Welcome to Demonland Caleb Windsor

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Windsor interview coming up on 360 .

I've put up with Robbo ( not allowed to call him by the more appropriate name that starts with S )  for 20 plus minutes.

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Sensible, articulate and humble young man. 

 

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58 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Yes Robbie WAS taller but the comparisons were more to do with balance, agility, and timing.

Hi Joeboy sorry to contrare but Robbie’s ht and wt are listed as 6’.0” , 183cm and 75kg, IThe “Duke” is listed at 185cm, shade under 6’1” and hopefully still growing, hard to judge weight but would estimate around 78-80kg’s. Robbie was very thin when he started around 69kg.

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On 21/03/2024 at 16:11, Neil Crompton said:

My memory could be bad but I was of the opinion that the only player that had a Flower-like gate that I’d seen was Keith Greig from North. 

Yes. It was interesting to see them both competing against one another.

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He has the slightly hunched running style reminiscent of the greatest ever, Robbie.

He is fast and direct and makes good decisions.

If only he could bounce the ball with his left hand. That would be too much to ask of the footy gods.

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3 hours ago, mauriesy said:

Pleasing that he says tackling is part of the game he enjoys most.

Aside from his acceleration, he has great upper body strength as well. But it's his ability to make quick decisions and quick execution of plays that excite me. That hanball over the top in the middle without breaking stride to I think it was Tracca who kicked to Frita who goaled... was as good as it gets. No it wasn't a feat of strength or great marking or kicking, it was just a handball. But one made in a second and one where Tracca too didn't have to break stride. How many of those looping handballs do we see get intercepted? Not from this young man.

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2 hours ago, joeboy said:

Yes Robbie WAS taller but the comparisons were more to do with balance, agility, and timing.

Interesting observations.  The late Alan Jeans was once asked what was the most important attribute he looked for in a player - his answer was "balance".

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Really liking this kid, his speed, Instinct and knows what to do around traffic. Also seems to not get ahead of himself and knows where his improvement lies.

 

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2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Hi Joeboy sorry to contrare but Robbie’s ht and wt are listed as 6’.0” , 183cm and 75kg, IThe “Duke” is listed at 185cm, shade under 6’1” and hopefully still growing, hard to judge weight but would estimate around 78-80kg’s. Robbie was very thin when he started around 69kg.

Inflation adjusted, very close match ;)

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This kid is a star in the making, has the talent, composure and aggression of a seasoned veteran after only a handful of games. I love him. Another win for JT.

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Caleb Windsor.  👏👏👏👏Great start to his career and well deserved.  

Edited May 7 by spirit of norm smith
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Interview 'transcript' windsor-change-next-gen-talent-leading-demons-evolution

He received a TV for the nomination so I love this little anecdote: 

"I've been getting into golf recently, and I've been practicing in the lounge room, and I was trying to [hit a ball] into a cupholder in the couch, and it didn't come off that well," Windsor said.  "I hit the tv and completely smashed it, so it wasn't very fun, but I think this makes up for it now.

"Mum just said, 'awesome, this is going in the living room straight away', she was a lot happier than when I smashed it."

Begging question:  Why on earth is he practicing in the lounge room 🙄🤷‍♀️

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Reminds me more of Isaac Smith

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Brad Johnson - who is apparently on the Rising Star selection committee - just said that he would be ranking the Rising Star at this point as

• 1. Windsor
• 2. Reid
• 3 M Roberts

Correction: Brad Johnson was giving his views to Kane Cornes who IS on the selection committee

Edited May 8 by jnrmac

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15 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Brad Johnson - who is apparently on the Rising Star selection committee - just said that he would be ranking the Rising Star at this point as

• 1. Windsor
• 2. Reid
• 3 M Roberts

Correction: Brad Johnson was giving his views to Kane Cornes who IS on the selection committee

That is lovely. Reid has been amazing though… 

Windsor reminds me of a young Danger mouse but I don’t think with the future inside bull motif.

Would love if we were to keep that option open with his body shape if possible. He is that good - you want him in the play as much as possible, and unfortunately, the wing is a supplementary role. Supplementary in that it requires others to get you involved and impact games.

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