unexpected given Grim's post above about pressure acts resulting in goals

 

[Sydney defender]

Last one for the day and not entirely unexpected given Grim's post above about pressure acts resulting in goals

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Either this is the same as the one in Errol's thread, or these academy blokes look after each other

 

[grimlock]

Ticky009 where do you find the season heat maps?

 

[Ticky009]

Ticky009 where do you find the season heat maps?

AFL website/AFL Stats Pro/Sydney Swans/select a player/STAT/Possession Heat map appears on the right hand side of page about halfway down the page.

After STATS is where it gets tricky - the heat maps don't show up on my mobile (Android) or IPad. Only on my laptop can I see the heat map I posted above.
On other devices for me it looks like this and appears on the LEFT hand side of screen

 

[grimlock]

Yes I tried it, it seems it caches the heatmap of the last profile you've seen. That's why you've had some double ups. The way to 'fix' it is to refresh the page so it picks up the heatmap of the player you are actually browsing.

This is on a desktop btw.

 

[Millky95]

Bloody hell the AFL site is awful

 

[Ticky009]

Yes I tried it, it seems it caches the heatmap of the last profile you've seen. That's why you've had some double ups. The way to 'fix' it is to refresh the page so it picks up the heatmap of the player you are actually browsing.

This is on a desktop btw.

Dammit. Was a bit late so I didnt notice. I'll go back and redo them tonight

 

[RUNVS]

Bloody hell the AFL site is awful

Nope. We are just not smart enough to understand its brilliance

 

[Glenn_]

 

[caesar88]

On the dotted line please Sam!

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

On the dotted line please Sam!

On that we agree C88

 

[Nuggetz]

Wicks posted onto insta last night. Re-signing imminent imo

 

[Olian]

On the dotted line please Sam!

According to Charlie Gardiner this afternoon he is very close to signing on for two years.

 

[sataris]

According to Charlie Gardiner this afternoon he is very close to signing on for two years.

2 year contracts scare me for kids who have shown promise.

Hoping for 2+1

 

[BloodySwan]

Wicks posted onto insta last night. Re-signing imminent imo

If I was Wicks I'd post random crap like this on instagram just to see peoples reactions on bigfooty

Wicksy - if you're reading this post a picture of you drinking coffee/tea with a pen in shot!

 

[Olian]

2 year contracts scare me for kids who have shown promise.

Hoping for 2+1

James Bell had a 2 +1 contract. That's scary.

 

[dosser]

This appeared on the Cows board. Ralphy?? You need to take out a Swans membership!

 

[sataris]

James Bell had a 2 +1 contract. That's scary.

I did specifically say 'shown something'

 

[caesar88]

This appeared on the Cows board. Ralphy?? You need to take out a Swans membership!

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I nearly had an absolute heart attack reading that, thinking it was referring to Sam Wicks

 

[dosser]

I nearly had an absolute heart attack reading that, thinking it was referring to Sam Wicks

I think it may be?

 

[grimlock]

I think it may be?

Depends on which part of the referring you are, um, referring to?

Context looks like he's talking about Dawson leaving us

 

[dosser]

Depends on which part of the referring you are, um, referring to?

Context looks like he's talking about Dawson leaving us

Ah, I see what you are saying. Yes, context was Dawson leaving us, however it looks like Ralphyboy is a Crows member so I was advising him to get a Swans membership (tongue in cheek).

 

[grimlock]

But back to the topic, it's still puzzling (and worrying) that Wicks's re-signing has still not been announced. I can't imagine what could be holding it up.

 

[BarneyBent]

But back to the topic, it's still puzzling (and worrying) that Wicks's re-signing has still not been announced. I can't imagine what could be holding it up.

Could be trigger clauses for extensions? Mightbe trying to get a 2+1/2 deal and we're haggling over whether it's 1 or 2, or the specifics of the clause?