Paul Chapman

[pavilion103]

I was hoping someone would know what is going on with Chapman at the moment. I know he hasn't played a pre-season game. Is he still carrying injury from last year? Is he playing this week? round 1?

I hope he is fit and firing because he is one of our most important players. Really don't want him missing much footy

 

[sarah.13]

He played against Brisbane last Friday!

 

[pavilion103]

ok I was unaware of that, thank you very much for letting me know

 

[Claude Balls]

I was really hoping to hear at some stage in December or Jan that his groin surgery was deemed a great succes, and that he has subsequently been 'tearing up the track', and of course feeling the 'best he has in years'. Alas, I haven't heard anything like that, and it would appear from his delayed start to competitive work in the preseason that he is unlikely to recapture the fitness and form of 2006...

 

[Hoffy95]

I've backed him for the Brownlow this year.

I got Bartel at the start of the year last year, so hopefully I can back it up again with another smoky.

No question he has the style of game to attract votes, and if he can string it together, keep on the track and keep his mouth shut around the umps, I think he's good value @ $81 for a lazy $5 or something like that.

 

[Claude Balls]

I've backed him for the Brownlow this year.

I got Bartel at the start of the year last year, so hopefully I can back it up again with another smoky.

No question he has the style of game to attract votes, and if he can string it together, keep on the track and keep his mouth shut around the umps, I think he's good value @ $81 for a lazy $5 or something like that.

I've backed Selwood at $151. He's shown he can be our best player on any given day, and if we win a lot of games who knows how he might fare. I also backed Bartel early last year, though I forgot to do it on my way home from work one friday while he was $151, only to discover that after his 35 touch game he had shortened to $20 by tuesday! I still won $600, but it could have been $4,500...

I'm not sure about Chappy though...

 

[Hoffy95]

I've backed Selwood at $151. He's shown he can be our best player on any given day, and if we win a lot of games who knows how he might fare. I also backed Bartel early last year, though I forgot to do it on my way home from work one friday while he was $151, only to discover that after his 35 touch game he had shortened to $20 by tuesday! I still won $600, but it could have been $4,500...

I'm not sure about Chappy though...

I guess the beauty of the Brownlow medal is that it doesn't always go to the most rational person.

It's more of a fun bet anyway to make things more interesting, just like going in a tipping comp.

Time will tell anyway, and yeah Selwood could do anything if last years any guide.

 

[Brasil2007]

Bartel is terrific value right now, I think he's at $19 or so to one. Joel Corey polls well every year, he's at $40 or there abouts. Gaz is not bad value too but I doubt he'll ever win it simply because he's not the umpires favoritre.

Mooney for the Coleman at $26 isn't great value but might be worth a tenner if he has improved his kicking a bit over summer. He had a couple of "almosts" last year where he had a lot of shots but kicked poorly.

 

[SJ]

I was really hoping to hear at some stage in December or Jan that his groin surgery was deemed a great succes, and that he has subsequently been 'tearing up the track', and of course feeling the 'best he has in years'. Alas, I haven't heard anything like that, and it would appear from his delayed start to competitive work in the preseason that he is unlikely to recapture the fitness and form of 2006...

In the games Chapman played in 2007 he was as good as ever. Even on one leg.

It was just the missed games that was the issue.

 

[cancat]

In the games Chapman played in 2007 he was as good as ever. Even on one leg.

It was just the missed games that was the issue.

Reckon he had a quiet year by his standards, though his Grand Final performance was tops.

 

[SJ]

Reckon he had a quiet year by his standards, though his Grand Final performance was tops.

Statistically as good as 2006 and clearly better than any other:

(All figures average per game)

2007/2006
Kicks: 15.2/15.0
Handballs: 6.7/7.0
Marks: 5.9/6.1
Goals: 1.6/1.4
Behinds: 0.8/0.9
Tackles: 4.0/4.0

Probably all that with less time on ground. And definitely played the second half of the year with pre-match injections.

 

[cancat]

^^ Take it back then. Seems he did have a good year. Not sure why I got the impression he didn't dominate as much as 2006.

 

[SJ]

^^ Take it back then. Seems he did have a good year. Not sure why I got the impression he didn't dominate as much as 2006.

Most people think it. He was in and out of the side and he wasn't playing a lone hand (unlike 2006).

 

[Duskfire]

While stastically he may be similiar, he wasn't nearly as dominating. Him no longer being the lone hand does have a hand in it, but games like the grand final where he was close to bets on ground he did that quite often during 06, while there just wasn't that same spark in 07 except for the occasional game. Injuries didn't help though - hard to get any sort of consistency when you can't string a heap of games together.

