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2012 Player Review - # 51 Leigh Williams (R)

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Leigh has worked very hard in all areas of his game to become a consistent VFL player as a key forward; he has continually demonstrated to us that he values his position on our list through his work ethic and attention to detail. He is extremely team orientated and was a positive contributor to the Casey team this year, whether it be kicking goals or locking the ball in the forward 50.

Unfortunately, Leigh incurred injury and illness this year, which impacted on his season and total games played. Paul Satterley

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Games MFC 2012 0 MFC Total 0 Goals MFC 2012 0 MFC Total

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Games CSFC 2012 9 Goals CSFC 2012 14

Games CSFC DL 3 2012 Goals CSFC DL 2012 7

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    I liked the way he fought back from his life threatening illness and surprised many by not only getting back into the VFL seniors, but also playing well. Certainly didn't appear to lack desire, drive and commitment - could have shown a few more established players a thing or two there.Good luck wherever you go, Leigh.

    I guess the arrival of Dawes and Pedersen killed off any opportunity to push for senior selection.

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    Never really seeing Williams play so hard to comment. Surprised to see him let go given what he went through, his age, body size, his dominance with Norwood the previous year thought he still had a lot to offer.

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    I would have loved to keep Leigh, but the AFL cutting the rookie list has effectively killed his career with us. Rather interesting that the AFL with all their talk of promoting and growing the game have chosen to make it harder to get onto an AFL list. I would have thought it was in the league's best interest to go the other way,

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    I would have loved to keep Leigh, but the AFL cutting the rookie list has effectively killed his career with us. Rather interesting that the AFL with all their talk of promoting and growing the game have chosen to make it harder to get onto an AFL list. I would have thought it was in the league's best interest to go the other way,

    Maybe they are "bringing the game into disrepute" :-))
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    I would have loved to keep Leigh, but the AFL cutting the rookie list has effectively killed his career with us. Rather interesting that the AFL with all their talk of promoting and growing the game have chosen to make it harder to get onto an AFL list. I would have thought it was in the league's best interest to go the other way,

    numbers are still the same, primary list is larger yes? if your good enough you will be told to enter the draft and get picked imo

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    I would have loved to keep Leigh, but the AFL cutting the rookie list has effectively killed his career with us. Rather interesting that the AFL with all their talk of promoting and growing the game have chosen to make it harder to get onto an AFL list. I would have thought it was in the league's best interest to go the other way,

    Gotta cut costs somehow...

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