Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Pick 37, Henry Hustwaite - Debuts against the Dees!

[Mojo]

I thought it was a reference to Rosemary Huxtable, the recently retired Secretary of the Commonwealth Dept of Finance, because of his calm efficiency under pressure.

She’s a huge Collingwood fan btw.

Ahhhh, Rosemary Huxtable. My favourite modern Secretary.

 

[burger09]

The more I watch the more he appears a perfect first ball clearence player.
Big frame, low cente of gravity, makes quick clean decisions by hand and foot.
Gets his hands up above tacklers quickly and effectively and ball to boot in the blink of an eye.

Has the added bonus of being reasonable stong overhead to add a string forward or back.

Think Tom Green

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Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

like.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

6’ 5 mid smooth mover, composed and a beautiful kick ……. this is doing my head in with the height we are bringing in. Hope Moore will still want to socialise with the boys outside of the club! Bizarre and intriguing looking kid but something about him. Peddles is one of my favourite players to watch over the last decade and it’s insulting to compare but he sort of moves like him.

Dylan might want to invest in a pair of these bad boys next year before going out with the lads on a Saturday night

 

[Mojo]

The more I watch the more he appears a perfect first ball clearence player.
Big frame, low cente of gravity, make quick clean decisions by hand and foot.
Gets his hands up above tacklers quickly and effectively and ball to boot in the blink of an eye.

Has the added bonus of being reasonable stong overhead to add a string forward or back.

Think Tom Green like.

Sam Mitchell-like do you think? Lacks top speed but agile, quick of mind, etc.

 

[PT Bar None]

Every time I watch clips of this bloke he resembles Howe as much as Scrimshaw resembles Birchall. Same posture, same run, similar kicking style.

I know there are plenty who want to rate him far better, but maybe the upside is that he'll be the player Howe could have been if he hadn't been moved around too often and had any natural flair drilled out of him.

Hopefully it's Dan Howe with an overclocked CPU then. Make those decisions a coupla hundred milliseconds quicker

Welcome Henry, and good luck!

 

[Brishawk]

Tall mids are the future

Better be or we are screwed

 

[CHUBBSS]

Sam Mitchell-like do you think? Lacks top speed but agile, quick of mind, etc.

A 6 foot 5 Sam Mitchell sounds pretty bloody nice

 

[toomanysquibs]

Sam Mitchell-like do you think? Lacks top speed but agile, quick of mind, etc.

There's a couple of these types on the list, and he's also gone after players who think like him in terms of maximizing their own talents.

Going to be a team of Sam Mitchell like players with loads of natural variation built in

 

[hawkheart]

He grew 15cms this year apparently.

Training at Dandenong Stingrays this season:

 

[Davo-27]

At times this year he was playing key back and inside mid, so he is very versatile, I like that he hunts the ball and is clean with his 45 degree kicks, I liked his brother a few years ago who has become a quality vfl player for Collingwood, I think Henry has good potential and instincts on the inside and through traffic and at 195cm as a mid gives us a different option.

 

[Dewnior]

Better be or we are screwed

Thankfully it's easier to reduce height than it is to add it.

 

[Mojo]

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[Dewnior]

I finally figured out who Henry reminded me of. It's Judith from Sing.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Surely 'Melman' is his nickname

 

[kazzooka]

The more I watch the more he appears a perfect first ball clearence player.

Think Tom Green

12

Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

like.

No need to make light of Tom Green's battle with Testicular Cancer.

 

[MrPremiership]

No need to make light of Tom Green's battle with Testicular Cancer.

 

[HedgeFund]

Geez it's crazy how in a 2 year period you can completely change and area of your list. Our midfield in the last two years has added Jai, Ned long, C-Mac, Stephens, Bramble, C Mackenzie, Amon, Ward, Hustwaite, O'Sullivan, etc.

Anyone who has watched our midfield in the past 5 years wouldn’t actually think this was crazy.

 

[HedgeFund]

At times this year he was playing key back and inside mid, so he is very versatile, I like that he hunts the ball and is clean with his 45 degree kicks, I liked his brother a few years ago who has become a quality vfl player for Collingwood, I think Henry has good potential and instincts on the inside and through traffic and at 195cm as a mid gives us a different option.

His brother not getting picked up at all was an all time head scratcher IMHO. Genuine footballer who simply lacked something special to grab the attention.

Henry’s height/size means he stands out this year.

 

[JZedd]

Will give BT something new to mention after discussing Breust’s rugby league background for the millionth time.

I don't mind Brian Taylor. OK he's special needs but so are most of us, especially the mods.

 

[JZedd]

A tick under 100 games you say? Well, you can take it to the bank that his son will be an out and out superstar.

Don't worry about that. By that time you'll be walking with an A-frame. Me too.

 

[HomerJayS]

Our midfield in the last two years has added Jai, Ned long, C-Mac, Stephens, Bramble, C Mackenzie, Amon, Ward, Hustwaite, O'Sullivan, etc.

I don’t think he’s going make it. He just blends in and never mentioned here.

 

[TDS7]

I don’t think he’s going make it. He just blends in and never mentioned here.

Bit rough to say before he's even managed to get a training session, let alone a match sim, let alone a pre-season game, let alone a VFL match, let alone an AFL match, and so forth.

 

[bigmaxi]

I don’t think he’s going make it. He just blends in and never mentioned here.

I’m thinking same , didn’t see etc mentioned in any training reports either.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Sam mentioned last night that Henry has the best hands in the draft, he said that there’s already been moments at training where the coaches have been quite surprised at how well he can find targets by hand, how clean he is in the contest, and at his size how it doesn’t matter if he has to go under or over the tackler. Sam seems like a fan.

 

[TDS7]

Sam mentioned last night that Henry has the best hands in the draft, he said that there’s already been moments at training where the coaches have been quite surprised at how well he can find targets by hand, how clean he is in the contest, and at his size how it doesn’t matter if he has to go under or over the tackler. Sam seems like a fan.

He genuinely reminds me of a young Sam, just a very clean and composed midfielder with a point of difference in his height and marking ability. He's a perfect outlet to get the ball out to Jai, Moore, and Mackenzie when he gets a bit of muscle and can take contact at stoppages more consistently. What our midfield struggled with was getting our hands to the footy first during contests, and we've brought in the height and natural midfield nous to correct that over the next few seasons.