Was pretty much a non contributor tonight, but if this is seriously the prime focus of your anger tonight, then you need to visit a shrink also.
As shitful as the the umpiring was, he was still poor.
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Was pretty much a non contributor tonight, but if this is seriously the prime focus of your anger tonight, then you need to visit a shrink also.
How much sagitoxin would be required to take out the entire AFL umpiring community.
We played Gibson every game right until he was delisted, ditto McKenzie, Petrie didn't get dropped like he should have, neither did LT or Swallow. Now Hrovat. It doesn't make sense. He's 99% not the reason why lost, but he shouldn't be playing.
Both of which don't play his position. Makes sense.Should have been paid out last year. Unbelieveable that he got to continue his career at the expense of Hibberd or Mountford.
Yes.
Pick Me: Clearance king Nathan Hrovat could be the next Sam Mitchell
- Sam Landsberger
- Herald Sun
- November 05, 2012 12:00AM
IT was the $50 that helped put Nathan Hrovat on the draft map.
After copping a blast for his fitness levels in a frank 2011 season review, the pint-sized midfielder was told it was time to "pull his finger out’’ or his AFL dream would disappear.
Hrovat got straight to work, hell-bent on producing a faultless pre-season.
He grabbed his runners on New Years Day and hit the Rye beach and was desperate to not let a family holiday on the Gold Coast in January stall his fitness regime.
Hrovat forked out $50 for a seven-day membership at a Gold Coast gym and hit it twice most days.
When he wasn’t lifting weights in the sunshine state, Hrovat was out honing his kicking skills at Southport and any football ground he could find.
"Being a diminutive type I need to be really strong around the ball, so it certainly helped,’’ Hrovat said.
His initiative didn’t end there.
The Northern Knights captain hooked up with Brent Harvey, eager to tap into AFL resources after seeing the fruits of Lachie Hunter and Jack Viney’s father-son connections.
Hrovat’s dedication immediately impressed the North Melbourne champion.
"He’s got a lot of talent, and that’s one small part of it, but the want and the desire to constantly improve is a big part of making an AFL footballer, and Nathan’s got that,’’ Harvey said.
"I guess the knock on him is he’s short. And that’s why he wanted to speak to me, to see what sort of extra stuff you need to go to get over that hurdle.’’
Harvey mentored Hrovat this year, dishing out key advice on burst speed techniques, diets and training approaches.
As the Sam Mitchell-type tore TAC Cup sides apart with his clearance work, he went from speculative draft hopeful to a probable late choice.
Then the accolades came, igniting Hrovat up the order.
Vic Metro’s MVP and vice-captain, All-Australian, Knights best-and-fairest winner despite playing just eight games and third in the Morrish medal and second in TAC Cup coaches award.
"I spoke to our recruiters at the start of the year and they said ‘he’s got things to work on, he might get drafted’ to people talking about first-round now,’’ Harvey said.
"It’d be good to have him at Arden St, he’s an outstanding footballer and he’s got great character, so he’d fit our club well.’’
Knights talent manager Peter Kennedy said Hrovat’s standing as a late first-rounder was testament to his consistency and work-rate.
"There’s not a lot of players under 180cm taken, so he knew he had to work really hard,’’ he said.
"He had to cover all bases and he did. His ability to win the ball, weave through traffic and hit targets is (impressive), and he’s got the ability to kick a goal when needed.’’
THE NATHAN HROVAT FILE
AGE: 18
HEIGHT: 174cm
WEIGHT: 76kg
FROM: Northern Knights
POSITION: Inside midfielder
DRAFT RANGE: 15-25
IN THE MIX: Roos (15), Freo (17), Pies (21)
PLAYS LIKE: Sam Mitchell
But he doesn’t have the traits to be a successful midfielder at AFL level either.Hes a midfielder by trade, playing a position he can't compete speed wise in.
Gets cut up by quick rebounding halfbacks because he simply can't go with them.
But he doesn’t have the traits to be a successful midfielder at AFL level either.
Too slow, not strong enough, not an elite kick.
Don’t get me wrong, midfield is probably his most suited role, but who does he replace in our midfield rotation?
The mismanagement has been if we picked him up with the intention of making him a small forward.He is similar to Michael Gibbons at Carlton
Regularly had 30+ playing as a full time midfielder at Williamstown and when he got to Carlton they played him as a full time forward pocket/half forward because he was short
Teague realised and has gradually increased his midfield minutes where he is now getting low 20s every week. Horses for courses. Now Hrovat is probably being kept out of the midfield by Simpkin and others and won't play midfield at our club
We've just mismanaged him
I just can’t see what trait will make him a successful midfielder at AFL level?
But he doesn’t have the traits to be a successful midfielder at AFL level either.
Too slow, not strong enough, not an elite kick.
Don’t get me wrong, midfield is probably his most suited role, but who does he replace in our midfield rotation?
The mismanagement has been if we picked him up with the intention of making him a small forward.
I just can’t see what trait will make him a successful midfielder at AFL level?
The question is who do you take out of the midfield to give him a go?Because he hasn't played any midfield at AFL level
He's not been given a chance to prove that he can be an AFL mid
The question is who do you take out of the midfield to give him a go?
Of our current midfielders, who do you think he would be better than?
We have players in Ahern and LDU who also are potential midfielders.
I just can see where he is in the pecking order.
Unfortunately for him, he isn’t equipped to be a small forward and he isn’t high on the list for midfield minutes.
Poor recruitment and poor player management.
Just another head scratcher to be added to the Brad Scott era.As I said, either this year or last year he should have been permanently stationed in the midfield in the VFL. If he tore it up and gave us no other option but to pick him there, then our poorest performed mid makes way.
Things haven't panned out that way, though. As you say, poor player management and poor recruitment to pick him up with this role in mind.
The question is who do you take out of the midfield to give him a go?
Of our current midfielders, who do you think he would be better than?
We have players in Ahern and LDU who also are potential midfielders.
I just can see where he is in the pecking order.
Unfortunately for him, he isn’t equipped to be a small forward and he isn’t high on the list for midfield minutes.
Poor recruitment and poor player management.
Other than maybe Gold Coast, what other side would be willing to try him as a midfielder?Exactly
Simpkin is in his spot and is a better prospect
Hrovat is cooked at NMFC and should be recruited by another club which has the intention of playing him as a full time mid