3 hours ago, Stevienic23 said:

He's as clean as a young ANB

No he aint!

Kolt will be fine.

2 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

Kolt will be fine.

At Casey!

17 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

But not guilty enough to quit posting in this thread you started. You don’t feel “a bit guilty” - you clearly don’t feel guilty at all. Why bother posting something so insincere?

You’re not displaying magnanimity, you’re displaying patronisation.

Oh and as for Kolt feeling 💩 after reading it… he wouldn’t give a fat rat’s. His family members and/or friends might, but he wouldn’t.

And now I have the resident weirdo chasing me online. great

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Simply isn’t clean in a pressurised environment.

1 hour ago, Travy14 said:

Kolt will be fine.

I remember saying this about Jimmy Tounpas.

1 hour ago, manny100 said:

Good point you raise. Interupted pre seasons make it hard for any players let alone young players to make an impact.

Having said that our season from here is balancing wins with getting games into young players Kolt being one of them.

I would also like to see Jeffo get a few more games this year.

Alot better by Jeffo today, must tidy up his goal kicking routine though.

Also hit the weights in the off season.

I'd suggest a call to Riley Thilthorpe and asked what his weights program looks like.

10 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

I think this is a grade call and didn't think of it this way. The HHF role requires a massive tank and i think he struggles to cover the ground to have that impact given limited pre-season and limited senior afl footy tank being a second year player.

However, with the footy, he has shown that he can finish, but is still a little fumbly as others have called out. Hopefully another pre-season or two

Surely the wing requires a bigger tank than HFF? It could be a good education for him, but Langdon and Langford are much better there and he really struggles to mark the ball in transition which is a huge part of our wing play right now. So often we get it to him and he drops it or makes heavy weather of a chase.

8 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Cant fault his intensity; liked the scuffle he started and great goal but needs to get the ball more. A tad slow.

Started the scuffle and dropped easy chest mark not long after due to lack of stamina i presume. He looked foolish with his fake anger and misused energy

9 hours ago, Deeko2 said:

He's playing the absolute worst role in footy (as does Sparrow) on the half forward line where you're constantly out numbered and running constant 100m sprints up and down the ground and then horizontally as well with bugger all touches of the pill.

It's brutal and can be so unrewarding and you really need to ensure every small chance you get that you take.

I'm not excited by Tholstrup at the moment, but this is an excellent post.

I don't think you can underestimate just how bad we are at lowering our eyes and finding a leading target. Inside 50 it's very obvious, but it happens further up the ground as well.

I'm not worried about Kolt. Doesn't mean I think he'll make it, but I think it's too early and I still don't mind his selection: he's a high ceiling, low floor candidate.

He was injured preseason, and deserves a bit of time to get fitness right and find his spot in the system before we write him off.

He has had so many "maybe moments" where he has fumbled or spilt a mark or not been clean with his one touch. It's not what he showed in his under highlights, where he was clean with good hands and strong overhead for his size (I know they are cherry picked highlights).

I don't know if that will translate to AFL level; maybe the extra speed and size and pressure means he is at his limit. But I still think he has attributes that will be valuable if he makes it, and for those reasons I am happy we are giving him a go.

I do think he could use time at Casey to really get on top of the pace of the game but I'm not sure who comes in for him as a half forward. Billings? Sharp? Spargo? Are the only options. So I'm happy they are backing in a kid.

Kolt and Caleb are suffering 2nd year blues, after injuries.

The will be better next year, hopefully injury free and after good pre seasons.

They don’t have to be stars at 20.

I love his aggression and willingness to get stuck into his opponents. We need that

Almost 50 days since our last win, we get up and snap a 5 game losing streak but now we have 4 new pages largely writing off a young player playing his 17th game for the club.
Wasn't the greatest performance by any means but we're not doing anything this season, give him some time and a proper pre-season before you get the swords out.

Another really disappointing game. As said previously, he is not fit enough so doesn't get to enough contests, doesn't read the play well enough so is consistently in the wrong position and makes simple skill and decision making errors (may also be linked to fitness issues). Having spunk and attitude are great, but you need to be able to back it up - he is not at this point. Only 1 tackle as well, so not sure about this great defensive workrate that others are praising.

