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2023 Player Reviews: #19 Josh Schache

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Date of Birth: 21 August 1997

Height: 199cm

Weight: 94kg

Games MFC 2023: 3

Career Total: 75
 


Goals MFC 2023: 1

Career Total: 79
 


Games CDFC 2023: 15

Goals CDFC 2023: 29

 Recruited from the Western Bulldogs, the former top ten draft pick saw very little AFL action. He was leading goalkicker for Casey but disappointingly, didn’t make it onto the field when selected as a sub in the Semi Final against the Blues.

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    If you told me at the time we recruited Schache that we would subsequently go into a game without Petty, JVR, Melksham and BBB (with T Mac grossly out of form) and yet we still couldn’t find room for him in a depleted forward line, you’d probably wonder what the point of his recruitment was.

    His decent accuracy would be a welcome boost to our forward line but I’m not sure what else he brings to the table.

    Would be fighting with Fullerton for that potential back up ruck role next year.

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    Assuming he will ruck a lot at Casey next year otherwise I do not understand why he received a contract extension 

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    Good luck Josh Schache play your role at Casey but unless you rekindle the footballer within you,  you will remain there. Whenever I think of Josh I remember that big hit that he took from Gus in the 3rd quarter of the granny when Gus was running white hot 🔥.

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    Gus big 3rd quarter.

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    6 hours ago, MrFreeze said:

    Assuming he will ruck a lot at Casey next year otherwise I do not understand why he received a contract extension 

    I can't remember - was the contract extension before or after his unused sub role v Blues?  

    Strange that - both the extension and his management v Blues.  Mystifying really. 

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    I’d love to see Josh flourish if for no other reason than so as he won’t be remembered (by Dees fans) only as the unused sub. That’d be doing him a great disservice and isn’t what defines him. 

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    22 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I’d love to see Josh flourish if for no other reason than so as he won’t be remembered (by Dees fans) only as the unused sub. That’d be doing him a great disservice and isn’t what defines him. 

    I think poor James Jordon (aka Jordan Jones) is the definitive unused sub.

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    1 hour ago, Winners at last said:

    I think poor James Jordon (aka Jordan Jones) is the definitive unused sub.

    Toby Bedford not far behind. 

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    Like his skills but needs some Mongrel, lots of it in fact! 

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    Don't agree Mono??

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    Rewatched the 21 GF in which he played, though you’d be excused for thinking he didn’t get on.  In Casey games I’ve watched he seems to avoid the hard contact and doesn’t do so well in contested marking. 

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    32 minutes ago, kryton101 said:

    Rewatched the 21 GF in which he played, though you’d be excused for thinking he didn’t get on.  In Casey games I’ve watched he seems to avoid the hard contact and doesn’t do so well in contested marking. 

    Spot on. Unfortunately it seems that "mongrel" or even desperation on the field cannot be taught. You either have it or you dont.

    If he could even learn to play with the desperation of ANB or McVee he would be fine. However he's one of those players that lopes around half arsed & will never do the desperate 1 percenters.

     

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    On 24/12/2023 at 17:29, Winners at last said:

    I think poor James Jordon (aka Jordan Jones) is the definitive unused sub.

    Turnover king... Was never going to be in the starting 22 each week.

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    13 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Don't agree Mono??

    With what Mr Fence?

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    10 hours ago, monoccular said:

    With what Mr Fence?

    With my appraisal?

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    On 25/12/2023 at 14:41, picket fence said:

    Like his skills but needs some Mongrel, lots of it in fact! 

     

    12 hours ago, picket fence said:

    With my appraisal?

    I agree 100% with this one.

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    😁👍

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    I understand the initial decision to recruit Schache, and unfortunately he probably hurt his chances of playing more regular football with some fairly underwhelming efforts in round 7.

    Why you would select a guy in a final, then not use him, is completely beyond me. But even that is less puzzling than giving him a new contract before the end of the trade & draft period. 

    I'm guessing our injury list would need to have at least 15 names on it before he is considered for senior games in 2024.

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