Playing for Port Melbourne in 2005.
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Great addition to Port yet again. Shame he's not coming back to Box Hill actually.
Consistent hard worker. As long as he remains injury free, he'll be a good addition.
Can those that have seen more of him tell me what position he tends to play? Is this the bloke that missed a lot of 2002 with a bung knee?
Beware...EXTREME bias following........
Just loved this bloke. A terrific fella and a very good , tough footballer to boot. He'd rival Matty Brewer for them most effective complete player I've seen at this level. Unfortunately he'd also rival Brew in the injury stakes. I dont remember knees ever being of great concern but the poor guy had a succession of groin/OP problems that just wouldn't leave him alone. He finally seemed to get all that right in 2003 when he did a shoulder and had to have a reco.
Hawthorn simply couldn't afford to hang on any longer and when Adelaid agreed to rookie list him he didn't hesitate....naturally. I'm not up with his injury status since he moved to SA but I know he played a fair number of games with Norwood so he must have been relatively injury free.
As for what sort of player....to call him a well built utility probably doesn't do him justice and yet that's what he is. Libba always said when he needed to give a bloke a 'job' he went to Matty Ball ; when he needed a pinch hitter , either up forward ot down back , he went to Hazer. He can certainly play forward , either as a mobile short CHF or as a strong flanker. He's a good kick , strong hands , and although not over endowed with endurance running , he's not slow off the mark. Personally I saw his best footy as a rebounding defender who could also put the stoppers on when required , can play tall too.
The greatest praise I can give him is to compare him to the bloke Yabby called 'a good driver in heavy traffic'......Gary Ayres. No , he's not as good but he's not a million miles away from him either.
If it's true he's definately going to Port , I'm as jealous as buggery !
Well , I DID warn you......................................
he played for norwood in the sanfl last season and was one of the redlegs better players in their wooden spoon year!!!
he played a bit up forward and was a good mark and a good kick altho that could let him down a bit!!! he has good size about him!!! good lcuk to him over there!!
Thanks Rico and Jimmy for those comments, look forward to seeing him pull on the Red and Blue jumper next season.
Is Simon Feast still playing with Sturt these days?
ons, he is mate. He has played since coming back to the club in 2002 and was part of our premiership side that year. He had a few injuries last year and after a sub par 2003, was great in 2004 either in the ruck or floating up forward. He got injured towards the end of 2004 which was a big blow for us. 2005 could well be his last year. He is doing preseason at the moment and is 99% sure of playing in 2005. If it will be his last year, then it will be sad to see him go, but im hopeful he can go out with a bang.
Was wondering if anyone can give me info on Leigh Carlson? Apparantly he may be coming over to Sturt. He was close to signing last year but had study committments among other things still going on in Melb.