RIOLINWITPUNCHS
Big Footy Member
Described by that pig of a man Demetriou as "I.Omith" on brownlow night a few years back, the endurance king enters 2018 as a 29 year old.
Yes 29. I fail to believe he is 29 but I guess its easy to forget we picked him up as a mature player from obscurity with pick 16. What an astute pick up.
The funny thing about this is a few year's later Carlton had clearly seen our success with a mature ager at pick 16 and tried to do the same thing by selecting Blaine Boekhurst
. What a pisser.
Anyway back to Smithy, how bloody durable is this bloke (touches wood).
Since debuting in 2011 where he played 16 games he has gone on to play 22, 24, 24,25,24 and 22 games respectively.
Averaged 22 touches a match last year and I would say was a little down on his previous years but I am sure it didn't help him with the train wreck of an injury list we sustained.
He booted 14 goals for the year which was actually 5 better then 2016 which I found interesting.
If only he had have kicked 15 for the year.
Who could forget that last kick of the game miss that would have sunk the pussy cat dolls. You just could not write that s**t if you tried given what happened in the QF final of 2016.
One other thing that might explain his lower then average year was the loss of one B.Hill. Those 2 together were unbelievable 2012-2016 and his loss cannot be under-estimated.
I fully expect Smithy to have a big year and increase his output from 2017. Is still the fittest man at the club and I see no reason why he cannot carry some good form for the next few years given his fitness level.
He is actually one of the most important players we have I reckon as we do not have like for like replacement for him should he get injured do we?
Yes 29. I fail to believe he is 29 but I guess its easy to forget we picked him up as a mature player from obscurity with pick 16. What an astute pick up.
The funny thing about this is a few year's later Carlton had clearly seen our success with a mature ager at pick 16 and tried to do the same thing by selecting Blaine Boekhurst
. What a pisser.Anyway back to Smithy, how bloody durable is this bloke (touches wood).
Since debuting in 2011 where he played 16 games he has gone on to play 22, 24, 24,25,24 and 22 games respectively.
Averaged 22 touches a match last year and I would say was a little down on his previous years but I am sure it didn't help him with the train wreck of an injury list we sustained.
He booted 14 goals for the year which was actually 5 better then 2016 which I found interesting.
If only he had have kicked 15 for the year
.Who could forget that last kick of the game miss that would have sunk the pussy cat dolls. You just could not write that s**t if you tried given what happened in the QF final of 2016.
One other thing that might explain his lower then average year was the loss of one B.Hill. Those 2 together were unbelievable 2012-2016 and his loss cannot be under-estimated.
I fully expect Smithy to have a big year and increase his output from 2017. Is still the fittest man at the club and I see no reason why he cannot carry some good form for the next few years given his fitness level.
He is actually one of the most important players we have I reckon as we do not have like for like replacement for him should he get injured do we?
