Matty Bate

[A Warrior named Lica]

Anyone know much about this kid?
Expected to be a regular this year?

Always interesting when a kid pops up and goes so well...

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Pretty highly rated, was taken at 13 as a bottom ager in 2004, had he played another year of TAC Cup, I reckon he could have gone Top 5 last year.

Could be a bloody good player. Just needs to find his right foot!

 

[Brock Machine]

Masterful performance by the Bater.....come on, you're all thinking it

 

[Bartram_Class]

I dont want to put too high expectations on the kid, but damn hes awesome.

 

[Brock Machine]

He doesn't look 191cm, really impressed wth his ability to break away from packs and deliver.

Good performance for a kid who could have played TAC last year.

 

[Bartram_Class]

He doesn't look 191cm, really impressed wth his ability to break away from packs and deliver.

Good performance for a kid who could have played TAC last year.

You reckon he could become a Bruce-like tall midfielder?

 

[melbournemartin]

You reckon he could become a Bruce-like tall midfielder?

i think he has the build that could turn him into more of an inside midfield.

supurb game, BOG for me, was just very impressed. made up for the lack of Nathan Jones but it was worth it just to see how FREAKIN TANKED HE IS!

 

[demon_chick7]

awesome game by bate! had to be right up there for BOG. hopefully he plays well next week and we get to see alot more of this young guy during the premiership season

 

[goDees22]

he is a tank. he looked a lot bigger than anyone else, must've spent his summer in the gym 24/7

 

[Demon Errol]

Was at the game tonight against the Lions and his first half was forgettable. Dropped a couple of absolute sitters. To his credit though alot of other players did too ?

His second half was more like it. Had a better impact on the game.

 

[BT]

Was at the game tonight against the Lions and his first half was forgettable. Dropped a couple of absolute sitters. To his credit though alot of other players did too ?

His second half was more like it. Had a better impact on the game.

I'm gonna call a spade a spade & say that he was good last week but poor tonight. Not the end of the world but that's my honest assesment.

 

[melbournemartin]

he was decent tonight but nothing special. he did do a few good lil things by following up his kicks n stuff, putting in the hard yards

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

Was a little disappointing last night - dropping some dollys in front of us - however when he lined up for the supergoal opp, I was impressed with his booming kick.

 

[Deestroy]

Had less impact tonight, but as with all young players he will have his good games and his bad ones. Hopefully he can turn it on again next week to secure a spot in round 1.

 

[rick James]

Yep, there will be the odd bad game, just part of AFL.

I heard that he actually couldn't make the U/16's Victorian team as he was too slow. He spent the next year working on hsi running technique, certianly appears to have worked