Watson's Goal

Sismis · Post by **Sismis** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:48 am

Where has that been? I nearly choked on my beer. A few other nice kicks as well. I'm hoping that was exactly the tonic he needs to get some confidence. He's big enough to break open packs and if he can slot a few more of those or hit a lead from a stoppage, his value to the team could be immense.

lozza89 · Post by **lozza89** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:56 am

His kicking is actually pretty good when he doesn't hesitate to kick it! When he kicked that goal, he didn't look to handball it off, stop, prop and kick it. He just kicked through the ball.

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Mon May 21, 2007 12:49 pm

Good to see him with some confidence.

rama_fan · Post by **rama_fan** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:10 pm

His goal was brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Mon May 21, 2007 6:43 pm

In his last two weeks I dont think he has missed a target by foot, which is a credit to him fr having the confidence in himself.

Ramanama · Post by **Ramanama** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:20 pm

Game lifter!

fordmania · Post by **fordmania** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:05 pm

I'm sure he could have handballed that far.

But I think that Sheedys' message is finally getting through to him. Rather than handballing all the time, don't be scared to actually kick the bloody thing. Not sure what his stats were but I would say they were about 50/50 in kick to handball this week. Which is bloody good to see that's for sure and certainly will improve his team position.

Brumaz · Post by **Brumaz** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:37 pm

good stuff Jobe!!

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:42 pm

He just trusted his ability and didn't think too much. Persistance with young players pays off.

dingus · Post by **dingus** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:41 am

Fantastic goal, but when will we focus on the positive that he is just about the best handball in the business, and stop focussing on the negatives of his kicking? (Before flaming me, I realise that has not happened in this particular thread, thankyou.)

Brumaz · Post by **Brumaz** » Wed May 23, 2007 12:02 am

well said dingus. His handballing is consistently some of the best in the league!

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:17 am

I made mention of it when it happened in the game thread. Was a beauty from just outside 50. Split the middle and I said, How was that for a kick from Watson!

I noticed he's been kicking a lot more, even to targets that he could hit by hands 15-30 metres away... usually when he has time to stop and think "Hey I could actually kick it to him" and then tick tock tick tock he kicks the ball.

Once he gets it into him as a natural instinct to kick the ball rather than use his hands to hit targets further afield, he'll certainly be the "premier" midfielder we've been hoping he'd become.

Meanwhile, his hands in close are incredible.