Player Watch Pick #33 (2016) - Willem Drew

[Peninsula Boy]

Ollie is 29 and has looked cooked physically for 2 seasons now.

Even if he miraculously got back to his best how long would we expect that for

Ollie has also been more of a running spread mid than an inside beast lately anyway.

I would have preferred Drew signed for 4 than 5, but eh, that’s the player dominant era of afl we are in.

I am not quite at the assessment of Ollie as you are, I'll give him this year to see what he has left but the chef may be looking to start up the burner.

 

[philthy05]

I am not quite at the assessment of Ollie as you are, I'll give him this year to see what he has left but the chef may be looking to start up the burner.

I don’t think there was anything remotely subjective about what I said to call it an assessment.

Hes 29, and we know his body has been ****ed now for a couple of years.


The only thing up for debate is can he have a miracle turnaround and come back from the dead. maybe, but gee those would be long odds.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I don’t think there was anything remotely subjective about what I said to call it an assessment.

Hes 29, and we know his body has been ****ed now for a couple of years.


The only thing up for debate is can he have a miracle turnaround and come back from the dead. maybe, but gee those would be long odds.

His form will definitely be scrutinized strongly this year and considering it looks like Rozee will get the captaincy, I hope he turns it around. We will see.

 

[pstew2dstew]

While he is 25 still only played 81 games. Still relatively new to AFL. I'm OK with it.

Kerr Judd Cousins needed a Braun so ...fingers crossed

 

[RossFC]

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

More like WD40 than WD28 yesterday.

 

[johnnysix]

Drew is the kind of bloke that secures you a premiership. Hew not necessarily the x-factor, but he's dependable and I reckon he'd get the job done on a big day. I could easily also see him adding another string to his bow and becoming a Michael Voss-like player for us.

 

[davo999]

I’m glad we didn’t get Jack Graham

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Jack Graham

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

6.3

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

0.0

1star

D

14.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

7.0

5star

G

1.0

4star

from Richmond . Similar to Drew but I’d pick Drew before hi all day every day

 

[rignanv]

Was great yesterday. Looks like he's really improved his kicking, and offence in general, over the preseason

 

[bomberclifford]

More like WD40 than WD28 yesterday.

He loosens the tough nuts.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Was great yesterday. Looks like he's really improved his kicking, and offence in general, over the preseason

Drew has always been a very good kick into the F50 but yesterday, he did it on multiple occasions and also lead and scored.

He is fast becoming that player we can plug in as a midfielder, a tagger or half forward.

 

[The Hobo]

Seems to have been a tweak to his role - with more of an attacking edge. Could be because the opposition haven't need clamping down as yet, so will be interesting to see if he goes to an Oliver or Viney this week.

But his attacking side of the game has certainly impressed me. His overhead marking surprised me as well.