Player Watch #29: Will Phillips

[speedy]

Go you garden gnome!

 

[HBFlanker]

Absolute make or break stuff for Will the next month.

We will know by the bye if he has a future at the club.

 

[Devil Fish]

It's got me stuffed why some posters are so protective of Will Phill. None of us here want him to fail. But based on what he has delivered since being drafted, he has been underwhelming in every sense of the word. That can't be denied. Sure, he's had some excuses, but which AFL player doesn't? I suppose the difference lies where some posters, like me, just can't see how he ever becomes an integral part of the NM midfield, which is already on the midget end of the spectrum. Who does he replace in the midfield going forward - Jy, Wardlaw or McKercher? Or do we want all 4 of these guys in the midfield and then wonder why it looks like boys vs men????
It would be a meteoric turnaround, if, in 3 years time, he is anything better than an B Grade midfielder at NMFC.

But hey, I would love to be wrong.

 

[Sillygit]

It's got me stuffed why some posters are so protective of Will Phill. None of us here want him to fail. But based on what he has delivered since being drafted, he has been underwhelming in every sense of the word. That can't be denied. Sure, he's had some excuses, but which AFL player doesn't? I suppose the difference lies where some posters, like me, just can't see how he ever becomes an integral part of the NM midfield, which is already on the midget end of the spectrum. Who does he replace in the midfield going forward - Jy, Wardlaw or McKercher? Or do we want all 4 of these guys in the midfield and then wonder why it looks like boys vs men????
It would be a meteoric turnaround, if, in 3 years time, he is anything better than an B Grade midfielder at NMFC.

But hey, I would love to be wrong.

Framing it as being "so protective of Will", much like the "cheerleder" crap, is pretty funny. A few posters absolutely dedictated to making sure every page of his thread features their negative opinion of him, and it's the responses that must be "over protective".

 

[muttley45]

Why does he have to replace someone in the midfield, as opposed to becoming another part of the rotations in there ?

 

[7577969923]

Is simpkin 21? Jy is approaching a decade on the list. He’s had his chances

He has won two B & Fs. Less than 20 players in the history of our club have done that.

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

Even a 30% Will is the obvious Simpkin replacement in the midfield.

 

[DuckYeah]

He has won two B & Fs. Less than 20 players in the history of our club have done that.

cool story. I could win a bnf for North.

 

[ferball]

cool story. I could win a bnf for North.

Cooler story.

 

[northbergs]

It's got me stuffed why some posters are so protective of Will Phill. None of us here want him to fail. But based on what he has delivered since being drafted, he has been underwhelming in every sense of the word. That can't be denied. Sure, he's had some excuses, but which AFL player doesn't? I suppose the difference lies where some posters, like me, just can't see how he ever becomes an integral part of the NM midfield, which is already on the midget end of the spectrum. Who does he replace in the midfield going forward - Jy, Wardlaw or McKercher? Or do we want all 4 of these guys in the midfield and then wonder why it looks like boys vs men????
It would be a meteoric turnaround, if, in 3 years time, he is anything better than an B Grade midfielder at NMFC.

But hey, I would love to be wrong.

Agree not all midfielders can be A-graders. But if he can be a solid B-grader - we’ll take that.

And as far as short people go - Phillips 181cm, Wardlaw 182cm, McKercher 182cm.


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[Scallop Industry Thug]

* Logan McDonald.

Let’s go will


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[DocSholl]

It took Lachie Neale 6 years to figure it out.

Figure what out? Neale was a very good player by his third year

 

[roo blitz]

Show something today Wil otherwise he will be back in the VFL.

 

[My Left Foote]

Show something today Wil otherwise he will be back in the VFL.

You mean like the way Stephenson got dropped for his horrific game last week?

 

[Topparoo]

Show something today Wil otherwise he will be back in the VFL.

Sorry I didn't mean to thumbs up this post as I think the yoyoing approach to playing Will has done him no favours, I'm hoping he gets a run of games from here on.

 

[roo blitz]

They cant drop you if you play well