Stingray

You bloody super star pig! Kept us in that in the 3rd quarter almost single handedly. you and jetta 1 and 2 for bog - what a recruit. Legend!

“The experienced guys coming in have been really, really pivotal. Michael Hibberd has been unbelievable. He’s just been extraordinary..." gotta love Paul Roos!

This was so crystal clear he would have a cracker youd have to have been a little slow (like those that called for him to be dropped last week.....), blind or know nothing about football to think otherwise. was great to see the support for him this morning and even better to see some d's supporters eating humble pie post his awesome efforts today. He's huge for us as an expiericend leader to a team of young guns. Love the man and this club.

Jetta did not have a bad first half. Nor did Hannan, jones, watts or garlett. At the least.........

Are you serious??? He's a legend. In every meaning of the word. If he'd been played earlier this year we'd be even more solidified in the 8.

Finally some recognition he's one of the recruits of the year from someone outside the footy club. Great to see. This is from afl websites list of players in contention for all Australian mid way through the year. melb = garlett, hibberd, Jetta, oliver

Was reading the age article going through what they deem as the most successful trades of last year - and whilst lewis got a tiny nod, was amazed to not see one word written about Pig. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-best--and-the-rest--of-2016-afl-trades-20170518-gw8akg.html yes he was injured but he's been huge for us since coming into the side and just gets better each week. Broader accolades outside the club or not - he's been a phenomenal pick up for us and I've no doubt if this article is re-visited at seasons end his name will be well up that list.

Great to see clarry vs parish in the middle on Saturday - both potential super stars of the game. Happy we have clarry of the two.

Unless your blind it's easy to see Oliver gets a lot of the footy and gets it in a good way - but after watching his ability to get clocked twice in the nut and still dispose of the footy effectively last week thought it would be good to assess just how well he does as an effective accumulator vs the comps best this year. looking at the top ten ball getters for the comp to date - here's Oliver by the numbers: - games: 18 - a whopping 90 less than the avg of the rest of the top 10 and 34 less than the next least experienced in crouch - avg disposals: 31.4 which sits him 6th but right behind selwood and gaff on 32 - avg marks: 4.6 which ranks him 7th but majority of top 10 avg between 4 and 5 per game bar Merritt and Rockliff who are above 6 - avg tackles: 7.8 which is 2nd with only selwood the tackling machine ahead on 8.2. Only Rockliff and treloar are also above 7 light years ahead of the rest. - goals: 0 which if you take out dangerfield who has booted 9 puts him at only 1 goal behind the rest - efficiency: 79.6 which, and most impressively, sits him 2nd behind only laird. After those two the next best users are selwood and gaff on 73 with all others below 70 i knew he was fast becoming a favourite d but when you sit back and look at him objectively - he's a super star. For someone of his lack of experience and is willing to get in apply pressure and do the hard ball gets, and yet to be getting so much of the footy and using it effectively 8 out of 10 times - it's scary how good he could be as he fills out and develops. despite a few recent losses, it's blokes like this that make the d's still such an exciting prospect.