Player Watch Pick #12 (2018) - Zak Butters

[Ah12]

Hard as nails with a skillset to match. He breaks lines with his pace and stands up in the big moments of games. The spiritual barometer of the team.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

He and Drew changed the game in the 3rd quarter with a bit of help from Ee-varn.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Hard as nails with a skillset to match. He breaks lines with his pace and stands up in the big moments of games. The spiritual barometer of the team.

I would say that Rozee is the intelligence and thrust of the team and that Butters is the heart and soul of the team.

The goal by Finny was completely set up by Butters doing the dirty work. He can get his hands muddy but also trounce them with his skills going forward.

I think they both make excellent leaders of the club and seem to complement each other well as leaders but also as players in the midfield.

Port Adelaide is very lucky to have both of them.

 

[AflNerd22]

One thing i've liked from butters so far is his goal kicking and score creations. Kicked a goal in both games albeit one from a 50m penalty and the other against west coast. But on top of this he had 3 direct goal assist. Great scoring influence in both games so far

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The best photographer in the AFL knows Zak Butters

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Zak Butters

Age

23

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

14.7

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.9

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

is good value and gives him plenty of chances to snap a beauty or two.

I'm sure we had a thread about Zak's face pulling before the Mad Thread Merger happened last year, so I don't know where they all are.

 

[jackag24]

The best photographer in the AFL knows Zak Butters is good value and gives him plenty of chances to snap a beauty or two.

I'm sure we had a thread about Zak's face pulling before the Mad Thread Merger happened last year, so I don't know where they all are.

Rewatched the first half this morning and the way Butters' grins whenever he lays a big tackle, or vice versa.

It's downright diabolical, it looks like he gains energy from it

 

[VineValerian]

Reckon it was close to his best game for the year.
Only a handful of times that he overdid the twists/turns/excessive bounces that he normally does which throws team mates completely out of sync.
Good game.

 

[n4nirvana]

we're pretty blessed to have back to back talents in the number 9

 

[Rash]

Reckon it was close to his best game for the year.
Only a handful of times that he overdid the twists/turns/excessive bounces that he normally does which throws team mates completely out of sync.
Good game.

yeah i agree with you, his second best of the season,Richmond game is a tad better

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Apparently gives a cracking pre-match speech too.

 

[Flash of power]

Apparently gives a cracking pre-match speech too.

And he loves his mum, given its mothers day round worth a shout out.

 

[afl2004]

Apparently gives a cracking pre-match speech too.

"Don't listen to that bald dumb heck"

 

[Marat]

In an era built on structure, zone defences and players performing their roles, Butters is like some irrepressible junior grand master that comes to disrupt long established things. He finds openings where none should exist, with a swerve or sway turns defence into streaming attack, and generally wills us onwards by dint of his sheer creative will. Forget the rest - they are plodders and work horses in comparison - Zac is the spark and Zac is the gas

 

[Janey]

Apparently gives a cracking pre-match speech too.

Wouldn’t you just love to hear it

 

[jackag24]

Apparently gives a cracking pre-match speech too.

Doubt it's on par with Ned McHenry's pre-match

 

[Relativity]

In an era built on structure, zone defences and players performing their roles, Butters is like some irrepressible junior grand master that comes to disrupt long established things. He finds openings where none should exist, with a swerve or sway turns defence into streaming attack, and generally wills us onwards by dint of his sheer creative will. Forget the rest - they are plodders and work horses in comparison - Zac is the spark and Zac is the gas

I've lost count of the number of times he's taken possession in congestion and gone to bounce the ball with a player on his heels and I've thought "You're fecked here Zac" only for him to zag and pull away. He's a magnificent bustard.

 

[JB1989]

Had a fan boy moment tonight and 99% sure it was Butters at Gaucho's with a friend I couldn't quite recognise (francis evans maybe???) without looking like a creep constantly looking over the shoulder

 

[jackag24]

Had a fan boy moment tonight and 99% sure it was Butters at Gaucho's with a friend I couldn't quite recognise (francis evans maybe???) without looking like a creep constantly looking over the shoulder

He is house mates with Francis Evans

 

[Marmozet]

Take a bow

 

[Lefti93]

17 in the 4th, more than doubling his output from first 3 quarters. That's ****ed.

 

[TazD]

Take a bow

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5 Jed games in one quarter

 

[Rash]

geez 17 touches 5 clearecnes and 5 inside 50's in the last qtr. great signs that our step in captain can do this when the game was dead, to bring us back singlehandly in the last qtr and lead us to victory, he would admit his three first qtrs were below his standard, to come back like that is extrodinary

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Should had been made captain over Connor

 

[Marat]

He was bad early and that was mainly because he was trying to do too much with heck all support. Big feather in cap to turn it around and great that he just kept trying to take game on

 

[pastmyprimus]

Just love his approach to the game. His first instinct is to take the game on. He takes a mark and he’s off and running looking for the right option upfield. Many team mates after taking a mark look in slow motion in comparison.

And he’s tough as. Puts his body on the line game after game.

He’s so good to watch.