Review Brendon Ah Chee (2018 - 2021)

[kane249]

Details
Height 188cm
Weight 88kg
DOB 21-12-1993
Debut Round 3 Vs North Melbourne 2015 (Port); Round 8 Vs GWS 2018 (West Coast)

Player honours: -
Draft History: 2011 National Draft pick 45, Traded to West Coast 2017

Games
Port Adelaide Power 27 Games, 17 Goals
West Coast Eagles 31 Games, 14 Goals

 

[ZergMinion]

https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/af...gles-went-after-brendon-ah-chee-ng-b88631841z

AFL writers will marvel for years how we got this guy for a 3rd round pick downgrade once he establishes himself as our midfield prime mover. Barring injury, a certainty for round 1 2018. You heard it here first.

 

[ZergMinion]

Brendon has been assigned Brent Staker's old number 41, last worn in an AFL match by Andrew Strijk in 2012. Also the same number he wore at Port.

 

[CM9000]

Expect big things from Brendon in 2018.

Could turn out to be a JPK type steal.

 

[ZergMinion]

Ah Chee looking to cement an inside midfield role for us next year:

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2017-12-11/ah-chees-midfield-goal-set

 

[kerr87]

Only 24 next season. Just hitting his prime now. Will add a lot of flair to our vanilla midfield. Excited.

 

[ZergMinion]

Not too much new here, but an interview with Ah Chee from the Broome Advertiser:

https://thewest.com.au/news/regional/ah-chee-keen-to-shine-at-west-coast-ng-b88722364z

 

[HawkerHurricane]

I attended the Sam Mitchell panel night down at the Busselton footy club the other night, and when asked about Ah Chee, he said "he started slow, but has been on fire over the last two weeks", sounds like he is timing his run nicely

 

[ZergMinion]

Congratulations to Brendon for being selected on the field for JLT 1 on the half forward line.

Pretty strong team we're fielding so he's right in contention for round 1.

 

[ZergMinion]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-02-23/new-eagle-backs-himself-to-break-through

Good to hear Brendon sounding confident of winning a multi-year contract on better pay based on his performance this year. Sounds like he's in the right mindset to get the best out of himself.

 

[ZergMinion]

JLT1 could honestly have gone better. 10 possessions to 3QT and a rolled ankle requiring scans is not the most auspicious start.

Still...hopefully the scans come back fine and Brendon builds from here.

 

[ZergMinion]

Oh come on....

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-02-28/ankle-sprain-outs-eagle-recruit-for-a-month

Get well soon Brendon.

 

[ZergMinion]

It sounds like Ah Chee will be missing the first 1-2 rounds of the regular season:

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/video/2018-03-14/ah-chee-making-progress

 

[ZergMinion]

Look...I'm just going to slide into an alcohol fueled depressive episode until Brendon is fit to play again...

He's now going to miss the first 4-5 rounds:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-03-20/knee-surgery-to-delay-star-eagles-return

 

[ZergMinion]

I'm starting to sober up, and Ah Chee is due to make his return via East Perth this week.

With Ryan and Venables both going down, there's a definite spot for him in the 22 if he returns well.

 

[ZergMinion]

It's taken a while, but Ah Chee to finally debut vs GWS this Saturday. He'll be replacing Petruccelle on the HFF one would think given Petrol is out with an ankle, and Ainsworth is also coming in for Shuey.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Random useless facts: He'll be
- the 240th Eagles player,
- the ninth to appear for both WCE and Port (although only the second former Port player behind Scotty Cummings to appear for West Coast - the others all went the other way),
- the fourth Brendon/Brendan (behind Fewster, Krummel and Retzlaff) and
- the seventh player to appear in the number 41 (behind Strijk, Staker, Humm, Fletcher, Krummel and Phil Magic Narkle) and the first since Strijk was delisted in 2012.

 

[ZergMinion]

Good debut from Arch in an amazing win. 21 touches, 7 marks, 5 tackles. Looked like he belonged. Only 62% game time too, so plenty of potential for bigger games.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Good debut from Arch in an amazing win. 21 touches, 7 marks, 5 tackles. Looked like he belonged. Only 62% game time too, so plenty of potential for bigger games.

Thought he started slowly. Definitely found his feet in the second half. Hopefully holds his spot despite the guys coming back in, would like to see him get a few weeks to build form.

 

[ZergMinion]

Thought he started slowly.

Well he did start the match on the bench

 

[ZergMinion]

Article on today's Ah Chee interview:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-14/eagles-pumped-for-awesome-tiger-challenge

 

[ZergMinion]

Named on the extended bench for Sunday which should ensure around 23 hours of clenching on my part.

 

[ZergMinion]

Ah Chee survives the cut and will play Sunday vs the reigning premiers.

Un-clenching in progress.

 

[ZergMinion]

Not a big game stats-wise from Arch in our glorious win over Richmond, but he played his role well. His marking from defensive 50 exit kicks was a feature, and of his 9 possessions, 8 were contested.

Provides something different so he should hold his spot barring injury. Only a matter of time till he gets hold of an opposition team and shows his true value to the side.

 

[ZergMinion]

Another slow game from Arch, but he must be playing his role ok as he's got another gig against the Saints this Saturday night.

I reckon his versatility saved him this week, with Sheed being dropped to make way for the returning Luke Shuey he may get some extra mid rotations.