Quinten Lynch

[Voice of Reason]

Someone (Frodo?) was asking how Lynch was going in the WAFL, so I thought I'd file my eyewitness report of yesterday's West Perth v Peel Thunder game, which was the quintessential game of two halves.

In the first half, West Perth were terrible and with Lynch playing up forward, he struggled to get in the game. Peel thundered up the middle and ran and passed the ball to each other and only poor finishing by all except Scott Simister at FF kept the half time lead to a mere 5 goals.

Lynch was shifted into the back line to hold up the charge. Peel kicked the first goal of the second half, but WP (to our collective joy) kicked 11 of the next 12 or thereabouts to win the game.

Lynch completely shut Simister (top scorer in the WAFL at the time and an experienced player) out of the game. He out-bodied and out-ran him and completely dominated him. It was a remarkable effort for an 18 year old.

He seems to have bulked up and is a very big boy indeed. He has a very long kick, usually pretty accurate, though yesterday up forward, from few chances, not as good as usual. He can kick 65 out of defence with little apparent effort, even on a wet day. He is also surprisingly mobile for such a big bloke.

What impressed me also was in the three quarter time huddle. He is very vocal, remarkably so for a young bloke surrounded by mostly older players, many of whom have played in WAFL Premiership sides. Positive, focussed and aggressive. On a couple of occasions I was afraid that he was going to smack someone (it was a slightly spiteful game with a remarkable number of 50 metre penalties), so I hope he can control/channel his aggression.

Maybe he could be groomed to take over from Jako in time.

Apparently Seaby played in the reserves, but I didn't get there in time to see him. With Phil Smith out for the season with a knee and Brett Cousins injuring an ankle, Seaby may get called up to the firsts at some point, though I can't see him displacing big Ron Skender in the ruck, so I'm not sure where they'd play him. Could play him off the bench and rest big Ron up forward on occasion I suppose.

 

[TheRealBuzz]

Thanks for the report, VOR.

Like you say, the guy is very strong, a booming kick, and quite mobile for a bloke of his size.
It's a good sign that he can play on the last line of defense. Must have a bit of pace as well.

Perhaps I shall make him my new cult hero to replace Dean Buszan. Oh, how I miss him.

P.S. Mark Seaby kicked a couple of goals last week for the reserves, and hopefully he'll get a gig in the senior side soon.
He was a bargain at #32 in the draft. Was expected to go in the top ten.

 

[jod23]

Good to hear...if he is playing so well...how long before he gets called up? Still remains to be seen if he is a Kerr/Judd or a Green/Haynes.

If you know what i mean.

 

[thegur]

Sorry to ask the question, but is Lynch on the actual list, or a rookie?

I can remember him playing against Essendon in the pre-season game at Optus.... now i am getting confused, he may have been allowed to play because it was just a praccy game....

But he did look huge, perhaps he is being groomed as our token huge man once (dare I say it) our 30 year old sophomore retires.

He looked OK that day as well.

thegur

 

[Voice of Reason]

Originally posted by thegur
Sorry to ask the question, but is Lynch on the actual list, or a rookie?

I can remember him playing against Essendon in the pre-season game at Optus.... now i am getting confused, he may have been allowed to play because it was just a praccy game....

Rookie and yes that's right - they seem to able to play anyone in the practice matches.

I remember Todd Nener lining up for the Eagles against Richmond in a practice match at Waverley years ago...............(cont. p 94)

 

[GoEagles]

Buzz - I think we got Seaby at #22, because Armstrong went at #25 and was spewing that we didn't pick him up when we had the chance.

Lynch looks like he can really become a good player, seems to be more suited in defence than as a forward.