Past Matt Owies

[Aphrodite]

 

[GordonBlue]

You can tell he's going to be the kind of player that is clean ball handling, nimble and harrassing. Kicking and handling ability is unknown

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[Jimmae]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4066913/matthew-owies


He's not quick, he's sudden. Could be a shrewd move.

Not sure what you're watching, but he's both.

 

[The Bighouse]

Small defender or HFF/FP here (eventually running through the midfield)?
High hopes on a good re-introduction to footy.

 

[Mr_Plow]

Small defender or HFF/FP here (eventually running through the midfield)?
High hopes on a good re-introduction to footy.

Looks like he can play solid D and is a superb athlete.
Start him off at HB.

 

[AlecDuncan]

Very cool in tight spaces. Could become Cripps' best friend.

 

[The Bighouse]

Looks like he can play solid D and is a superb athlete.
Start him off at HB.

Preference is up forward (junior days as midfielder/forward) but watching his D saw the defender in him, tenacious.

 

[GPW1]

Good to see us getting our Matt quota back up after losing Wright and Shaw.

 

[slashin_velvet]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4066913/matthew-owies


He's not quick, he's sudden. Could be a shrewd move.

Didn't lay a single tackle in that whole video

Sakc

 

[T2B_]

He'll put the owies on the opposition.

Exactly what I came to post, you Thrawnted my pun attempts.

 

[Coona Blues]

Wearing the number 11 in that photo.
Goodness knows we're due a good number 11 !!
Nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Welcome lad.

If Kedge was to go there might be a couple ahead in the pecking order.
McGovern's social media has an 11 tacked on (birthdate?) and Kerr's grandfather being Carlton
royalty used to wear it.

 

[Blue Reaper]

Didn't lay a single tackle this in that whole video

Sakc

He runs through the middle, but.

 

[Wickzki]

Holy ****ing shit.

They let Owies sign up as a Cat B player.

I was certain, given his football pedigree, he'd be one that they pushed to the national draft.

Gun. I cannot understate how much I absolutely love this signing. Gun kid. Great human being. I'd be very surprised if he's not playing senior games in 2020.

For those wanting a pressure forward who can win his own ball, that's the position I suspect he has been headhunted as playing.

 

[Sammoll]

Somehow came across this tweet, which gives some good insight from (apparently) one of his school footy coaches. Looks like we've snagged a bargain, looking forward to seeing what he can do.

 

[Toddski]

This kid can ball!

Those are skills that a highly transferable. Well played SOS and Agresta.

 

[jooce8891]

from watching his Bball highlights, his hunger for the ball is outstanding, and his pressure is just as good, could be a massive diamond in the rough, nice one sos and agresta

 

[Thrawn]

Exactly what I came to post, you Thrawnted my pun attempts.

I just really, really hope he isn't injury prone!

 

[Blue and Blue]

Welcome Matt
Hopefully by the time your finished we owie you for what you gave
Best wishes at Carlton

 

[cisco82]

Preference is up forward (junior days as midfielder/forward) but watching his D saw the defender in him, tenacious.

Perfect! You have to be a defender to play small fwd these days. He's pretty much exactly what were lacking .

 

[gbatman]

It's a different game but strongly built, excellent ball control, good aggression, competitiveness, confidence, skills and agility. If he can apply those skills to footy and can do the running required for AFL and if he has toughness, composure, good in traffic and footy smarts then you have a similar player to Tom/Sam Mitchell.

There's something in the way he moves and controls the ball that I really like in that video. Start him in the VFL, stick him on the ball and just let him go I reckon.

Basketball is a good game for getting your positioning and defending around stoppages right. It improves awareness and quickness of thinking when approaching a stoppage. I found it made me more aware of positioning in relation to where both my teammates and opposition are both offensively and defensively and using my teammates to defend, apply pressure and receive off.

Definitely looks like an onballer. What makes an elite footballer, particularly an elite midfielder is ball handling under pressure, if you don't have that you can't be elite but anyone who has that has a massive chance of at least being good and the way he handles the basketball is impressive.

Definitely keen to see him with the footy in his hands. It's a good signs that other clubs were interested. Makes me wonder if AFL clubs have been keeping an eye on him in a while.

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Cannot believe this guy fell to us, had him in my top 10.

Welcome Matt.

What can you tell us about him, Plow?

 

[Amers]

Reads the play well, a good interceptor and good harassment, all good defensive skills, lets start him down back and see how he goes from there...

 

[Mr_Plow]

What can you tell us about him, Plow?

I actually had no idea who he was prior to this morning, AWG.

He seems to have some really high-quality athletic attributes and defensive tenacity, judging from his basketball clips.

Never seen him with a football in hand, will be an interesting project. Supposedly has a strong junior football background.

 

[katmanblue]

Ballsy move trying to make it as a barely 6 foot basketballer, 6 foot is modern day Muggsy Bogues size.

Being that small on a basketball court you’d need to have great agility and spatial awareness.

Competitive beast, I like those kind of words!!

Welcome Matt

To succeed, yeah.

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[waitingforglory]

Went to primary school with Matt. Was good at any and every sport he did, his mum was the school's pe teacher and grandmother was a big tennis player (can't remember the name for the life of me), so sport runs through his veins. Will be interested to watch him at the baggers

 

[katmanblue]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4066913/matthew-owies


He's not quick, he's sudden. Could be a shrewd move.

Nice stroke too.

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