“Look here Nate, big grabs and snags are ok but we want to see heaps more running to nowhere and great gps numbers. Goals aren’t that important, 1 every 9 weeks is sufficient”
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Reckon he will play against the saints. And rest him against the felines
Play him both games as the litmus test against men.
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I agree 100%. But they won’t do that
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Yeah, play him now, so he can pick up a season-ending injury, like so many others before him…
Normally get them in the 2’s when they should have been playing 1’s. Drapes.
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After all of the online supporter hysteria over josh caddy(and how he allegedly may have snubbed us).
I feel on the caddy chase a little schadenfreude at richmond and geelong.
(Ok they both got multiple premierships but im going for the little wins)
C’mon.
A great player harboured in the VFL is safe, but that is not what great players are meant for.
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So you reckon he’s AFL match-fit and ready to start out at the top level ?
Didn’t realise he took it over Harry O’Brien.
I think you mean the Prince, who is blessed
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Well, folks are convinced now that Martin is destined to be one of the 6 defenders on the field at all times. I am not yet convinced and I will not be convinced until I see it in an AFL game.
Its my belief he is training to be able to play as the +1 player at the times we elect to run with one.
Remember when BJ played that role? The 6 defenders are forced to play a more accountable role while the +1 has to have great vision, poise , very good disposal and good overhead skills. Heppel was a player who could play that role, but he is to slow for the modern game, and BJ was slow in his last season also.
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Herald Sun is on to Caddy. Fark. Talking about Caddy hype etc. There is nothing I hate than that bullsh_te.
Leave the kid alone.
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I live in an information vacuum and am dependent on each morsel of information I can gleam off Blitz or even, the club website.
Is Nate Caddy AFL match fit and ready to start at the top level?
I’ve got no idea. But I do wonder if Magpie supporters were asking themselves this very same question about (the then 183cm 72kg) Nick Daicos before round 1 of the 2022 season.
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Need to compare Caddy due more KPP debutants - Luke Jackson - was a freak from the get go. jack Darling pretty much straight in, but was built like a man. Hurley quelled Treadrea when he was one of the best forwards in the league.
Caddy could definety play round 1 if we need him.
Last year Phillipou (pick 10) debuted round 1, more of a Hybrid fwd/mid.
most of last years round 1 debuts are midfield types.
For us it will likely be more about team balance.
Draper, Stringer are a chance to play round 1.
Langford, Wright, Jones are all fit.
He needs to be good enough to push Jones and maybe another out, or Draper/Stringer not be ready.
Caddy finished ok in the 2km trial, not too worried about fitness, it takes matches to build match conditioning. after a season or two he might even be spending burst time in the midfield like Stringer to win clearances.
In 2022 we debuted Kaine Baldwin rd 1 and he was far from AFL ready as a forward also Debuted Nick Martin. Tex Wanganeen debuted in round 2. Hobbs in round 5, D’Ambrosio & Menzie. Rutten gave the kids games that year we had 7 debutants. third highest of the league.although one of them was Lord and he didn’t actually make it on the field,
In 2023 we had 2 Debuts
Davey & Tsatas
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I/C round 1 for me
Kid has massive energy but his ethics around busting his gut is worthy of selection let alone his talent
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Like. But he starts for mine all going well. Can have spell or 2 on the bench. Even sub later if rquired. The 2 praccies will tell us.
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Heppell is not a good enough kick to play that role well.
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Not a bad comparison, if I remember correctly BJ was big on training at 100% all the time. Seems Caddy has that trait from training reports.
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