Trent Stubbs?

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Folks,

Was interested to know how Trent was going.

Until Hawthorn and the Stubbs family failed to come to an agreement about Trent's drafting, there was a lot of excitement about him on our Boards.

My understanding, which may be wrong, is that we offered him a Rookie spot and his old man felt insulted, thought he warranted a spot on the primary list and so marketed Trent to other clubs to ensure someone would draft him. As I said, this is all second and third hand though, so if wrong, please don't take offence.

Whilst a scholarship player for us a lot of people were impressed with his speed and silky skills ear-marking him for a HFF or wingman role. I know he describes himself as:

"Medium-tall half-forward, high-marking player, good skills on both sides of my body. Endurance athlete, quick."

So anyway, interested to know how he performed this year. From memory he has had some injuries.

That aside, best of luck this weekend. Nice to see Swannie get the Chas he deserved last year.

Cheers,

Collins-Langford-Ayres

 

[TradeDraft]

I think he has been Injured most of the Season and Played a Hand-Ful of Games.

Did not show much in those games

 

[Kirby]

He is a dead set mystery.

Disappeared without a trace after a few games. Didn't appear on the injured list.

I'd be surprised if he is around next year.

 

[muzzy2]

He had a long term foot injury from a car crash, so it wasn't footy related.

No idea what will happen to him.

 

[carnthepies19]

I'd never heard anything official that he was injured, though you'd think he is seeing as his name was rarely mentioned at the VFL. I haven't seen him play, but there was a lot of hype coming from the Hawks camp about him a few years back so give him another year to try and make a name for himself if he really was injured for the majority of the year.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

There were some questions about his commitment in his final year on the Hawks list.

Supposedly he was in a relationship, wasn't as committed to his training - some say even lost some hunger. From memory, he and a bunch of our other NSW scholarship holders came down to Waverley and he was clearly the least dedicated of the lot and behaved as if he'd already won a Brownlow.

Hope he hasn't blown it.