Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Pick 18, Josh Weddle - Round 10, Rising Star!

[Strapping Young Lad]

Sam says Blicavs…

 

[lyger]

If we are making a player type comparison, I am hoping for an Adam Goodes type.

 

[wahawk]

Going by the photo he is 23 bricks tall

That would be 197cm then

 

[threesixpio]

North Smith Weddle

 

[Chris_Superman_Langford]

It will be something brillaintly creative, no doubt...something like "Wedds" "Weddsy" or "Weddo"

Add to that "Wedders" but I was thinking he has the following attributes:

Fast
High leap on the run
Huge thighs
Ginger hair
Very lean and muscular
Endurance
And still very young

So how about "Joey" as in "JoWe"?

 

[smish]

Weddle > Bruhn. I'm calling it.

Sliding doors moment.

 

[play2win]

I’m hoping he has some forward craft and can be our utility version of Pavlich and have the flexibility to play him all over the ground.

 

[toomanysquibs]

I’m hoping he has some forward craft and can be our utility version of Pavlich and have the flexibility to play him all over the ground.

If he can get close to Pav level flexibility, we've succeeded well beyond all expectations.

Personally I'm hoping he can roll through the middle and be at home there/on a wing, but even if he became a low level Pav clone it would be a recruiting coup.

We've been targeting players with drive, football smarts and an iron will to succeed almost exclusively, so hard to see that he won't become very, very good at something on the AFL filed.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Weddle > Bruhn. I'm calling it.

Sliding doors moment.

In terms of natural talent he has it all over Bruhn already.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Add to that "Wedders" but I was thinking he has the following attributes:

Fast
High leap on the run
Huge thighs
Ginger hair
Very lean and muscular
Endurance
And still very young

So how about "Joey" as in "JoWe"?

 

[KermitJagger]

Weddle > Bruhn. I'm calling it.

Sliding doors moment.

I think they're difficult to compare, but Bruhn appeared to me a very plain player and I was never quite sure why some were so hyped.

I'm excited for Weddle to become a star without limiting it by comparisons. He'll be the first and only Josh Weddle!

 

[Gaston]

Nice listen, claims he grew 20 cm in 2 years, his mother has a running/endurance background.
Weddle showed maturiy to seek help from Tamsin Lewis to improve his running and endurance and the rest,
well, is history.

Also has a baslketball background because that is the new trend in draftees.

 

[Slainte]

A Dipper-MkII would be handy.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Nice listen, claims he grew 20 cm in 2 years, his mother has a running/endurance background.
Weddle showed maturiy to seek help from Tamsin Lewis to improve his running and endurance and the rest,
well, is history.

Also has a baslketball background because that is the new trend in draftees.

 

[TDS7]

Nice listen, claims he grew 20 cm in 2 years, his mother has a running/endurance background.
Weddle showed maturiy to seek help from Tamsin Lewis to improve his running and endurance and the rest,
well, is history.

Also has a baslketball background because that is the new trend in draftees.

Also mentioned he played as a midfielder as recently as last season and for the majority of his junior career. A tall, strong, versatile athlete with the drive and dedication to improve and experience as a small in-and-under midfielder? Sign me up.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Did anyone see what a unit his old man was on draft day?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

20cm in two years. Spare a thought for Mum and Dad trying to feed that animal.

 

[KermitJagger]

20cm in two years. Spare a thought for Mum and Dad trying to feed that animal.

I did similar, went from 163 to 183 between 16/17. I don't recall ever not being hungry.

 

[TDS7]

I did similar, went from 163 to 183 between 16/17. I don't recall ever not being hungry.

168>193 from 14-16. My shins damn near split in two.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Looks like he could definitely play AFL level footy next year, along with McKenzie.

 

[TDS7]

Looks like he could definitely play AFL level footy next year, along with McKenzie.

His development toward AFL football should be getting his skills and composure up to scratch. He's a ripper endurance athlete and with his frame he won't be getting knocked around as an in-and-out midfielder. I hope we get games into these highly rated draftees early, look at the wonders early AFL experience did for CMac, Ward, and Duke's development this past season.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Did anyone see what a unit his old man was on draft day?

I remember seeing pictures of Buddy's dad when he was drafted to the Hawks.

Looked like Hodor from Game of Thrones

 

[Chris_Superman_Langford]

Apologies Pauline.

I didn't know you were running the Hawk's forum. I was referring to a Kangaroo given his attributes and young age as in a "Joey". Josh Weddle.

 

[Birdofprey]

Learning about him last couple of days and seems like amazing physical attributes, and a great person.

Personally, I like the way the club did not commit to the trade of picks to get a higher selection, but waited until they had the opportunity to draft someone they had genuinely rated higher (and targeted) before they pulled the trigger on the deal.

Means we used our draft capital to commit to a specific player we really wanted and valued, rather than simply committing our resources to a higher selection regardless of what was on offer. No draft strategy is fool-proof, but that approach seems sensible to me.

Anyway, I look forward to seeing him develop. Fingers crossed he has a great career.

 

[Chris_Superman_Langford]

Nice listen, claims he grew 20 cm in 2 years,

168>193 from 14-16.

On average teenage boys grow 8cm a year so 20cm is not unheard of and happens frequently. But there is a chance he may yet grow even more. But growth spurt stops rather abruptly after reaching the the fastest rate, which he may well have reached

 

[Strapping Young Lad]