Who: Billy Frampton (Port Adelaide), Ben Crocker (Collingwood), Ben Keays (Brisbane) We've taken a look at the blokes your club picked up over the off-season to see how they fared in their new colours.
MORE: Kevin Sheedy joins Essendon board of directors While it's always fun to rate every club's new recruits ahead of the new season, it's only after we've seen them on the park we can truly assess their impact.
Some teams prefer to play it conservatively, making the odd shrewd pick up here and there, while others will look to regenerate their whole squad. So much so, when he finally returns to his mother's house, the family hardly recognise him.īeautifully penned and mystical, this book leaves an open-ending to fill with all manner of mythical goodness, leaving me to wonder what adventure Odd and his heart and mind will conquer next.The trade period, free agency and draft gives clubs a chance to refresh their list or plug gaps in their team with players from around the competition. Not only does this young, unassuming lad achieve a coup even the Great Gods would have failed at poorly, he garners respect and admiration so impressive, his entire stature, his physical being - grow palpably. When called upon to help save his land from a Frost Giant invasion and permanent winter, Odd uses his mind and heart to avert disaster, rather than weaponry and wicked ways. Unhappy, Odd feels compelled to leave home, dragging his crippled foot across the snow-ridden landscape to his father's old hunting cabin, where he encounters the virtual impossible - a talking bear, fox and eagle.īut these talking animals are not who they seem.ĭrawing on the magical folklore of the Norse Gods, Gaiman has woven a poignant and beautifully scripted tale of a young lad who is far from the typical 'hero' - in looks, in stature, in action. When Odd's father is killed on one of his Viking expeditions, his bereaved mother takes up with a new husband - the father of several kids, who invade the family home. Gaiman's soaring imagination once again takes flight in this beautiful new book about a young crippled lad - the son of a Viking father and Scottish mother.
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