Player Watch #46: Robert Hansen Jnr - will debut in front of friends and family vs WCE - go well Bobby

[chubbspeterson]

Looked some ways off it but I think there's a bit to work with there. Coulthard is 22 where Robbie is only 19, so its hard to compare given the ages.
Maric looks incredibly fit whereas Bobby looks a bit behind in that regard which is totally understandable.

 

[Merlin007]

Crikey bit of gun jumping!

Kid is 1.5 months in the AFL system, no preseason, under a beaten down interim coach, little credible on-field leadership and playing for our worst side in modern history.

Might ease on the valuations until he has a fair go at it.

So if we're looking for improvement in the overall quality of the list, this is the VFL comparison between a 19 year old with no AFL pre-season behind him, who left home mid-season, with a 21 year with 3 pre-seasons behind him.

As you say, maybe the gun has jumped a bit early

 

[Mute Point]

Go back & play 4 more games in the 2's. Get stuck into the pre season & see you next year.

 

[Merlin007]

Go back & play 4 more games in the 2's. Get stuck into the pre season & see you next year.

that's fair

 

[DuckYeah]

He had an opportunity to stamp himself as a small forward and he ******* blew it in my opinion. Second or third quarter (* I dont know its all a ******* blur) and had an opportunity to straight line a player on the wing in a contest.. not only was that opportunity missed the exit had him standing flat footed with no pressure. What an easy way to piss away your AFL opportunity.

 

[shinboner magic]

Harsh crowd here

 

[Frank Thring]

Geebus poor kid played his first AFL after being at the club for 6 weeks. Give him a chance ffs

 

[zoomba23]

Crikey bit of gun jumping!

Kid is 1.5 months in the AFL system, no preseason, under a beaten down interim coach, little credible on-field leadership and playing for our worst side in modern history.

Might ease on the valuations until he has a fair go at it.

Isn't the main gripe simply that we played him when he clearly wasn't ready? I know that's my issue with it.

It was the one game of the year we were definitively expected to win, and we brought into the team a child who's been at the club a month.

I can see why that would rub some people the wrong way. Not Robbie's fault of course, but a ******* stupid selection decision. Even watching that four goal game in the VFL you could see he'd struggle at the level. No meat on him, no kicking penetration. I'm not concluding anything about where his career will go off it but it reeked of sentimentality at possibly the worst time of the year for sentimentality to creep in

 

[king of the road]

Classic BF.

Play the kids, play the kids!

Then they play the kids...

Don’t play the kids! They’re not ready.

 

[amaz199]

He has good positioning around the pack.

That puts him better than pretty much all our small or mediums at the drop of the ball. Backing him

 

[guapo]

Classic BF.

Play the kids, play the kids!

Then they play the kids...

Don’t play the kids! They’re not ready.

There is “play the kids”, and they show something, and you stick with them through up and down games as they achieve consistency. Much better than two games and back to the twos.
But I didn’t see anything that grabbed me about this kid. A bit like Spicer, no obvious inherent capability that would one day be a trait of actually making it

 

[DarkPhoenix]

He has good positioning around the pack.

That puts him better than pretty much all our small or mediums at the drop of the ball. Backing him

That was what I noticed as well.

Didn't get a hell of a lot of it but his work around the packs looks promising. Was always buzzing around applying pressure ready to grab and go. Just didn't get much this time.

 

[zoomba23]

Classic BF.

Play the kids, play the kids!

Then they play the kids...

Don’t play the kids! They’re not ready.

Usually I'd agree but this time I reckon the Venn diagram representing those two groups is two distinct circles

 

[chubbspeterson]

He's better off having some knowledge of what AFL level footy is all about and the fitness required so he can get to work in the off-season.
Drury got a taste before he was probably ready as well. Archer and Bergman last year as well, it's paid off for them this year imo getting that exposure.

 

[zoomba23]

There is “play the kids”, and they show something, and you stick with them through up and down games as they achieve consistency. Much better than two games and back to the twos.
But I didn’t see anything that grabbed me about this kid. A bit like Spicer, no obvious inherent capability that would one day be a trait of actually making it

Come off it. We can't be judging his future prospects on the back of his first game for Christ's sake. There's a difference between knowing he's not ready yet and moving to write him off entirely

 

[guapo]

Come off it. We can't be judging his future prospects on the back of his first game for Christ's sake. There's a difference between knowing he's not ready yet and moving to write him off entirely

Similar showing to what Spicer has put up to date. We all know what will happen to Spicer in 4 to 8 weeks time. Hardly got his hands on the footy in 4 quarters, would like to be wrong but can’t see him being any different to the long line of “electric small forwards” we’ve brought in with speculative picks over the years.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Had a taste at the level

Not ready yet

 

[gokangas]

yeah, nah

 

[Sphynx]

Needs a block of VFL, not only is he not ready, he’s apprehensive about the physicality as well

How bad is Coopers injury?

 

[Waynesworld]

Shown glimpse. Back to the VFL to build fitness and strength.

 

[Chadwiko]

Needs an AFL preseason.

 

[zoomba23]

I genuinely have no clue what glimpses he's shown at senior level, but it takes a lot for me to write a player off. There's talent there even if he refuses to show it. Drop him, get a preseason into him, reassess next year

 

[Nylex]

Too raw to pass judgement on. Not ready for AFL yet though. Try him again in 12 months

 

[CBSlogger]

VFL rest of the year, big pre season, then let's see what he's got at AFL.

Not ready.

 

[JGreezy]

There's a balance between giving him experience and not breaking his spirit by him struggling too much. Its hard to speak on without knowing how he goes about it behind the scenes.