Position 2022: Defender Discussion
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Anyone considering George Hewett?
399K Def/Mid
GEORGE Hewett may be unassuming off the football field, but he’s uncompromising on it.
It’s that trait which made Carlton so keen to bring the now-former Sydney midfielder through the doors of IKON Park.
Submitting the paperwork on the opening day of the window, the Blues officially welcomed Hewett on Saturday, not giving up any draft capital due to his status as a free agent.
Hewett is very much a known commodity in AFL circles, having averaged 20 games per season over the last six years as an integral part of Sydney’s midfield mix.
Reprising that inside midfield role in the second half of the 2021 season after an initial stint at half back, that’s where Hewett sees himself playing his best football in his new colours.
“It’s where I feel most at home, I guess,” Hewett told Carlton Media.
“I know my strengths, which is being hard at it and being clean. I just try and be creative when I’ve got the ball and beat my man when I have to beat them.
What role does Hewett play at Carlton? The Blanketer
Hewett has received widespread admiration from the media, his peers, and coaches alike for his sacrificial role in blanketing and tagging the opposition’s best ball winners. Dustin Martin, Patrick Cripps, Travis Boak, Touk Miller, and Jack Macrae are just some of the gun midfielders that Hewett has shut down in his career as a Swan.
With Ed Curnow entering the twilight of his career and looking set to move out of the midfield group in 2022, Hewett at 25 years old is ready-made to step in and fill that tagging role in the Carlton midfield.
It’s a role that Carlton has lacked in recent seasons.
Hewett’s inclusion to the Carlton midfield should take the weight off the likes of Patrick Cripps and Sam Walsh as he will be that option who can nullify the opposition’s most damaging midfielder.
An elite tackler, Hewett averaged 3.4 tackles per game in 2021 finishing with 71 for the season, including 13 in the Elimination Final.
Only three Carlton players laid more than Hewett in 2021.
One of the Blues’ biggest flaws in 2021 was their inability to defend the corridor and with the extra tackling pressure, grunt, and uncompromising nature of Hewett, his acquisition will be a welcome one at Princes Park.
When he went back into the swans midfield in the 2nd half of the season, these were his scores :-
Tempting...
399K Def/Mid
GEORGE Hewett may be unassuming off the football field, but he’s uncompromising on it.
It’s that trait which made Carlton so keen to bring the now-former Sydney midfielder through the doors of IKON Park.
Submitting the paperwork on the opening day of the window, the Blues officially welcomed Hewett on Saturday, not giving up any draft capital due to his status as a free agent.
Hewett is very much a known commodity in AFL circles, having averaged 20 games per season over the last six years as an integral part of Sydney’s midfield mix.
Reprising that inside midfield role in the second half of the 2021 season after an initial stint at half back, that’s where Hewett sees himself playing his best football in his new colours.
“It’s where I feel most at home, I guess,” Hewett told Carlton Media.
“I know my strengths, which is being hard at it and being clean. I just try and be creative when I’ve got the ball and beat my man when I have to beat them.
What role does Hewett play at Carlton? The Blanketer
Hewett has received widespread admiration from the media, his peers, and coaches alike for his sacrificial role in blanketing and tagging the opposition’s best ball winners. Dustin Martin, Patrick Cripps, Travis Boak, Touk Miller, and Jack Macrae are just some of the gun midfielders that Hewett has shut down in his career as a Swan.
With Ed Curnow entering the twilight of his career and looking set to move out of the midfield group in 2022, Hewett at 25 years old is ready-made to step in and fill that tagging role in the Carlton midfield.
It’s a role that Carlton has lacked in recent seasons.
Hewett’s inclusion to the Carlton midfield should take the weight off the likes of Patrick Cripps and Sam Walsh as he will be that option who can nullify the opposition’s most damaging midfielder.
An elite tackler, Hewett averaged 3.4 tackles per game in 2021 finishing with 71 for the season, including 13 in the Elimination Final.
Only three Carlton players laid more than Hewett in 2021.
One of the Blues’ biggest flaws in 2021 was their inability to defend the corridor and with the extra tackling pressure, grunt, and uncompromising nature of Hewett, his acquisition will be a welcome one at Princes Park.
When he went back into the swans midfield in the 2nd half of the season, these were his scores :-
Tempting...
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Ahem…. Aren’t we forget something
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/12/17/returning-milera-like-a-new-recruit-for-the-crows/
$271k….
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/12/17/returning-milera-like-a-new-recruit-for-the-crows/
$271k….