AFL Player # 8: Ben "Goblin" Hobbs

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 12, Schnitzengruben

 

[owen87]

Is he already the best player in our team at taking contact and still being able to release a handball to a teammate?

Merrett, Parish and Shiel more get by with quick hands before the tackler has a chance to get them (am not suggesting Hobbs hands are slow at all btw)

Perkins is very good at it

 

[andleanback]

I don’t know why people want to bring in more mature mids which would take away from Hobbs midfield time next year. He should be a full time mid next year after another solid preseason.

 

[bombreys]

4th on the ground for distance covered at high speed @2.3kms

3rd highest speed recorded on the ground @31.3kms (faster then Hind)

Loving that he’s not just a tough inside nut, seems to have some pop in those legs aswell. Bodes well for future development. Love him.

Would absolutely not have picked that with the speed. Could really have one here.

 

[JayJ20]

Is he already the best player in our team at taking contact and still being able to release a handball to a teammate?

Merrett, Parish and Shiel more get by with quick hands before the tackler has a chance to get them (am not suggesting Hobbs hands are slow at all btw)

Perkins is the best at this.

 

[frodos gardener]

He’s got that vibe about him that he’s going to work his backside off to become a very good footballer.

 

[Old Campaigner]

I don’t know why people want to bring in more mature mids which would take away from Hobbs midfield time next year. He should be a full time mid next year after another solid preseason.

I mean we kinda do need midfield depth

 

[andleanback]

I mean we kinda do need midfield depth

Build the depth from beneath. Don’t push caldwell Perkins and Hobbs further back.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Looking thicc, lock him in the 22 next year.

 

[ant555]

Has to be in the side with a decent amount of midfield rotation. Is good enough to split time in the middle and as the pressure small forward.

 

[Nugget 83]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

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In ripping nick looks Hobbs.

Season No. 2 beckons.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

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What camera do you have? It looks very good.

 

[Zach Package]

He’s more jacked than Jake Melksham was when Gerard Healy decided he was doping just by looking at him.

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

Goal kicking mid

 

[Nugget 83]

What camera do you have? It looks very good.

I have Nikon D7500.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

I love being at the club: Hobbs primed for season two

Ben Hobbs is ready to elevate his game in 2023.

www.essendonfc.com.au

"I love being at the club": Hobbs primed for season two​

Ben Hobbs is ready to elevate his game in 2023.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Injury update: Hobbs sidelined, Guelfi back running

Second-year mid suffers injury, forward making positive strides.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Essendon midfielder Ben Hobbs has been sidelined with a calf strain following training last week.

Hobbs suffered an early onset of calf tightness during main training last week and an MRI confirmed he has a low-grade strain. Hobbs is set to miss the next few weeks of pre-season training.

“Ben has completed a full pre-season up to this point, so we expect him to recover quickly,” General Manager of Performance Daniel McPherson said.

“His calf has settled quickly and should only require a small de-load before he re-enters the program in the coming weeks."

Both players are expected to miss the club’s first practice match against the Gold Coast Suns on Thursday, February 23.

 

[andleanback]

Lol another calf strain. Great S&c department

 

[citizen-erased]

Harley reid should keep impressing whilst he's training with us

 

[DapperDon]

Lol another calf strain. Great S&c department

It's ok, we did a review and we know it's bad. We don't look to be changing anything, but we know it's bad.

Donate to the Recovery Plan!

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Did Crow put a curse on us or something?

 

[Vindicater]

Going to own a best 22 place by the end of the season

 

[Lore]

Second-year midfielder Ben Hobbs is making strong progress in his recovery from a calf strain.

The 19-year-old will continue to build fitness as he looks to re-join main training this week.

“Ben’s calf has recovered well, and he has progressed with running and kicking drills,” McPherson said.

“He has been on a modified program over the last few weeks but will integrate back into full training this week.”

Injury news: Stringer ruled out for round one

All the latest injury news ahead of our opening game against the Hawks.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Lore]

No longer mentioned in the injury update and played VFL last week

 

['51 Bewick]

No longer mentioned in the injury update and played VFL last week

Any idea how he went?