Toast Sam Walsh Rnd 4 Rising Star Nominee
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Maybe I should have said Simon Black in his second year was nearly at Sam Walsh’s rookie year level.
Nah. He’s got good footwork and all but there is a fair difference between that and being able to regularly physically break or stand up in tackles.
It’s hardly a criticism or controversial, dude is barely out of school.
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Might have to be 3 nights by the end of the season
How long will it take to rewatch 22 rounds of Sam Walsh to just make sure he edges in front of Rozzee who sounds like a mix of Judd, Voss, Ablett and Carey the way he’s been hyped up.
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That point is called Patrick Cripps...
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A lot longer than it takes to watch Rozee's half dozen good games.
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Can he win the B&F?
Cripps has missed a couple of games, been tagged out of a few others. Murphy and Ed had slow starts to the year and Jones missed too many games. I think he'll be Cripps' main competition.
Cripps has missed a couple of games, been tagged out of a few others. Murphy and Ed had slow starts to the year and Jones missed too many games. I think he'll be Cripps' main competition.
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Sin - I know you're an avid junior footy watcher.
What do you make of Sam's year compared to what you expected pre-draft?
Let’s up the ante. Can he make the All-Australian squad?
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He's playing the way I thought he would as far as his work rate, knowing where to run to get the ball, great composure, high level endurance etc. I knew he'd be able to do that at any level. I had him ranked equal first in a very good draft. He's doing better around the stoppages than I thought he would this early, I thought he might have to bulk up a bit first. I think I had him pencilled in for 22 touches a game so he's exceeding my expectations there. Will be producing some amazing footy once he's done his apprenticeship hey.
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Won't be long, teams will be having to put hard tags into him instead of just Cripps.
It may have been an easy decision for the club, but it had me flip-flopping for who we should take with the #1 and whether we should indeed trade it to GC should have they been especially keen for Walsh.
For me it was Walsh or Rankine at the end, as one could make a good claim for either.
As things have panned out and will play out, Walsh was the right decision.
Finished up ranking Blakey ahead of Lukosius, but given the way Lukosius was talked up, it was hard not to question oneself for making that assessment.
Anyway, couldn't be happier with Walsh for what he's doing on-field now and for what he'll be doing for the club in the future.
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HARKER, you were the one that first put Walsh firmly on my radar.
I'd read about his ball-winning and leadership........but I distinctly remember you describing his ability to 1) get from contest to contest 2) always scanning the field 3) knowing where the ball was going 4) somehow always being in frame. That yes his ball-winning was helped by endurance, but equally by footy IQ.
Bravo.
I'd read about his ball-winning and leadership........but I distinctly remember you describing his ability to 1) get from contest to contest 2) always scanning the field 3) knowing where the ball was going 4) somehow always being in frame. That yes his ball-winning was helped by endurance, but equally by footy IQ.
Bravo.
It was evident in 2017 ferris.
I recall watching him then and thinking - I'd love for our club to have this 17 year old kid next year.
His 2018 blew me away and yet I was still ultimately a little conflicted as Walsh was the best player (bankable) and Rankine was probably more a needs and bums onto seats player.
Funny last year watching Walsh and thinking to myself - "How the * did he get there so quickly?"
Had to scan the field just in case there weren't two of him out there.
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Walsh on Maquarie Radio.
Audio ...
www.carltonfc.com.au
Audio ...
Walsh reflects on massive year
Sam Walsh has yet to set a foot wrong in his first year in Navy Blue.
Oppo teams are going to need to start drafting taggers to cover our prime movers in the next 2-3 years.
Lots of luck with that, I reckon
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It’s the Git Up dance ffs. Surely everyone knows that????
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Cripps & Walsh have the potential to be one of the best 1-2 punches I’ve seen in a while. We have an absolute BEAST on our hands.
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wtf is that garbage?
High culture in the UK.
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