I wish Charlie the best of luck elsewhere and hope he gets his body right to regain the little speed the had. We though need to go passed extending contracts for players like him and find new players to take us forward.

27 minutes ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

I wish Charlie the best of luck elsewhere and hope he gets his body right to regain the little speed the had. We though need to go passed extending contracts for players like him and find new players to take us forward.

Spargo is one of few players who doesn't panic and kick indiscriminately when going into our forward 50. He always lowers his eyes and finds someone. I'd rather him than a lot of others who just bomb it long.

13 minutes ago, cantstandyasam said:

Spargo is one of few players who doesn't panic and kick indiscriminately when going into our forward 50. He always lowers his eyes and finds someone. I'd rather him than a lot of others who just bomb it long.

All good and well, but he's lucky to get 2-4 kicks a game.

49 minutes ago, cantstandyasam said:

Spargo is one of few players who doesn't panic and kick indiscriminately when going into our forward 50. He always lowers his eyes and finds someone. I'd rather him than a lot of others who just bomb it long.

34 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

All good and well, but he's lucky to get 2-4 kicks a game.

This is the classic Spargo debate.

He’s on the list, and I dare say has been offered another contract by us, because he can kick. He stands out from most of the rest of our list in that aspect.

But it’s no use to us if he can’t get the ball, and he’s struggled at this for the last few years.

We need to move on from players who hold an AFL quality trait but, regardless, can’t impact at AFL level because their other traits are too sub par. Another example is Sharp - elite endurance/running, but useless because he’s so poor at finding the ball and doing anything with it.

Young Ooze lovely finish!

If people go back and watch Spargo in 2021 his disposal at that time and field kicking was elite and a massive help when it counted.

Said the same about Harmes second efforts but alas he went.

Unfortunately for Spargo his body has just made it impossible to get back to 2021.

On 06/08/2025 at 23:45, poita said:

A permanent forward who has kicked 1 goal in 10 games this year. Supposedly a wonderful kick inside 50, but he only has 4 goal assists in those 10 games.

I genuinely don't understand what his role is meant to be, but surely he can't be performing it to the level expected.

No doubt he played an important part in 2021 but, like most of his teammates, he has gone significantly backwards since.

The best thing for both player and club would be for him to find a new home at year end, likely as a delisted free agent.

Bump this!

3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

All good and well, but he's lucky to get 2-4 kicks a game.

Yep, take the Norf offer and thanks for your service!

1 hour ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Unfortunately for Spargo his body has just made it impossible to get back to 2021.

And he’s just popped a shoulder, I think, down at Casey 😔

Can’t believe he played 10 games in 25. I barely noticed him. Given, he has come back from a serious injury. Still young enough to capture his best form. I hope he does it here and not elsewhere.

4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

All good and well, but he's lucky to get 2-4 kicks a game.

No one gets the ball on the forward flank for Melbourne tho. Not unless they’re the extra mid up at the stoppage or at the drop of the ball around a pack after a long bomb. He’s consistently wide open for the extra 2 kicks he need a quarter and ignored.

There’s issues with Spargo’s game, his lack of burst means he’s often caught running in circles these days and often tries to do too much. And similarly even if he’s a really smart pressure player who gets to the right spots he doesn’t nail enough tackles.

And it shouldn’t stop him getting a contract offer but needing to rehab a shoulder over summer is far from ideal.

On 30/08/2025 at 11:38, cantstandyasam said:

Spargo is one of few players who doesn't panic and kick indiscriminately when going into our forward 50. He always lowers his eyes and finds someone. I'd rather him than a lot of others who just bomb it long.

But he doesn’t win the ball enough and outside of that lacks the speed or size to be a danger in any other way nor any positional flexibility.

Hope he is ok after the shoulder dislocation and can play again in the finals for Casey.

22 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

No one gets the ball on the forward flank for Melbourne tho. Not unless they’re the extra mid up at the stoppage or at the drop of the ball around a pack after a long bomb. He’s consistently wide open for the extra 2 kicks he need a quarter and ignored.

There’s issues with Spargo’s game, his lack of burst means he’s often caught running in circles these days and often tries to do too much. And similarly even if he’s a really smart pressure player who gets to the right spots he doesn’t nail enough tackles.

And it shouldn’t stop him getting a contract offer but needing to rehab a shoulder over summer is far from ideal.

No one gets the ball on the fwd flank? Culley? Bison? Chin?

53 minutes ago, D Rev said:

No one gets the ball on the fwd flank? Culley? Bison? Chin?

Culley and Langford played almost exclusively on the wing.

Langford played a couple of games late often deep forward, the only game he played purely half forward was round 1 and he had 5 touches, subbed off and dropped to come back as a mid/wing.

