Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn, Denver Grainger-Barras

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[lyger]

Denver Grainger-Barras
“Denver’s ability to read the ball in the air was again a strength, he was able to break out of congestion on occasion and give us composed ball use. He had a difficult match-up on a very good player in Sam Weideman, and didn’t lower his colours.”

I really like the bit, ‘he was able to break out of congestion on occasion and give us composed ball use’
Sounds like developing into a very all round defender.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Denver Grainger-Barras
“Denver’s ability to read the ball in the air was again a strength, he was able to break out of congestion on occasion and give us composed ball use. He had a difficult match-up on a very good player in Sam Weideman, and didn’t lower his colours.”

Weideman gave our VFL side a bath last time too

 

[Bardo State]

If they still hand out media gigs to retired players like candy in 10-15 years, Denver will thrive

 

[cryptor]

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If they still hand out media gigs to retired players like candy in 10-15 years, Denver will thrive

He's good value.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

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If they still hand out media gigs to retired players like candy in 10-15 years, Denver will thrive

DGB with the intercept and rebound!

 

[KermitJagger]

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If they still hand out media gigs to retired players like candy in 10-15 years, Denver will thrive

His "top bloke" readings are off the charts.

 

[Hodginator]

The world needs more DGB

 

[Yuley95]

His "top bloke" readings are off the charts.

I hope he and Will Day get along because I reckon between them we have a couple of emerging leaders that could drive the team forward for years and have the perfect balance of ‘top bloke’ and ‘hate to lose’ mentality.

 

[Dewnior]

We need to get in touch with X Ellis to give DGB tips on puting on some bulk.

It's a shame that some players can only put weight on after they retire

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Good listen this.

 

[cryptor]

Good listen this.

Love a player with some personality. Absolutely no filter though

 

[Bugs1977]

Good listen this.

If you haven't had a listen to this then make sure you do. Thanks SYL I needed that and it might even get me through to the draft

 

[rei154]

Good listen this.

Really interesting to hear his comments about Sam's mentality in the VFL re: scoring. I wonder if we'll see that same "20 goal is the expectation" attitude come into the seniors, and how that syncs up with the older players.

 

[rei154]

Love it!

 

[TheFourPillars]

Love it!

Show pony... Gibbo would have done that without the sommersault

 

[spudmaster]

Love it!

Gibbo would be proud of that punch.
edit: beaten by TFP! too quick mate

 

[theiaofseed]

Love it!

This guy will take mark of the year at some point, has such a ridiculous leap and no sense of danger.

 

[Pessimistic]

Weideman gave our VFL side a bath last time too

Weed seems to love BHCO

 

[SuperSic]

This guy will take mark of the year at some point, has such a ridiculous leap and no sense of danger.

His aerial courage will make him one of the most intimidating defenders in the AFL

 

[westhawk]

His aerial courage will make him one of the most intimidating defenders in the AFL

Sure will, and he has sharp elbows and knees when he flies, which will scare a lot of forwards when he leaps into them, as Ward from GWS found out. He is a hard unit our DGB.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Hi genuinely mad on the field. He will do some wild things

 

[TylerDurden]

Hi genuinely mad on the field. He will do some wild things

He's an animal.

 

[threesixpio]

Gibbo would be proud of that punch.
edit: beaten by TFP! too quick mate

TFP is the DGB of Bigfooty

 

[theiaofseed]

"Sam has created a really good connection with the younger boys and that's given him the ability to understand people and how to best communicate with them - whether it is harsh, critical feedback or more diplomatic and softer,"

"The way he gives feedback makes you stop and think."

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Denver Grainger Barras is live on Talking Hawks this thursday night, set your alarms for 8.05 pm to hear from the man himself.