Toast English Class is in. Welcome to the Dogs Tim English Pick 19

[Hard Ball Get]

He reminds me of a young Cox for West Coast, he was alway intercepting marks in defence, and would kick the odd goal.

If he is anything near Cox, he is special. Cox was a superstar. Not the best tap ruckman ever but in my view the best ruckman/onball type.

 

[hatescaptcha]

We’re so lucky to have our ruck position sorted for the next 10 years - and for him to be an absolute superstar in the making is even better.

Really sets us up - list wise.


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[Glaeken Oracle]

Average them out and you get two bland 187cm midfielders with some handy ball skills.
I prefer the long and the short of it.

Or join them together and you have a 375cm colossus who can play ruck and half back at the same time!

 

[bobs head soup]

One stat that got overlooked a little on Friday night was that we scored 7.6 directly from stoppages.

13 shots on goal from stoppages is outrageous and a testament to Tim's development as a ruckman and growing synergy with the onballers.

 

[Glaeken Oracle]

If the club was smart, they'd be marketing Tim English-bouffant wigs. Imagine when crowds are back at Marvel, a sea of these:

 

[Glaeken Oracle]

Or the latest fashion accessory to wear around your neck - the Tim English Adam's apple:



Maybe a Groucho-mask-like combination of the bouffant and the apple!

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Or the latest fashion accessory to wear around your neck - the Tim English Adam's apple:

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Maybe a Groucho-mask-like combination of the bouffant and the apple!

You know what they say about a man with a big Adam's apple...

Big hands. Bigger than Tommy Boyd even.

 

[bresker]

The man can mark. And if he doesn't mark he brings it to ground and follows up with a great second effort. He's so valuable to our kick-ins, plan B is kick long and hard to English if the tippy tappy running game isn't on offer.

 

[immortalmike]

I did not expect Tim to be this good in the air. Some of the safest hands I've seen in a young ruckman.
Second only to Naughton on our list.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Who'd have believed that after R7 English would be higher in the coaches votes than Grundy!

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Worked as a recruiter/scout for another Melbourne based team in 2016. Saw a lot of English that year, our group ranked him as the best of the WA crop, which included Powell-Pepper, Petrevski-Seton, Bolton, Fisher among others. Personally think he will be the best player in the competition at some stage. Side note, Naughton from Peel was on our watch list. Round 1, my report went back telling them forget the Naughton on the list, little brother Aaron is the one to watch.

 

[CDBulldog]

Worked as a recruiter/scout for another Melbourne based team in 2016. Saw a lot of English that year, our group ranked him as the best of the WA crop, which included Powell-Pepper, Petrevski-Seton, Bolton, Fisher among others. Personally think he will be the best player in the competition at some stage. Side note, Naughton from Peel was on our watch list. Round 1, my report went back telling them forget the Naughton on the list, little brother Aaron is the one to watch.

I don’t disagree with you re English. I’ve written on this forum some time ago he will be the best player in the comp, despite some of my bulldog brethren wavering in their conviction. He is just incredibly skilfull for a player of his size.

 

[Boyd oh Boyd]

His marking around the ground seems to be the key to us winning. In all of our wins he's had 6+ marks, in all of our loses he's had 4 or less. He's also just a tad behind Naughton's contested mark average last year which is pretty incredible.

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

His marking around the ground seems to be the key to us winning. In all of our wins he's had 6+ marks, in all of our loses he's had 4 or less. He's also just a tad behind Naughton's contested mark average last year which is pretty incredible.

The most incredible thing is - he doesn't look particularly good at it. But he obviously judges it in the air exceptionally and his height and long arms work to his advantage. Contrast his pack marking with Naughton who attacks the footy in the air as good as anyone in the comp and has vice like hands.

Once Timmy gets a bit more strength, he'll get the that prime position more and more and will be very hard to beat in the air (he is already!)

 

[dogwatch]

It's been said before but worth repeating: he looks more and more like Gary Dempsey the way he takes those one-grab plucks, especially drifting back in defence.

 

[Sentinel]

It's been said before but worth repeating: he looks more and more like Gary Dempsey the way he takes those one-grab plucks, especially drifting back in defence.

I'm too young to have seen Dempsey but, particularly given his blonde hair, he also reminds me a lot of Scott Wynd circa 1998 dropping back for a defensive intercept.

 

[Hoges64]

Worked as a recruiter/scout for another Melbourne based team in 2016. Saw a lot of English that year, our group ranked him as the best of the WA crop, which included Powell-Pepper, Petrevski-Seton, Bolton, Fisher among others. Personally think he will be the best player in the competition at some stage. Side note, Naughton from Peel was on our watch list. Round 1, my report went back telling them forget the Naughton on the list, little brother Aaron is the one to watch.

Probably helped by the fact that Powell-Pepper, Petrevski-Seton, Bolton and Fisher are all a bit s**t.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

English's marking ability has more to do with the fact he's a natural footballer who understands when he has to push into packs and when he has to push into space, more than the marks itself.

Another element of his skills helping the team is the fact that we trust him to use the ball after those marks. No players running alongside looking for the handball or the ridiculously short kick. Treat him like a midfielder and that opens up how we use the and the options we have after those marks. Everyone trusts him and spreads for him.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Reckon we'll see a 60+ metre goal from Timmy one day. He's a booming kick

 

[CaptainMurphy]

Reckon we'll see a 60+ metre goal from Timmy one day. He's a booming kick

Gotta learn to consistently kick the 30m ones first

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Probably helped by the fact that Powell-Pepper, Petrevski-Seton, Bolton and Fisher are all a bit sh*t.

To be fair Powell-Pepper is an absolute hard ball beast, albeit with not the greatest disposal. Had the club i was with had an early enough pick that's who they would have taken. Petrevski-Seton an absolute Rolls-Royce who looks to have stagnated. Bolton did nothing for me all the times I watched him, up until a final where he played the best quarter of football from an individual I've ever seen. Single handedly brought his side back into the contest. Fisher an absolute gun, unfortunately a bit of a boy amongst men still. He played league footy all 2016 with a struggling Perth side, regularly in the centre square and one of their best performer all year/ would probably at this stage be a bit of cream for a side contending.
English still the best of the lot though

 

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[doggies ftw]

Timmy leading the comp in contested marks with 13. Going at 2 goals a game. Really nice stuff! Goal kicking seems to have improved a bit, still room there though. Gonna tear a game apart very soon, so so sooo important to us now. Loving him!

 

[cleveland]

 

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