Just imagine though; a fully fit firing Chapman in the forward line along with Johnson and Stokes. Scary. Gives me tingles.

 

[Copernicus]

Happy that he played vs Brisbane, as I was wondering when he'd make it back onto the track. Hopefully he pulled up fine and will be raring to go come Round 1. I'll be pretty excited if he can finally get 100%.

 

[a.f.k.a.y.o.p.]

Happy that he played vs Brisbane, as I was wondering when he'd make it back onto the track. Hopefully he pulled up fine and will be raring to go come Round 1. I'll be pretty excited if he can finally get 100%.

Im putting the lazy $100 on Chapman for the Brownlow.
In my book he should have taken the Norm Smith in the GF.
He fired the boys up at the start of last season after the Kangas loss (I think that was the game?) and look at the result. Our next captain, a natural leader, and the Brownlow winner for 2008 in the back to back permiers team!

 

[FoxC]

In my book he should have taken the Norm Smith in the GF.
He fired the boys up at the start of last season after the Kangas loss (I think that was the game?) and look at the result. Our next captain, a natural leader, and the Brownlow winner for 2008 in the back to back permiers team!

Fully agree with your post.

Without taking away anything from Stevie J, Chappy provided the most memorable moments of the game: the early possessions, the numerous long kicks into the goal square that put Port's defenders under pressure and resulted in our goals, the rooftop speccy, outmuscling Pettigrew for the one-out mark in the last quarter, and of course the 4 goals.

I want Chappy to be our next captain when Harls steps down. But before then, a fully fit Chappy as the 2008 Norm Smith medallist in a winning team.

 

[col44]

Isn't it funny how you guys can manage to get 9 All-Australian's selected in one season and yet your best player (IMO) wasn't one of em. Down right friggin scarey in fact.

This bloke is in the same mold in the small forward role - one that gathers 25 touches and can kick 5 goals - as Brad Johnson and Nathan Brown (Richmonds) prior to the broken leg. They are freaks. Probably my 3 favourite non-Hawks.

The worst thing about watching your blokes play is that you can just tell that they're a close unit and no-one's going anywhere no matter how much money gets thrown at them.

Only trouble is that with a such tight family/group - which your club has so beautifully put together - there can be small things that rock the boat.

Good luck in 08 guys.

 

[Claude Balls]

Isn't it funny how you guys can manage to get 9 All-Australian's selected in one season and yet your best player (IMO) wasn't one of em. Down right friggin scarey in fact.

This bloke is in the same mold in the small forward role - one that gathers 25 touches and can kick 5 goals - as Brad Johnson and Nathan Brown (Richmonds) prior to the broken leg. They are freaks. Probably my 3 favourite non-Hawks.

The worst thing about watching your blokes play is that you can just tell that they're a close unit and no-one's going anywhere no matter how much money gets thrown at them.

Only trouble is that with a such tight family/group - which your club has so beautifully put together - there can be small things that rock the boat.

Good luck in 08 guys.

Restoring my faith in Hawthorn supporters

 

[SJ]

Isn't it funny how you guys can manage to get 9 All-Australian's selected in one season and yet your best player (IMO) wasn't one of em. Down right friggin scarey in fact.

This bloke is in the same mold in the small forward role - one that gathers 25 touches and can kick 5 goals - as Brad Johnson and Nathan Brown (Richmonds) prior to the broken leg. They are freaks. Probably my 3 favourite non-Hawks.

The worst thing about watching your blokes play is that you can just tell that they're a close unit and no-one's going anywhere no matter how much money gets thrown at them.

Only trouble is that with a such tight family/group - which your club has so beautifully put together - there can be small things that rock the boat.

Good luck in 08 guys.

Agreed.

 

[geelong_boy]

Isn't it funny how you guys can manage to get 9 All-Australian's selected in one season and yet your best player (IMO) wasn't one of em. Down right friggin scarey in fact.

This bloke is in the same mold in the small forward role - one that gathers 25 touches and can kick 5 goals - as Brad Johnson and Nathan Brown (Richmonds) prior to the broken leg. They are freaks. Probably my 3 favourite non-Hawks.

The worst thing about watching your blokes play is that you can just tell that they're a close unit and no-one's going anywhere no matter how much money gets thrown at them.

Only trouble is that with a such tight family/group - which your club has so beautifully put together - there can be small things that rock the boat.

Good luck in 08 guys.

A classy post from a Hawthorn supporter. Same to you.

 

[nameless]

Ive long been a supported of Chapman, id say he is almost easily a top 5 player going around at the moment. This view, no doubt would be unanimous had he not had the injury troubles throughout his career, good luck to him. Heres hoping for a full season of Chappy goodness hehe.