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Nick Vlastuin
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If he's lucky they might give him 1 brownlow vote, let's see at the end of the year.
DS
@Richmond_FC
Nick Vlastuin is our Lexus of Blackburn Performance of the Year nominee for R3! #9FootyClassified | Nine & 9Now
https://x.com/FootyonNine/status/1775456379437977921?s=20
Nick Vlastuin is our Lexus of Blackburn Performance of the Year nominee for R3! #9FootyClassified | Nine & 9Now
https://x.com/FootyonNine/status/1775456379437977921?s=20
Well *smile* me if that doesn't put an exclamation mark on a player's career you can call me "Shirly".
Dusty only dreams of such accolades!
Tigger is finally getting a bit of recognition.
These journalists who have finally taken their blinkers off, aren't telling us Tiger fans anything that we don't already know.
"Does Richmond premiership defender Nick Vlastuin deserve to be mentioned in the same conversation as Tom Stewart, Jeremy McGovern, Darcy Moore and some of the other top tier intercept marking defenders of the last decade?
Champion Data’s Daniel Hoyne certainly thinks so, revealing Vlastuin is the 25th best player of the last seven years, according to their ratings system.
The 29-year-old has had an outstanding start to 2024, highlighted by his 29-disposal, 13-mark game in the win over Sydney.
Hoyne believes it’s time to start celebrating Vlastuin as a player on the same level as Geelong champion Stewart.
“His performance against Sydney on Sunday was unbelievable. It just got me thinking, I don’t think this guy has made All-Australian, but the impact he has had on the competition and the impact he has had on Richmond over the last seven or eight years, I think it’s up there with what Tom Stewart has done,” Hoyne told SEN’s Sportsday.
“Tom Stewart is an absolute superstar of the competition, five-time All-Australian and been absolutely phenomenal.
“But in terms of what Vlastuin has done, over the last seven years off our rating he’s the 25th best player in the competition.
To put that into context, Tom Stewart is around 50th to 55th in the competition (over that time).
“In this period, and we talk about the intercept game and that being king, over a seven-year period he’s one the seventh most intercepts of any player in the competition. He’s won the fourth most intercept marks of any player in the competition, which is unbelievable given the size of the bloke.
“In terms of what he’s been able to get on the scoreboard for his intercepts, he’s generated the second most points of any player in the competition off his intercept work over a seven-year period.
“Having the bigger picture conversation and the celebration of this guy in terms of his career and the impact he’s had, I think others like McGovern and Stewart and Moore and Lever and May, they get the recognition that they deserve, Vlastuin needs his recognition elevated a bit more.”
Vlastuin and the Tigers take on St Kilda in Gather Round, hoping to catapult off their Round 3 win over Sydney."
www.sen.com.au
These journalists who have finally taken their blinkers off, aren't telling us Tiger fans anything that we don't already know.
"Does Richmond premiership defender Nick Vlastuin deserve to be mentioned in the same conversation as Tom Stewart, Jeremy McGovern, Darcy Moore and some of the other top tier intercept marking defenders of the last decade?
Champion Data’s Daniel Hoyne certainly thinks so, revealing Vlastuin is the 25th best player of the last seven years, according to their ratings system.
The 29-year-old has had an outstanding start to 2024, highlighted by his 29-disposal, 13-mark game in the win over Sydney.
Hoyne believes it’s time to start celebrating Vlastuin as a player on the same level as Geelong champion Stewart.
“His performance against Sydney on Sunday was unbelievable. It just got me thinking, I don’t think this guy has made All-Australian, but the impact he has had on the competition and the impact he has had on Richmond over the last seven or eight years, I think it’s up there with what Tom Stewart has done,” Hoyne told SEN’s Sportsday.
“Tom Stewart is an absolute superstar of the competition, five-time All-Australian and been absolutely phenomenal.
“But in terms of what Vlastuin has done, over the last seven years off our rating he’s the 25th best player in the competition.
To put that into context, Tom Stewart is around 50th to 55th in the competition (over that time).
“In this period, and we talk about the intercept game and that being king, over a seven-year period he’s one the seventh most intercepts of any player in the competition. He’s won the fourth most intercept marks of any player in the competition, which is unbelievable given the size of the bloke.
“In terms of what he’s been able to get on the scoreboard for his intercepts, he’s generated the second most points of any player in the competition off his intercept work over a seven-year period.
“Having the bigger picture conversation and the celebration of this guy in terms of his career and the impact he’s had, I think others like McGovern and Stewart and Moore and Lever and May, they get the recognition that they deserve, Vlastuin needs his recognition elevated a bit more.”
Vlastuin and the Tigers take on St Kilda in Gather Round, hoping to catapult off their Round 3 win over Sydney."
Why Nick Vlastuin deserves to be mentioned on the same level as Tom Stewart
“They get the recognition that they deserve, Vlastuin needs his recognition elevated a bit more.”
www.sen.com.au
Well put, DS. Everybody knows that endorsement by the corrupt AFL is purest damnation.
Bloody hell that was a great grab.
Best he’s ever taken. Certainly the most spectacular. Even better than the one over Buddy.
Played well again today. Was holding my breath though after that Yeo tackle. Glad he was alright.
Best he’s ever taken. Certainly the most spectacular. Even better than the one over Buddy.
Played well again today. Was holding my breath though after that Yeo tackle. Glad he was alright.
Amazing to think that even when we're getting thumped like this we'd still be 20 points worse without him
Imagine if we’d have traded him the last 2 years.
Absolute champion. Hope he wins the JD.
The thing about Francis Bourke is that he's the only constant in the universe. He can never be good or bad. He is just Francis Bourke.
And so it was again with Francis Bourke in R9. His side was flogged by 20 goals. But he was Francis Bourke. Did he transcend the destruction? No. All is measured against him. The destruction is temporal.
Was football played? Of course. Did one side win, another lose? Who cares? There is only Francis Bourke.
And so it was again with Francis Bourke in R9. His side was flogged by 20 goals. But he was Francis Bourke. Did he transcend the destruction? No. All is measured against him. The destruction is temporal.
Was football played? Of course. Did one side win, another lose? Who cares? There is only Francis Bourke.
