Opinion Your most important player?

[TheUnicorn]

Who’s your teams most important player? The player that if you were to lose it could spell the end to your 2024 campaign.

They aren’t necessarily your best player, but the most important in terms of structure or an important cog. Maybe you have no depth in that position and it leaves a massive hole.

 

[Cursed Cat]

Tom Hawkins

26

Tom Hawkins

Age

35

Ht

197cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.9

4star

G

2.1

5star

D

12.7

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.1

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

5.6

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.0

3star

G

2.2

5star

; he’s our forward line fulcrum - even when he’s not having a great day he is so important to Geelong structurally.

 

[Engimal v3]

Nick Larkey

20

Nick Larkey

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.5

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.8

4star

. He kicked 28% of our scores this year, higher than any other player for their team in the comp. Curnow, Allen and Walker are the only other players above 20%.

 

[Jeremias]

Weitering

 

[AFDogs]

Bont. Without him we would have finished 16th.

 

[RUNVS]

McCartin I would say, simply because if we lose him we don't have much to replace him with.

 

[SSSSSS]

It's hard to split Lewis and Sicily for mine.

Sicily the better player but I think we have better ways to cover his absence whereas it's Lewis or bust for our forward line.

 

[rye]

for most teams it will be their full back

id say daniher slightly edges out andrews for brisbane. i can see the coaching staff being able to put a competent, albeit weaker backline together without andrews. i do not know who could even cover for daniher or how the forward line would function should he miss a significant part of the season

 

[RonnieRaven]

Sean Darcy

4

Sean Darcy

Age

25

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

6.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

32.0

5star

When he’s at his best mids get first use to keep pressure off defence.
Frees up Jackson to do as he please and we are starting to get a fwd line to capitalise

 

[GROTTO]

Harrison Petty

35

Harrison Petty

Age

24

Ht

197cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.5

2star

K

5.7

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

120.7

2star

No current season stats available

D

9.8

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

MG

127.6

3star

.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

It's hard to split Lewis and Sicily for mine.

Sicily the better player but I think we have better ways to cover his absence whereas it's Lewis or bust for our forward line.

My take on most important is structural, and for Hawthorn I would add Reeves to that mix.

A little left field given his stats and external ratings, but he offers our midfield regular first use, and was a very large part of our stoppages improvement in 2023. Not as good a player as Lewis/Sicily, but potentially more important structurally.

Lewis -> Chol
Sicily -> Scrimshaw/Frost
Reeves -> Meek

Our ruck is an unappreciated advantage at stoppages and after another pre-season of building his endurance base I'm hopeful Reeves will be able to play more effective minutes each week.

 

[Blackhawk42]

If Lewis and Sicily play the entire season we're a finals smokey.

If they miss large enough chunks of the season we're a lock for bottom 4.

 

[owen87]

Jordan Ridley

14

Jordan Ridley

Age

25

Ht

195cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.7

4star

MG

244.8

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

11.9

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

6.7

5star

T

1.7

3star

MG

265.4

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.2

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.4

4star

MG

208.2

4star

was in 2023 IMO. With McKay coming in maybe he won't be as vital, but his ability to come across to assist in defence, mop up intercept marks and be a calm and accurate user of the ball coming out of D50 are absolutely massive.

We haven't had anyone that could cover what he does either, whereas most other positions we've got some level of options.

 

[g_TRAIN]

Rowan Marshall

19

Rowan Marshall

Age

28

Ht

201cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

3.4

5star

HO

20.2

5star

D

12.9

3star

K

9.3

4star

HB

3.6

2star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

17.8

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

7.8

5star

and Max King

12

Max King

Age

23

Ht

202cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

1star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.4

5star

.

 

[benji2]

Still Tex Walker. Not ideal to be relying on a soon to be 34 year old to kick the majority of our score but it’s still where we’re at


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[g_TRAIN]

Still Tex Walker. Not ideal to be relying on a soon to be 34 year old to kick the majority of our score but it’s still where we’re at


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You will make finals this year, Tex will be important but I think others will step up and the reliance won't be as high.

 

[blueiris]

Showing by how Lions played when Ashcroft went down would show how good of a player he is

The Wifes team Collingwood I would say Diacos Magpies lost a few when he wasn't there he's also a massive reason Pies won the Flag

 

[adammania9]

Darcy Moore

30

Darcy Moore

Age

28

Ht

203cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.1

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

169.1

3star

D

13.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

0.7

1star

MG

182.0

3star

D

6.8

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

2.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

87.4

2star

by the length of the Flemington straight

 

[Philth]

Tom Lynch.

We lost him and it spelt the end for our 2023 campaign. And that was with Reiwoldt still playing.

Lose him again in 2024 and it's even worse.

 

[hawkman]

It's hard to split Lewis and Sicily for mine.

Sicily the better player but I think we have better ways to cover his absence whereas it's Lewis or bust for our forward line.

Last year it was difficult to split. Hopefully this year with Chol and Gunston coming in Lewis becomes a little bit less important which will make it Sicily

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Jordan Dawson

12

Jordan Dawson

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

15.7

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.6

3star

.

If he plays well with his delivery, we have the forwards to kick more than 100 points.

 

[RUNVS]

Tom Lynch.

We lost him and it spelt the end for our 2023 campaign. And that was with Reiwoldt still playing.

Lose him again in 2024 and it's even worse.

I suspect you might at some point as he seems to be getting more injury prone as time goes not, which isn't too surprising given that is what happens to players when they get older.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Who’s your teams most important player? The player that if you were to lose it could spell the end to your 2024 campaign.

They aren’t necessarily your best player, but the most important in terms of structure or an important cog. Maybe you have no depth in that position and it leaves a massive hole.

Well, nobody then. We have no 2024 campaign.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Harley Reid. The West doesn't think we have any other players.

 

[RUNVS]

Harley Reid. The West doesn't think we have any other players.

Do you?