News Sam Hayes signs for North Melbourne VFL

[RussellEbertHandball]

13 hitouts.... how much time did he roughly spend playing ruck?

It was pretty equal sharing between Hayes, Frampton and Ladhams.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Hey I swear the week before against the same ruck he was getting shoved around easily. He really fixed that up this week though. I'm very happy with his performance.

Yep O'Brein and Hunter pushed him around very easily in the Friday arvo trial. I thought the same would happen yesterday but he didn't get shoved around as much and definitely jumped into them harder and higher than in the trial. Maybe the adrenaline of a real game and new contract meant more yesterday.

 

[LFC2010]

13 hitouts.... how much time did he roughly spend playing ruck?

I reckon a lot of those hitouts were to advantage.

 

[cmpower]

What was impressive about our young ducks is that despite not winning majority of hitouts I felt we won majority to advantage.

Billy was second in SANFL last year for hitouts to advantage, and that's a positive sign our ruck unit is working well together

 

[Duck Farmer]

What was impressive about our young ducks is that despite not winning majority of hitouts I felt we won majority to advantage.

Billy was second in SANFL last year for hitouts to advantage, and that's a positive sign our ruck unit is working well together

If our young nguyens improve as much we'll be unbeatable




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[xflamedancer]

Wot, not because their SANFL team are s**t?

Of course not! Don't you know that they have more depth the the Mariana Trench.

 

[Visenfest]

Of course not! Don't you know that they have more depth the the Mariana Trench.

The future's so bright they have to wear shades

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Sitting here waiting for the ‘Play Sam Hayes now, not in 2019’ thread to be created

Surely at this stage someone has to make the thread. It’s time

 

[Schulzenfest]

Make the 'Play Sam Hayes now, not in 2019' thread now, not in 2019

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Go your hardest

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

I'm happy to let him develop nicely in the background and build up his strength in his first season against men.

 

[spookism]

It's beginning

 

[Portwon]

#hayesplayesonallourgamedays

 

[Doctor Feel]

Once Ryder is back he's completely out of the frame.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

It’s happening gif

 

[Schulzenfest]

Once Ryder is back he's completely out of the frame.

Yep. But if we do decide to go with a ruck before Ryder gets back then it should be him. Age and size be damned, he's already miles better than Frampton.

 

[chiwigi]

Once Ryder is back he's completely out of the frame.

That’s why he needed to play today.

It’s too late now though, this was the perfect game to try him.
It’ll be makeshift until Ryder returns. Then if he goes down again we are back to square one.

 

[Doctor Feel]

That’s why he needed to play today.

It’s too late now though, this was the perfect game to try him.
It’ll be makeshift until Ryder returns. Then if he goes down again we are back to square one.

Don't get me wrong, I agree.

 

[Visenfest]

We can't continue to let this guy waste away in the Sanfl, etc. etc.

 

[JAlexG]

There’s nothing to say Paddy’s achilles won’t flare up again towards the end up the season or if we want to rest him.
Play him.

#godloveshayes

 

[Rendaw]

Are there any highlight clips of his SANFL games? Everyone is talking him up so much that I need to see them

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Ken and co. have handled our rucks very strangely for 5 seasons so why expect them to change in the 6th. Things won't change much.

 

[Chewy316]

It's easy to say that we should play Hayes, but we are already managing a few of our players in the side. Marshall barely played 50% last week, and Rockliff is also severely undertone, playing roughly 65% of the game. If you debut a ruck, especially an 18 year old with limited aerobic capacity, there's another player you have to manage. So 3 of your 4 interchange slots are compromised because you're managing 3 players. Given the 31 degree heat today, it's a recipe to stuff up the rest of the team, especially when we have a game coming up at etihad next week in which is always harder on the players' bodies.

 

[ozph1870]

Not going to pick him v the speedy essendon on the super fast etihad oval..

...although this is the same coaching group that decided 'speedy' toumpas was a good selection against them last year..

 

[*PAF]

Needs to be a sticky.