Sam Powell-Pepper

[RedVest4]

the move of Powell-Pepper into the midfield mix paid immediate dividends. It coincided with Robbie Gray heading in there as well, and together, they demonstrated how to snatch the momentum back. With Paddy Ryder giving them first use, they combined on two centre clearances and a goal in the ensuing few minutes as the Power came storming back to be within a point at quarter time.

Powell-Pepper finished with only 16 touches, but that concentrated blast was enough to get Port Adelaide rolling and should not be discounted. It was power-football from the Bald Bull, and he put the Roos on the canvas in that quarter, after they looked so good early.

There was a real element of Dustin Martin to SPP in that first quarter. He imposed himself on the contest in the same way Martin used to in flashes before he fully developed his fitness base. I might put some cash on Powell-Pepper for the 2021 Brownlow.

 

[SaltPeter]

the move of Powell-Pepper into the midfield mix paid immediate dividends. It coincided with Robbie Gray heading in there as well, and together, they demonstrated how to snatch the momentum back. With Paddy Ryder giving them first use, they combined on two centre clearances and a goal in the ensuing few minutes as the Power came storming back to be within a point at quarter time.

Powell-Pepper finished with only 16 touches, but that concentrated blast was enough to get Port Adelaide rolling and should not be discounted. It was power-football from the Bald Bull, and he put the Roos on the canvas in that quarter, after they looked so good early.

There was a real element of Dustin Martin to SPP in that first quarter. He imposed himself on the contest in the same way Martin used to in flashes before he fully developed his fitness base. I might put some cash on Powell-Pepper for the 2021 Brownlow.

Can you please throw an epic and public tanty when Starburns_ removes your thread creation privileges ..?

 

[leobarryustar]

This is great content. OP is an ornament of the Bay.

 

[brad brinkley]

Vesty is going for the Guinness world record for threads posted in an hour on any forum.

 

[Wind Guard]

Sam may be a realtively late bloomer playing less than 40 games at 21 years of age, but he can be an A-grader if he gets his consistency up.

Holds the club record for the most number of tackles in a game which is why they slot him in the middle with someone like Gray who is a class user of the ball. Always advantagous when selecting a mid fielder TEAM or a forward TEAM rather than the best individuals. They need to work well together and cover any deficiencies - Hinkley at his best when doing that.

 

[Byron Porkett]

Can you please throw an epic and public tanty when Starburns_ removes your thread creation privileges ..?

Think the tanty I threw at Starburns_ was enough to cover a few of us

Sorry SB_; your Franchise Poster is ready to make you a proud Super Moderator when you set my Thread making privileges free

 

[Good_Old]

I'll touch a bit more on Hawkins below, but the main reason for his ineffectiveness starts and ends with the job Tom Clurey did on him.

Clurey’s effort on Hawkins was an absolute class in how to defend a power forward. He took Hawkins’ run, refused to allow him to body him up, and closed him down whenever Hawkins looked to get a jump at the ball. It was as though Clurey was given a cheat sheet before the game, and whatever questions Hawkins and Chris Scott asked of him, he already knew the answers.

Rom a Geelong perspective, he was like that annoying bloke playing a quiz show that keeps answering questions before the host can finish them, and us dummies are there wondering how the hell he knew that answer when we didn’t even know the end of the question!

Clurey finished with seven intercept possessions as he worked Hawkins away from the contest and was able to zone off and help out his teammates as the game progressed. It is a feather in Clurey’s cap that Hawkins was unable to have any sort of impact, even late in the piece, as forwards have a habit of bobbing up late and kicking a late one to save a bit of face.

Not this night, however. Clurey stuck with Hawkins all the way to the final siren to put a cherry on top of a dominant sundae. It was perhaps the most comprehensive defensive performance of the season, and worthy of votes.

 

[FISTO]

Sam is a girls name

 

[A Cut Above]

I'll touch a bit more on Hawkins below, but the main reason for his ineffectiveness starts and ends with the job Tom Clurey did on him.

Clurey’s effort on Hawkins was an absolute class in how to defend a power forward. He took Hawkins’ run, refused to allow him to body him up, and closed him down whenever Hawkins looked to get a jump at the ball. It was as though Clurey was given a cheat sheet before the game, and whatever questions Hawkins and Chris Scott asked of him, he already knew the answers.

Rom a Geelong perspective, he was like that annoying bloke playing a quiz show that keeps answering questions before the host can finish them, and us dummies are there wondering how the hell he knew that answer when we didn’t even know the end of the question!

Clurey finished with seven intercept possessions as he worked Hawkins away from the contest and was able to zone off and help out his teammates as the game progressed. It is a feather in Clurey’s cap that Hawkins was unable to have any sort of impact, even late in the piece, as forwards have a habit of bobbing up late and kicking a late one to save a bit of face.

Not this night, however. Clurey stuck with Hawkins all the way to the final siren to put a cherry on top of a dominant sundae. It was perhaps the most comprehensive defensive performance of the season, and worthy of votes.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Certainly enjoys getting touches.

 

[Ricketz]

If Sam Powell-Pepper licks a freckled pecker, how many freckled peckers does Sam Powell-Pepper lick?

 

[RedVest4]

Can you please throw an epic and public tanty when Starburns_ removes your thread creation privileges ..?

 

[leobarryustar]

Wayne Carey took games by the scruff of the neck and shook the life out of them. Running with the flight of the ball, he imposed his will on contests and was the major factor in North Melbourne’s emergence as a powerhouse in the mid to late 90’s. In the last 25 years, only Carey has commanded the kind of consistent attention Franklin now receives.

So good was Carey, that his coach would empty the entire forward 50 to allow the man who would become known as ‘The King’ the opportunity to run back into the wide open spaces and beat his man. It was called Pagan’s Paddock, but in reality, it was Carey’s Paddock. Without The King patrolling the forward line, there was no paddock. The AFL at the time was also his domain – it was Carey’s Paddock, too.