Toast Zak Butters appreciation thread

[RussellEbertHandball]

You've picked out quite literally the only two slightly dodgy things Butters has done to date in his AFL career. By comparison, at the same point in his career Patrick Dangerfield was worthy of an accompanying Looney Toons soundtrack.

Nah first year Zak many times tried to do too much and he turned over the ball unnecessarily.

He reduced those errors substantially last year. He will always try things and some of them wont come off and they will be costly and frustrating to watch.

Dangerfield is a clanger kick when he is doing normal stuff. Zak pushes things, so errors will happen.

 

[RobbieGray17]

Can we say it now?

Butters is giving us more than Wingard would be RN. So glad we made those trades.

Polec - Win
Wingard - Win
Pittard - Win
Howard - Win

 

[Schulzenfest]

Can we say it now?

Butters is giving us more than Wingard would be RN. So glad we made those trades.

Polec - Win
Wingard - Win
Pittard - Win
Howard - Win

Recruiting Butters had absolutely zero to do with the Wingard trade.

 

[RobbieGray17]

Recruiting Butters had absolutely zero to do with the Wingard trade.

IK
Was just a general follow up discussion.

 

[missionpossible]

Fair play to missionpossible . He messaged me after 1 week of his bottom age year when he was 16 and said keep a close eye on this kid, he's going to be spesh. Special he is!

I get the odd one right.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

IT WAS a phone call ultimately made in vain. But Melbourne's attempt to trade up the draft order in 2018 to secure Zak Butters

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Zak Butters

Age

23

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

14.7

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.9

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

told of the huge interest in the talented then-teenager, who in his third year at AFL level is now on ascent to the very elite of the competition.

Just 39 games into his career, Butters has already proven to be not only one of Port Adelaide's best players but is also keeping strong company with the AFL's leading performers. He was also hot property at the NAB AFL Draft.

In the year of live trading being introduced to draft night, the Demons tried to be the first club to make a major move and called Port Adelaide while the Power were on the clock for their second pick, No.12 overall, after they had grabbed local forward Connor Rozee

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Connor Rozee

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.0

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

1.6

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

0.8

3star

with No.5.

The Demons were armed with a future first-round pick to make a deal happen (that landed as No.3 the following season when they took Luke Jackson

9

Luke Jackson

Age

22

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

), but the conversation didn't last long. As the Power picked up the phone, their recruiting team had punched Butters' name into the online draft system. Melbourne hopes of moving up the board – and the willingness to part with their following season's top pick – were based purely on Butters being available but he was off to Alberton Oval.

Draft drama: The last-gasp phone call that failed to land Zak Butters

As Zak Butters establishes his place in the AFL's elite, draft expert Cal Twomey looks back at his dramatic arrival at Port

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[rumoursofwinter]

Great story! If Adelaide had taken Caldwell instead of Jones, then Gws would have taken Butters. We would have had the likely choice of Jones, Hately and Clark. Think we were very linked to Clark. Win win!

 

[Grave Danger]

Great story! If Adelaide had taken Caldwell instead of Jones, then Gws would have taken Butters. We would have had the likely choice of Jones, Hately and Clark. Think we were very linked to Clark. Win win!

These draft night stories should tell you that none of us know just who our recruiters are interested in. In fact any 'intel' that comes out prior to the draft is probably a deception. But all clubs would know that. Some clubs might give one another a wink or a nod in the lead-up, but it's not until those frantic phone calls start happening on the night that true intentions start to crystalise.

 

[Spadge]

Remember how we were told Jasper Pittard

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Jasper Pittard

Age

33

Ht

186cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

11.7

4star

HB

6.1

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

388.2

5star

D

14.0

3star

K

9.9

4star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

310.9

4star

D

19.6

5star

K

14.6

5star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.2

4star

has this unique football brain that allowed him to see what was happening on the field before it happened?
Apparently he saw it so well that his brain turned to mush because he had 10 options open to him and couldnt pick one then most likely shat the bed and turned it over.

Butters is the complete opposite. He sees s**t before it happens, has 10 options open to him and picks the best one and executes it almost every time

 

[RobbieGray17]

Remember how we were told Jasper Pittard has this unique football brain that allowed him to see what was happening on the field before it happened?
Apparently he saw it so well that his brain turned to mush because he had 10 options open to him and couldnt pick one then most likely shat the bed and turned it over.

Butters is the complete opposite. He sees sh*t before it happens, has 10 options open to him and picks the best one and executes it almost every time

Remember how Tom Brady was ranked 199. Wasn't good enough they said (metrics aren't everything) They said Toumpas was elite.

 

[chickentendies]

He can * my wife

 

[Schulzenfest]

He can fu** my wife

He can * me

 

[RossFC]

 

[afl2004]

Was he in the middle more today ?

 

[Windy Cindy]

Remember how we were told Jasper Pittard has this unique football brain that allowed him to see what was happening on the field before it happened?
Apparently he saw it so well that his brain turned to mush because he had 10 options open to him and couldnt pick one then most likely shat the bed and turned it over.

Butters is the complete opposite. He sees sh*t before it happens, has 10 options open to him and picks the best one and executes it almost every time

I’d love to hear who told us that about jasper and surely he has been sacked from his position forever

you described jasper perfectly.

 

[PJ Power]

I get the odd one right.

Reckon you liked DBJ too.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

“Nerves can recover slowly and unpredictably, there is no formal treatment for a nerve injury,” Dr Peter Larkins said.

“That is the problem because nerves can settle down after a couple of days and you can have nerves that take six to eight weeks to settle down.

“The nerve from your knee does affect the power in your foot and ankle potentially so that is a complication.”

Dr Larkins said Port Adelaide would have to closely monitor Butters during his recovery. “The nerve is just a watch-and-see situation,” he said.

“Mark Fisher (Port Adelaide’s chief medical officer) will be assessing that every three or four days, they will be doing strength tests on the muscle.

“You can actually do a nerve test which is called a nerve conduction test and that sees if the nerve is firing at 100 per cent efficiency.

“That is a complicated test to do so if they are really worried that it is a bit weak they can check that and when the nerve specialist says it is firing they can load him back up.” Dr Larkins said extra time on the sidelines would ultimately benefit Butters.

“If the nerve has been shut down a bit, you can’t put a time frame on it,” he said. “It’s probably not a bad idea if he takes another month, it’s probably a good thing for his ankle.” Larkins said any long-term damage was unlikely. “Not unless the nerve has permanent damage, and that’s why they do the nerve conduction test and if that shows the nerve does have permanent damage then it does affect him,” he said. “But that is rare so I don’t think in the future it has any long term consequences.”

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[Lefti93]

i remember at the time of watching the incident thinking it could have been a bad knee injury. give our zak as much time as possible to recover. hopefully he will be good to go in the back end of the season and we are in a good position for him to come in and really attack the finals series.

 

[TeeKray]

The thing about Zak is that he puts himself in so many positions where you think he might hurt himself yet always finds a way to just bounce up. It almost seemed like he was indestructible until this happened.

 

[RossFC]

Anyone else worried that this could have long term effects? Or will it be sorted in 10 weeks?

 

[Visenfest]

Anyone else worried that this could have long term effects? Or will it be sorted in 10 weeks?

It'll be sorted in two weeks I reckon

 

[Schulzenfest]

He'll work it out.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

He was literally old man running the other day ..
Give him 3 weeks

 

[edgie]

Was he in the middle more today ?

Between me and my wife?

No, he’s on my side.


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[PAFC66]

He was literally old man running the other day ..
Give him 3 weeks

He could still impact even running like that