Its only pre season but that was as good a pure small crumbing forward game as I can remember for us.
In my supporting life time we havnt been blessed with small forwards who play the position properly. Kako is a very very nice breath of fresh air.
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I love Kako!
He is the quintissential high energy small forward that can do damage with attack and defence.
Cyril was the prototype. Tippa had that ability too.
If you look at the top small forwards in the competition, Papley, Cameron, Daniels, Hill, Pickett, Watson, Stengle, they are predominantly attacking weapons.
Not sure there is anyone in the comp with the balance of attack and defence that Kako brings. Itās a massive weapon and heās ours.
Go Kako!!!
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Hopefully Huss El Ackhar has a good season and can slot in right next to Kako
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Iād buy one of those
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he is a great mark too he has big hands for a small forward. tough matchup. imagine how ā ā ā ā ā ā off we would be if the rules changed and he was running around for another club.
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You mean if the rules WERENāT changed. If they hadnāt changed it, we couldnāt have matched the early bid.
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The thing that really impressed about Kakoās 4th was Draperās agilityā¦ seriously, how the hell did he launch 3 deep, get a fist on the ball, roll, then literally in the next instant, seen running besides Kako celebratingā¦ WTF!
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I liked when IK went upfield a couple of times and got his hands on it.
So quick. The kids great.
I donāt want him to leave the forward 50. Let guys like Gresham push up the ground. Keep this guy near the goals.
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This was the Tom Edwards thread last week.
People already saying heās as good as Watson after a single practice match is amusing. He may very well be as good, but Iād want more than a single practice game before I rip the lid off.
I had a chuckle at those comments too.
Heās clearly waaay better than Watson.
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David King said it best heās a front and center machine is so quick and knows where the fall of the ball is coming to crumb.
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One other thing to add from my end is, the oppositon are going to go after him physically pretty soon (as much as you can in todayās game). If I was Brad, Iād put it on Drapes and Caddy that if anyone tries any roughhouse tactics and looks to intimidate him, you boys are in there like a flash to protect him. We need to send a message to the comp that you canāt walk all over us anymore.
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Thatās very true. And it also highlights even more why you need more than one GUN small forward too.
You want at least two who opposition clubs are genuinely frightened by how dangerous they are. Hard to clamp down on both. I personally donāt see Gresham at that level. I hope he has a good year by his standards though. That would be helpful.
And then maybe one other who is just a workhorse who does the unglamorous stuff is fine (i.e. a Guelfi level).
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I was pleased to hear brad acknowledge in his interview the other day how important small forwards are now. I agree we definitely need another dangerous one to go with kako, then weāre set. Hopefully one jumps out this year.
Iāve been watching both kako and el ackhar since they were 15, i actually think el ackhar is the better player up to age 17, but kako exploded last year. El ackhar is more a midfielder, has great goal sense too but is not as quick and agile as kako, so i dunno if he could play full time small forward at afl level.
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We go after Bobby Hill imo
That horse has bolted, unfortunately.
I still wonder if Rosas might not have shown his full potential yet 
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SEH may be the other small forward. Time will tell if he can produce at Senior levels. He seemed to have the skills and understand the role in the twos last year. Small sample tho
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train jayden nguegen as a smmall forward
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Another option too. Smart Fast
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