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Welcome to Tigers: Jason Castagna
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But he was running. Fast. Into space. Then back out. And again, and again. Fast.
It's cosmic. Like a mirage. Many people on here really value it ... because it's ... like cosmic.
It's got nothing to do with football. It's way more metaphysical. Hard to explain ... kinda like a black hole or something .. to those who can appreciate.
You mustn't get it .. either.
Not a Castagna fan, just as I'm not a K-Mac fan nor was an Ellis fan - all these players make dumb decisions and butcher the ball. However also appreciate how important these types are to our system being effective - George had his worst game - but he will stay in and bounce back.
You mean the forward line that had Rioli, Butler, Caddy, Townsend playing in it? This year is not those years.
In the early days of that period, Castagna had a little value, because of the three amigos, he offered an aerial presence which was important. With the advent of Caddy forward, then Lynch and now Lynch and Chol, he is almost never useful in the air.
He has already been pushed out of the forward line. We're using him now in this odd wing position that he's not suited too simply because we've got a bit of a bare cupboard.
We now have better forward line players, and he's not as versatile as the PRE group think presumes.
In that period that you highlight, many players have been pushed out of the forward line to make it function better. Townsend first, then Butler, then Caddy. Now Castagna.
Yep and these 2 failing to impact has hurt the team since the return.
He needs to bring the chase and harass pressure tackling, bursting run and contesting to keep the ball in our 50.
He hasn't really brought it this year neither has Daniel, and its one of the main reasons we are not playing Richmond footy.
Dan and George are massive cogs in the Tigers pressure footy, but they haven't really been there this year since the return.
The small forwards are also going too far up the ground and cant get back on attacking transition hence no one at the feet of Tommy all year.
This need to be addressed, and hopefully is just a result of dropping to back more during play to mitigate our poor clearance work in and around the middle due to personel.
Hopefully we get enough quality into the middle to allow our forwards to play more attacking again.
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Sure he took a few marks but his value wasn't his marking. It was the pressure he was applying in the fwd 50. It's still a very valued commodity but he's being asked to play up the ground to cover the loss of ellis and recently caddy. His one and only wood is to chase and harrass in the fwd 50 to create chaos. He has no ther strings to his bow. I suspect dimma will realise this and move him back there. If not I agree with you he should be dropped. The problem with george up on the wings is the chaos he creates is too easily mopped up by the opposition.
Yep we've mitigated the loss of Edwards to a degree with Shai ...much better to have them both in
.Problem is we've lost Shais energy, craft and pace and creativity forward and have not replaced it (which covered and forced Butlers exit), and now Castagna is not providing that forward chaos either with the disappearance of Rioli nearly all year.
Aarts is a goer I like him he is more reliable at the sticks than George and is a good hard worker but hes not quick and Higgo is slow also.
We can get by without George or Rioli playing well but not both, and when they are both playing well we are usually dominant.
Our forward pressure and lack of it has stopped us playing Richmond footy.
Edwards out is a hurting our structure and flexibility, we are not used to not having him out there.
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Yep forgot about shai moving out of the fwd line. Makes even less sense to move george out also especially with rioli strugglingYep we've mitigated the loss of Edwards to a degree with Shai ...much better to have them both in
Problem is we've lost Shais energy and pace and creativity forward (which covered Butlers exit), and now Castagnas gone missing from providing that forward chaos along with the disappearance of RIoli.
We haven't replaced Shais speed or ground craft forward and have not had Rioli or George either.
Aarts is a goer I like him he is more reliable at the sticks than George and is a good hard worker but hes not quick and Higgo is slow also.
We can get by without George or Rioli playing well but not both, and when they are both playing well we are usually dominant.
Our forward pressure and lack of it has stopped us playing Richmond footy.
