List Mgmt. Welcome to West Coast: Tony Olango

[avishka5]

I get the feeling that this guy has a bit more to him than meets the eye.
Looks to be a deep thinker with a touch of mental toughness and not just another 103 cm athlete from the Sudan.

you'd have to be mentally tough if you made it as an athlete at only 103cm.

 

[EaglesVille]

103cm . Pygmy . lol

 

[eaglesfan84]

Can kick on both sides of his body and tap with either hand, exciting prospect.

 

[Quinz]

Can't wait to see him Bloom!
As my first post on BF.. I think it appropriate that it was a bad dad joke!

Welcome to the board!

 

[Dark Sharks]

Haha 103cm, he's not 103cm dickhead

Are you stupid, he's 203cm. That's a ruckman. 103cm is tiny. Bock and gunstan.

Seeya.

 

[FKASC]

Seems like a legend of a kid

 

[Truckosaurus]

I look forward to him being criticised by others as "not having that natural understanding of the game" everytime he doesn't get 20+ possessions, no matter how well he plays.

 

[bUCKET__]

I look forward to him being criticised by others as "not having that natural understanding of the game" everytime he doesn't get 20+ possessions, no matter how well he plays.

Have you been reading the thread on the hawk's board too?

 

[Truckosaurus]

Have you been reading the thread on the hawk's board too?

That thread feels like sitting next to a bunch of 60 year old-ish white men in a pub while the NBA is on the TV. They're about five posts away from talking about "the blacks".

The men are drinking XXXX voluntarily.

 

[Natho]

Seems a level headed kid. He looks an exciting prospect. Let's hope it works out for him.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

so glad Scott Jones got picked up. He legit should be the number 1 and playing regularly, Vardy FF and Brander CHF

 

[avishka5]

so glad Scott Jones got picked up. He legit should be the number 1 and playing regularly, Vardy FF and Brander CHF

Jones will be behind sandi and the other oaf.

Freo have a love affair with the lumberings type rucks. No one that can pinch hit or in the athletic mould left at Freo now.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

so glad Scott Jones got picked up. He legit should be the number 1 and playing regularly, Vardy FF and Brander CHF

Suspect he'll be in reserves for a while.

 

[Pulsedriver]

Big Tony with the big Pepperoni.

You seem to have Tony Olango confused with Mark Hutchings. There can only be one Big Tony. Highlander.jpeg

 

[Seadog]

Can't wait to see him Bloom!
As my first post on BF.. I think it appropriate that it was a bad dad joke!

You'll fit right in.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Suspect he'll be in reserves for a while.

As in WAFL Reserves? Cause I’m talking about WAFL League

 

[eagles rule]

Welcome to WCE Tony Olango

A great draft choice looking fwd to watching this kid play ..

 

[Carbine Chaos]

As in WAFL Reserves? Cause I’m talking about WAFL League

I expect he'll start in WAFL Reserves and spend a bit of time there at first, yes.

 

[scaryness]

Don't know if he will ever make it, but he was super exciting and if he does make it having Naitanui and Olango playing together is scary.

 

[scaryness]

 

[eagles rule]

Posted it in the nicknames thread too, but his nickname is apparently Oscar the Shark Slayer.
http://www.ntthunder.com.au/player/tony-olango/
Named after Will Smith's character in the animated film Shark Tale.

Best nickname I got is OTIS

 

[FKASC]

Also like the marketing value of having both him and Bayok on the list, in terms of capturing the Sudanese population in WA (is there much of one?) and hopefully aiding in their development as a talent pool

 

[Chris_6678]

Also like the marketing value of having both him and Bayok on the list, in terms of capturing the Sudanese population in WA (is there much of one?) and hopefully aiding in their development as a talent pool

Think he is from Kenya though?

 

[Keys]

I expect he'll start in WAFL Reserves and spend a bit of time there at first, yes.

East Perth have basically no rucks now Jones has been drafted. There's another Sudanese lad that rucked in their reserves side but he's even rawer than Olongo

One of Lycett or Vardy will be playing at EP with support from McInnes presumably. So one injury to any of that trio or Naitanui and he's playing in the league side and given EP played Giles, Lycett and Jones in the same team at times it's entirely possible that they will play Olongo with Vardy and Fraser

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Think he is from Kenya though?

Ha.

That's lucky. Perth is a bit of a hot spot for Kenyans. In 2006 Perth had more than both Melbourne and Sydney, which you can't say about most other African nations.