Gawn - continues to astound

Viney - wonderful tagging performance

Petracca - creative and impressive

Chandler - excellent second half

Turner - versatile and valuable

Langford - prolific without dominating

Rivers - reliable and safe

Windsor - not convincing defensively

Pickett - surprisingly limited output

Langdon - better second half

Bowey - not as convincing

Melksham - experience was everything

Tholstrup - little to admire

McDonald - continued to impress

Spargo - had little involvement

Salem - was rarely convincing

May - limited but important

Fritsch - almost invisible again

McVee - will get better

Lindsay - steady and reliable

Sparrow - was rarely noticed

Sharp - one clever goal

Petty - quiet before injury

Thanks @joeboy generally agree

Dees - good second half

Dees - improvement still needed

Gawn - absolute bloody champion

Melksham - Laser like foot (both)

Gawn the Great

54 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - continues to astound

Viney - wonderful tagging performance

Petracca - creative and impressive

Chandler - excellent second half

Turner - versatile and valuable

Langford - prolific without dominating

Rivers - reliable and safe

Windsor - not convincing defensively

Pickett - surprisingly limited output

Langdon - better second half

Bowey - not as convincing

Melksham - experience was everything

Tholstrup - little to admire

McDonald - continued to impress

Spargo - had little involvement

Salem - was rarely convincing

May - limited but important

Fritsch - almost invisible again

McVee - will get better

Lindsay - steady and reliable

Sparrow - was rarely noticed

Sharp - one clever goal

Petty - quiet before injury

Are we sure about that ‘safe’ for Riv? 😂 Love him but he had one of of his classic brain farts

Spargo - some serious moments

Gawn - Absolutely dominant game!

5 hours ago, BigBadBustling said:

Spargo - some serious moments

And that is Spargo. Has never got it a lot, but when he is around the ball, good things generally happen. Underrated on here imo.

Bit rough on Thulstrup , 14 possies, 4 tackles and 5 score involvements is pretty good for a small fwd. 0.3 hurts but still 3 shots on goal!

1 hour ago, Travy14 said:

Bit rough on Thulstrup , 14 possies, 4 tackles and 5 score involvements is pretty good for a small fwd. 0.3 hurts but still 3 shots on goal!

Still learning his craft. Showed a fair bit of promise for me. Some bad fumbles but again still growing.

8 hours ago, BigBadBustling said:

Spargo - some serious moments

Spargo works blo#dy hard.

Has missed a lot of footy.

With kozzie in the middle I would like to see Spargo up fwd a lot more.

9 hours ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - continues to astound

Viney - wonderful tagging performance

Petracca - creative and impressive

Chandler - excellent second half

Turner - versatile and valuable

Langford - prolific without dominating

Rivers - reliable and safe

Windsor - not convincing defensively

Pickett - surprisingly limited output

Langdon - better second half

Bowey - not as convincing

Melksham - experience was everything

Tholstrup - little to admire

McDonald - continued to impress

Spargo - had little involvement

Salem - was rarely convincing

May - limited but important

Fritsch - almost invisible again

McVee - will get better

Lindsay - steady and reliable

Sparrow - was rarely noticed

Sharp - one clever goal

Petty - quiet before injury

Tough on Spargo. But most fairly accurate.

Thanks JB.

Tholstrup had a 12 week injury, no pre season, and then thrown straight into the deep end, no VFL, he’ll be fine !

Edited May 3, 2025May 3 by Greg Schneider

14 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

Tholstrup has a 12 week injury, no pre season, and then thrown straight into thr deep end, no VFL, he’ll be fine !

Correct

And to expect much more than 14 possessions from a 19yo player who is playing a small forwards role is totally unrealistic

Kolt needs to convert his opportunities but he's not alone in that dept. (from an overall perspective)

The MC would be very happy with his development but that might mean that he could play some games at Casey as part of that development

At a lower level, he'd be better suited as a frontline midfielder in order to develop his overall game

Edited May 4, 2025May 4 by Macca

Tholstrop reminds me of a Chandler 2.0. A little rough in the early stages and was up and down both in form and the main team. Another pre-season and consistent game time has allowed him to flourish. This forum lacks patience with the young kids.

13 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Melksham - Laser like foot (both)

This post should be disqualified because it's a four-word analysis. And all you had to do was say "Laser like feet"! (Agree, by the way).

3 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Spargo works blo#dy hard.

Has missed a lot of footy.

With kozzie in the middle I would like to see Spargo up fwd a lot more.

Spargo. In 108 minutes of footy… 5 kicks 9 handballs 86 metres gained, pressure rating Low, 1 tackle (when Hunt rang into him). 1 goal from that tackle !! Two missed tackles. Just barely barely a game. Lucky he got that goal in the last quarter. We need much much more from him!!!

Much much better

Edited May 4, 2025May 4 by beelzebub

10 hours ago, watchtheeyes said:

And that is Spargo. Has never got it a lot, but when he is around the ball, good things generally happen. Underrated on here imo.

Agree.

I underrate him and then I see him setting up scoring chances.

He is one of those players like ANB, who are not always noticed by fans, but are valued inside their club.

Can have quiet games, like many hff’s.

Edited May 4, 2025May 4 by Redleg

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

Agree.

I underrate him and then I see him setting up scoring chances.

He is one of those players like ANB, who are not always noticed by fans, but are valued inside their club.

Can have quiet games, like many hff’s.

Kind of a mercurial link

Does weird stuff ...but often well

Edit.... might want to do it more often 🤔 😏

Edited May 4, 2025May 4 by beelzebub

7 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Kind of a mercurial link

Does weird stuff ...but often well

Edit.... might want to do it more often 🤔 😏

Doing it more often would be better.