Past #5: Ben Jacobs - delisted after 64 NM games/10 NM goals - thanks Benny

[Long Live the King]

Structuring the whole team around the unlikey event that Daw is a competent footballer is a complete waste of time.

The experiment is into its 6th season...at what point do you call it a failure and open up a spot?

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[rickety]

Benny goes BANG!!!!!

 

[tazaa]

Rode his goal all the way in

 

[lockheed]

So pleased to see Benny get through his second game, and it's a bonus that he's found some form so quickly.

 

[shintemaster]

Apparently there's no place for a close tagger in today's game.

P.S. I'm sticking with my plan of having him take up a chunk of JZ's work in the middle. Play close and license to get the ball. He has a massive frame on him and hits bloody hard. 2 games back after basically 2 years out of the game. He could get better.

 

[Rooboy 96]

boy we missed him, great to have him back.

 

[roojor]

Will only get better forgot how tough he was and is ideal for our midfield lets cunnington play his own game and jack to forward

 

[Gasometer]

I shed a tear when he smashed that goal.

 

[giantroo]

 

[scottywiper]

Was magic to see him kick that goal after all he's been through.

 

[Twinkletoes]

So good to have you back Benny Bhoy.

 

[Kciza]

Seemed to accumulate a bit more of the ball today than he usually does. Hopefully it's a sign of things to come because he is a lovely kick

 

[MaddAdam]

Yep, that goal.

Lazy 107 dreamteam points while giving his man a bath.

Elite in his role.

 

[nicko74]

Solid

 

[Horizons_00]

Seemed to accumulate a bit more of the ball today than he usually does. Hopefully it's a sign of things to come because he is a lovely kick

He was generating heaps more possessions before he was injured

Heaps of people have underatted his ability but he is a crucial player

To come from years of injury and hard work it’s astonishing he hasn’t lost it. Probably my favourite player atm and one of the best taggers we have ever seen

 

[Heaps of fun]

He set sail with a bomb, he set sail with a bo-omb! Here comes the Kangas.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Psychic Roo]

Run down was great.

 

[ThePezDispenser]

My man!!!

Pressure acts and tackling was immense, whilst also able to rack up the possies!

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Benny ‘the vice’ Jacobs.

Never lets a tackle slip. Why pay a tackling coach when you can get this guy to teach everyone?

 

[ferball]

Run down was great.

Not just that. Watch the end of the tackle. As he's dragging Long down he twists as long drops the ball/kicks and throws his own weight toward the goal side forcing Long's kick toward the boundary/away from goal.

Awareness and skill.

 

[Roo Beauty]

I was dead wrong about the need for this bloke in our team. If he can continue to accumulate the footy while tagging the oppo’s best mid out of the game that’s a massive plus for us.

 

[lockheed]

I was dead wrong about the need for this bloke in our team. If he can continue to accumulate the footy while tagging the oppo’s best mid out of the game that’s a massive plus for us.

From memory, his injury was one of the reasons we fell away in 2016.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Get around him!