We're just not doing him any favours by persisting with him in this role at AFL level. Has to go back to Casey and get his hands on the ball regularly for a month.

I like how he gets lippy and isn’t afraid of a scrap. More needed from more players

8 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Alot better by Jeffo today, must tidy up his goal kicking routine though.

Also hit the weights in the off season.

I'd suggest a call to Riley Thilthorpe and asked what his weights program looks like.

Jeff is gonna be our Smiling Assassin in two years. He's got the smarts.

11 hours ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said:

Like Dusty? (Springfield, not Martin)

She could sing that girl.

I love how we want to throw this kid out as a bust, yet rave about Neale-Bullen. People laud what he brought to the club in the last 4 years at the Dees, BUT in his entire 192 games at the Dees, he averaged only 15.79 possessions. And in his first 15 games, it was just over 10! The Kolt is at 9.88. Based on these stats, ANB would have been GAWNE a long time before he grew into his role.

Unfortunately, our supporters think patience is only applicable for hospitals.

20 minutes ago, inanunda said:

ANB would have been GAWNE a long time before he grew into his role.

And he very nearly was. Before he became the player most supporters were devastated to lose, he was told by the FD he'd be best to explore options for a trade.

Kolt, Brown, and Windsor are all having the same problem – they are too worried about what they are going to do with the ball before they get it.

They are taking their eyes off the ball before they have controlled it completely. That leads to fumbling and inviting added pressure which makes things more difficult.

Get them into some meditation and Zen thoughts to be in the moment.

Omm

48 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

Kolt, Brown, and Windsor are all having the same problem – they are too worried about what they are going to do with the ball before they get it.

They are taking their eyes off the ball before they have controlled it completely. That leads to fumbling and inviting added pressure which makes things more difficult.

Get them into some meditation and Zen thoughts to be in the moment.

Omm

Wtf

52 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

Kolt, Brown, and Windsor are all having the same problem – they are too worried about what they are going to do with the ball before they get it.

I reckon this is the difference between everyone in the massive disposal category most players fall into (somewhere between terrible and good) and the very best ball users. For anyone who's not great (I hate the word elite), there's a period of cog-turning between realising you're a chance to get the footy and getting rid of it. For the best, that cognitive processing is so fast it seems like it doesn't happen.

The great thing about "just get it on the boot" or "blast it down the line" is it dispenses with the need for that processing. In 2021 it gave poor or average disposers freedom to concentrate much more on getting it. What to do with it? That was a problem passed on to Max Gawn, Ben Brown, Tom McDonald and Bayley Fritsch.

Now our players are being asked not to do that anymore, and many are finding it difficult to adjust. (I know that doesn't explain Tholstrup and Windsor, but this post is a bit of a tangent.) Some will get there. Others just aren't naturally good at it. I keep thinking, though, that Tom McDonald shows you don't need to massively improve your kicking to massively improve your effectiveness.

He is comfortably one of the worst technical field kicks I've seen. But the disastrous turnovers have almost completely dried up, and not just because he went forward and spent a lot of time kicking at goals rather than players. He's dependable in the backline as well. In great part, I think, it's about playing within limitations. Where previously he would attempt to bite off kicks Aaron Davey couldn't make, now he takes the safe, although not always completely conservative, option.

I'm sure you can get better at making quicker, better decisions. But for some players, it might be best to demand that they play within their limitations - look for the handball or the easy sideways kick to a better disposer - than hoping they'll increase the speed of their cog-turning.

I feel he can become our own pest, he annoys the opposition. Ego a bit ahead of ability for now but each year he will get stronger and opposition mids will get older. Hes going to be a good one.

Let’s accept we are not making finals and get as much experience into guys like Kolt as we can. I do t care if he’s tired or can’t run too much. All a learning as to how fit and strong he needs to get.

12 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

And now I have the resident weirdo chasing me online. great

She's qualified because she waved to him at training once