AFL Player 45: Tom Edwards

[Beerfish]

He's going to be the greatest 45 ever seen.

 

[Old man fletch]

How has he had a year off with an ACL, in the gym every single day, and not put on 1 gram worth of muscle..?

How a simple blood test was a 'game changer' for new Bomber

One day Tom Edwards was teaching, the next he's signing with his boyhood club after booting four second-half goals in Essendon's match sim

www.afl.com.au

Celiac disease. Haven't heard any more since this article, so not sure if there are other things restricting weight gain now this is known and being managed

 

[nipst@r]

Was off at the end of the game for a hia.
Did he fail or is he right to play vs the pies?

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Was off at the end of the game for a hia.
Did he fail or is he right to play vs the pies?

Hes fine to play, passed the HIA

 

[Zach Package]

mature rookie pathway too. Good call.

Come from absolutely nowhere, not a lot of muscle and very sinew-y

 

[the PILL]

I like him. He's the type of player that actualy demands a good defender from the opposition or he'll damage you, either on the scoreboard or assisting.

Very refreshing observing his determination to contribute, especially after his ACL.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Edwards is exactly the type of player that would normally play for the Pies and kick 3-4 goals on ANZAC Day.

Or May...

Heh heh

 

[Jobe Watson]

So, a bloke watching a TV screen 1700km away can overrule club doctors who have actually assessed the player in-person? Good job AFL.

 

[Blind Turn]

So, a bloke watching a TV screen 1700km away can overrule club doctors who have actually assessed the player in-person? Good job AFL.

And then admit they made a mistake and we just have to live with that almighty ****-up in a close game where we were already down a player.

The AFL can deem a club brings the game into disrepute yet stuff like this is shrugged off as a once-off error when, in actual fact, they themselves are the ones truly dissing the reputation of the competition.

 

[Mercurial89]

And then admit they made a mistake and we just have to live with that almighty ****-up in a close game where we were already down a player.

The AFL can deem a club brings the game into disrepute yet stuff like this is shrugged off as a once-off error when, in actual fact, they themselves are the ones truly dissing the reputation of the competition.

I'd be putting some pressure on the AFL as clubs to obtain some kind of compensation for clear and obvious stuff ups of a certain nature by the AFL.
They can't get points or results overturned so something like footy cap relief or an additional amount in the money handed out by the AFL might work.

Carlton are going to cop a mother of all fines due to their mismanagement I don't see why clubs can't get almost like tax breaks in their football department cap when a significant AFL error is made.
It wouldn't happen that often but there needs to be some form of accountability for those running the game.
The lack of repercussions is just eroding relationships between the clubs and the AFL head office.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

So, a bloke watching a TV screen 1700km away can overrule club doctors who have actually assessed the player in-person? Good job AFL.

There’s been far worse hits to th head where player has gone on and found to have concussion later. De Goey the other week for one. What could this bloke have seen that the doctors at the ground didn’t see?

 

[Blind Turn]

What could this bloke have seen that the doctors at the ground didn’t see?

This. If they want to be open and honest with the football public we have to know what this ARC doctor saw that was so ‘compelling’.

 

[Old Campaigner]

If they want to be open and honest with the football public

ah hahahaha

 

[Blind Turn]

ah hahahaha

Good point

 

[Atavistic]

I don't get why the ban was overturned. The contact looked avoidable to me, and Noble's feet were off the ground when contact was made. Strange. Is the league trying to reduce the number of concussions or not?

 

[Bombers36]

List spots in general are tight. As far as the rookie list goes we already have SEH, Visentini, Edwards (now confirmed) and ADW all a good chance of being there next year. Then you likely have a couple of MSD picks, bam there's 6 for next year and we're at capacity unless someone gets delisted or upgraded at the ND.

It's a hasty decision for a mature aged recruit whose fitness base is lower than most mature aged picks due to being coeliac, will be 26 before he plays AFL again and is coming off an ACL.

It's looking like a very good decision now eth-dog to sign the Messiah up so quickly. Early days but the Messiah is working well with May & Caddy...

 

[eth-dog]

It's looking like a very good decision now eth-dog to sign the Messiah up so quickly. Early days but the Messiah is working well with May & Caddy...

 

[bombersim]

He sort of like the off-brand, Temu version of James Hird, if you squint hard enough…

Stuffs a few things up, does some great things… I’m not quite sure what to make of him yet. Certainly there is something to work with, whatever that is.

 

[crackers65]

I don't get why the ban was overturned. The contact looked avoidable to me, and Noble's feet were off the ground when contact was made. Strange. Is the league trying to reduce the number of concussions or not?

Couldn’t be anything to do with the AFL’s nepotism baby could it?

 

[bombersim]

Couldn’t be anything to do with the AFL’s nepotism baby could it?

That you Ross?

 

[The Donners]

I'd be putting some pressure on the AFL as clubs to obtain some kind of compensation for clear and obvious stuff ups of a certain nature by the AFL.
They can't get points or results overturned so something like footy cap relief or an additional amount in the money handed out by the AFL might work.

Carlton are going to cop a mother of all fines due to their mismanagement I don't see why clubs can't get almost like tax breaks in their football department cap when a significant AFL error is made.
It wouldn't happen that often but there needs to be some form of accountability for those ruining the game.
The lack of repercussions is just eroding relationships between the clubs and the AFL head office.

efa

 

[Petrify]

I found footage of our coaching staff deciding he should randomly play on a wing today for absolutely no reason:

 

[ant555]

The reason is simple. We desperately need someone on wing who can take a mark.
Did not work and cost us today but we are at a stage where we do need to try things.
Insanity will be going back to the same well too many times.

 

[Zach Package]

The reason is simple. We desperately need someone on wing who can take a mark.
Did not work and cost us today but we are at a stage where we do need to try things.
Insanity will be going back to the same well too many times.

The set up has worked for the last 2 and a half games, I wouldn’t have changed anything.

Moving him cost us a fair bit of spacing IMO.

A valid gripe I reckon

 

[ant555]

The set up has worked for the last 2 and a half games, I wouldn’t have changed anything.

Moving him cost us a fair bit of spacing IMO.

A valid gripe I reckon

The basic question is will it hurt Edwards long term?
No.
He came up against a side he knew would restrict our kick mark game so he looked for an option on the wing that could help.
It didn’t work but it is not simply bad thinking.
Edwards out of the Forward line didn’t cost us 14 goals.
You try and find solutions.
Edwards will be fine.
People are carrying on like we have wrecked the bloke and cost us a top 4 spot.
Rebuilding is about finding out shot. Like Roberts in the midfield. Did not work so moved him back. Still have a midfield issue. They tried to add hard nut.
I hope they keep looking at options.
God knows we need them.

 

[Zach Package]

Never not kicked multiple goals except for a game where he did his ACL in the first 5 mins > wing > half back line > dropped.