Chandler averaged 14.6 touches, but his outlier games were on the wing including North in round 2.

Sparrow, Sharp, Henderson, Kolt the rest of the guys we tried were just like Spargo. 12 or touches is all you’re going to get.

If there’s one guy who did find some footy on the flank it was Fritsch.

really hope north don't pull there offer to charlie, this is the kind of move we need to make to progress.

3 minutes ago, Turner said:

really hope north don't pull there offer to charlie, this is the kind of move we need to make to progress.

What offer?

I mean do we really have enough depth in the half forward position? Footy smarts and AFL level players are a rarity, look at where we are after losing Jordan, Harmes et al. We've gone from a wealth of depth to the impoverished in a short few years.

He may be a victim of our insipid forward craft, there's many players that lack speed but make up for it with good decisions and poise. Let's not be so dismissive of his talents while he's on our list.

The romanticist in me doesn't mind him hooking up with his fathers team but we should consider keeping proven depth players and focusing more on developing players.

7 hours ago, Redleg said:

Hope he is ok after the shoulder dislocation and can play again in the finals for Casey.

Doubt it - looked pretty bad.

8 hours ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

Doubt it - looked pretty bad.

Yup the way he did it was classic AC joint, thinking bigger picture he will want to rehab properly for next year

9 hours ago, Gibberish said:

I mean do we really have enough depth in the half forward position? Footy smarts and AFL level players are a rarity, look at where we are after losing Jordan, Harmes et al. We've gone from a wealth of depth to the impoverished in a short few years.

He may be a victim of our insipid forward craft, there's many players that lack speed but make up for it with good decisions and poise. Let's not be so dismissive of his talents while he's on our list.

The romanticist in me doesn't mind him hooking up with his fathers team but we should consider keeping proven depth players and focusing more on developing players.

Kolt, Laurie, Billings, Mcadam, Sharp, Henderson, Mentha
I think it is a position we have plenty that have as good an input as Spargo has of late, with the draft and possibly Sinnema coming in, I think it's a player we can move comfortably

10 hours ago, Gibberish said:

I mean do we really have enough depth in the half forward position? Footy smarts and AFL level players are a rarity, look at where we are after losing Jordan, Harmes et al. We've gone from a wealth of depth to the impoverished in a short few years.

He may be a victim of our insipid forward craft, there's many players that lack speed but make up for it with good decisions and poise. Let's not be so dismissive of his talents while he's on our list.

The romanticist in me doesn't mind him hooking up with his fathers team but we should consider keeping proven depth players and focusing more on developing players.

Caaaarysst he is part of our INSIPID forward craft

1 Doesnt get it enough

2 Shocking goals avg for games played

3 Slow OVERATED PLODDER

4 Can't kick more than 40 meters

HAPPY for him to go to Norf

END OF STORY

17 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Culley and Langford played almost exclusively on the wing.

Langford played a couple of games late often deep forward, the only game he played purely half forward was round 1 and he had 5 touches, subbed off and dropped to come back as a mid/wing.

Chandler averaged 14.6 touches, but his outlier games were on the wing including North in round 2.

Sparrow, Sharp, Henderson, Kolt the rest of the guys we tried were just like Spargo. 12 or touches is all you’re going to get.

If there’s one guy who did find some footy on the flank it was Fritsch.

Right, I was thinking of where they acquired the ball during the game, rather than where they were listed to play (which I don't rate much). Given the 'all team' / swarming approach, the reality is that HFF doesn't mean as much. What we need is the best players possible who can fit into the game style to add pressure up the whole ground and transition it forward to the waiting arms of Jake Melksham

1 hour ago, D Rev said:

Right, I was thinking of where they acquired the ball during the game, rather than where they were listed to play (which I don't rate much). Given the 'all team' / swarming approach, the reality is that HFF doesn't mean as much. What we need is the best players possible who can fit into the game style to add pressure up the whole ground and transition it forward to the waiting arms of Jake Melksham

Sure but if you want better forward entries you need to play with width and use the flankers in space. Geelong, Hawthorn, Brisbane, the teams that move the ball the best get their flankers the ball

It's tough. Spargo and so many others showed a lot in the VFL game. But at the end of the day we have to reduce our senior list by 3 players before the draft under AFL rules and we also have to reduce the rookies by at least 2 which we got as extras due to the long term injury list. You would also want to bring some young blood onto the rookie list. So I would suggest it will come down to at least 7 delistings.

9 hours ago, picket fence said:

Caaaarysst he is part of our INSIPID forward craft

1 Doesnt get it enough

2 Shocking goals avg for games played

3 Slow OVERATED PLODDER

4 Can't kick more than 40 meters

HAPPY for him to go to Norf

END OF STORY

Can you go with him?