At the Bar with Lachie Watkins
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Club:Melton Bloods
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Age:27
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Preferred Position:Midfield
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Previous Clubs:Melton South
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Occupation:Electrician
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Footy Highlight:2022 BFNL Premiership
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Hobbies:Golf (Handicap 11)
INSIDER: The Bloods are flying again, do you think you're travelling better this year?
LACHIE WATKINS: Hoping so - the new game style should hold us in good stead.
INSIDER: What are you (as a team) doing better than last year - and not as well as last year?
LW: Better – Structure and set up, Improvement - natural adjustment period.
INSIDER: What are three non-negotiables playing under Troy Scoble?
LW: Effort, Pressure, Be adventurous.
INSIDER: Which family would win a goalkicking comp? the Carters, the Walkers, the Kights or the Watkins?
LW: The Watkins! Definitely not the Kights (looking at you Jordy)
INSIDER: How many games do you think your brother Jack (North Melbourne VFL) will play for the Bloods this year?
LW: Hopefully none at all with everyone fit and healthy etc
INSIDER: What other sport could you play at a high level if there were no footy?
LW: Cricket
INSIDER: In a freakish sense, which player at the club can do things on-field that others can't?
LW: Jordy Cotter, Lachlan Phillips
INSIDER: Who at the club has the most upside from a junior perspective?
LW: Braedan Kight’s little brother!
INSIDER: Biggest footy critic?
LW: My brother Jack (perfectionist)
INSIDER: Have you ever bought a car off Nabby?
LW: Not yet, but not from a lack of him trying!
INSIDER: Who is the quickest at the club over 30m?
LW: Bailey Mawson
INSIDER: Favorite ground to play on away from MacPherson Park?
LW: Clarke Oval, Sunbury
INSIDER: Who is your favorite footy person at the club?
LW: Ray Newman
INSIDER: Who is the last person you would want to share a room with on a footy trip?
LW: Any of the Walkers!
INSIDER: If you had to cook for the whole club what would be your signature dish of approval?
LW: Steak
INSIDER: Who at the club would most likely win a million dollars on a quiz show?
LW: Tom Button
INSIDER: Which of the following best describes you - a reader, a gamer, a commentator, a raver?
LW: A reader
INSIDER: Who do you think would be leading Melton's Best and Fairest?
LW: Jaycob Hickey or Braedan Kight
INSIDER: Favorite AFL club and player?
LW: Geelong, Jeremy Cameron
INSIDER: Biggest threat to Melton for the flag?
LW: Darley
INSIDER: If you could add three players from other clubs to your list, who would you pick?
LW: Brett Bewley (Darley), Jordy Johnston (East Point), Tyson Lever (Sunbury).