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Welcome to Demonland: Thomas Matthews

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Got a few ahead of him in the queue though ...

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    3 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    Got a few ahead of him in the queue though ...

    Nah, he jumped over them

    Just couldn’t hold it

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    50 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

    massive hanger and not coming down with the ball reminds me of Kossie. Great to watch though

    Kossie finally held onto one last year! I reckon he'll take a few more this season too.

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    Looks like real gem and has a bit of the Toby Greens or Zac Bailey’s about him.

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    He, Chandler, Pickett x2 is a nice mix of dynamic small forwards.

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    Think this guy is the reason Kolt’s being trialled down back. They’ll want to get games into Matthews this year. Chandler, L Pickett and Matthews the smalls.

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    12 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

    Think this guy is the reason Kolt’s being trialled down back. They’ll want to get games into Matthews this year. Chandler, L Pickett and Matthews the smalls.

    Agreed. I actually think Kolt could be a really good lockdown defender on smalls/mediums a bit like a Starcevich.

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    9 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Matthews looks like a ripper.

    Similar replacement for Spargo with his tenacious tackling, but also looks like he has more tricks as well.

    Wouldn't be hard to do!

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    10 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Matthews looks like a ripper.

    Similar replacement for Spargo with his tenacious tackling, but also looks like he has more tricks as well.

    I love Spargy-pants but I’m glad Tommy has more tricks than him because Charlie didn’t have any!

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    36 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    I love Spargy-pants but I’m glad Tommy has more tricks than him because Charlie didn’t have any!

    except being our best kicking inside 50.

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    12 hours ago, Greg Schneider said:

    Think this guy is the reason Kolt’s being trialled down back. They’ll want to get games into Matthews this year. Chandler, L Pickett and Matthews the smalls.

    Kolt's down back because Bowser is out, CJ and Salem are both ticking time bombs with soft tissue injuries and AMW is still making his way back. And X Taylor has to build his tank and settle in to playing against men. We needed a fit body back there just to get through the intraclub.

    It will be great if Matthews can debut, yet alone more than that. He had a serious knee injury and was restricted to lap running in the rehab group until only a few weeks ago. The coaches won't be expecting him to get AFL games until they see consistent performance at Casey.

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    13 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Matthews looks like a ripper.

    Similar replacement for Spargo with his tenacious tackling, but also looks like he has more tricks as well.

    If he can kick more than 35 metres we're already winning.

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    15 minutes ago, poita said:

    If he can kick more than 35 metres we're already winning.

    True, but if he can hit targets inside 50 as reliably as Spargo did, to the point he was pretty much best in the league at it, then maybe kicking more than 35m isn't so important.

    Charlie might have had some limitations, but I'll always regard him as an important part of our rebuild and premiership.

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    2 hours ago, Bay Riffin said:

    except being our best kicking inside 50.

    I call that a ‘skill’. Just seemed like a trick to Melbourne supporters based on limited exposure to such a skill

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    13 hours ago, Greg Schneider said:

    Think this guy is the reason Kolt’s being trialled down back. They’ll want to get games into Matthews this year. Chandler, L Pickett and Matthews the smalls.

    The half back position seems to suit Tholstrup way more.

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    3 hours ago, Bay Riffin said:

    except being our best kicking inside 50.

    Only issue was with him was he never did it anywher near enough...that's ontop of the fact thats essentially where his impact started and finished - Matthews appears to have signficantly more to his game (at least the ceiling to do so) than sprago did

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    43 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

    The half back position seems to suit Tholstrup way more.

    It might suit him but he'll be joining the queue at Casey.....Lindsay, Salem, Jiath, Howes, Taylor, AMW, Onley

    He'll need to find some sure handedness to get a game in the back half ahead of the first 4 on that list and there are 3 chasing him already.

    He really needs to become a midfielder but he ain't got it atm.......needs a solid year.

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    1 hour ago, KozzyCan said:

    The half back position seems to suit Tholstrup way more.

    Agreed

    Mostly as he’s not smart nor skilled enough to flourish as a half forward / mid at this stage

    His kicking still looked like it left a lot to be desired - under no pressure executing a switch kick he still failed to hit targets

    He clearly seems to have a great attitude and positive personality but he is a long way from looking like a first round pick should as they are about to enter a third year on an AFL list

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    20 hours ago, Great Sage said:

    That was a fair leap for a little guy 👏

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