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Welcome to Tigers: Jason Castagna
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getbacktoglorydays said:
1 goal from Lloyd or Townsend and you have George covered. I'd be happy to leave Shai in for a week to run and chase till he blows up, and omit George for Lloyd and play him deep. Dimma up for it?
What I really love given his ups and downs this year is how much I mean this thought. Dan come back to us - all is forgiven!
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A quality forward requires high skills - see Toby Greene. You might hate him but the difference in composure and kicking ability is just stark. The draft selection difference is all there to see. Castagna played a lot of his junior footy as a defender; for obvious reasons. Seriously doubt he can develop the skill-set needed to make a reliable forward at this stage. I would hate to see this guy cost us a final. He lacks the mental strength.
Time for Stengle.
Time for Stengle.
123kid said:
That's the main question. Why? Looked like a monster was gonna eat him. Fear all over his face all night.
TigerForce said:
12 months ago he was the same. Whatever it is, it can be fixed. Maybe our energetic, positive, happy culture turns those nerves into excitement in front of our roaring finals crowds? Not sure.
One different way to take the pressure off is by judging him on number of scoring shots each week. Don’t label him 0.5, pump him up for being +5 in one match! That’s awesome stuff. Next time he is taking a shot, get all his teammates to take the p!ss out of him and tell him he just needs to score (making him laugh) so he doesn’t feel like everyone is quietly thinking “oh god, not him again”. He just needs to score and he’s already succeeded. Make it a running gag.
Or maybe get him to embrace the fact he’s the worst kick for goal in the team, he’s that kid in The Mighty Ducks who can hit the puck like a king but has abysmal accuracy... and wouldn’t it be a fitting fairytale to finish the season with him being the one to kick the matchwinning goal to get chaired by his teammates after the siren? Plant some new stories in his head.
Whatever they do, I’m confident they’ll succeed with him. He’ll come good by finals. These situations are largely what the club’s culture seems to be about and why we’re so successful now.
zgod said:
And if he did the same in a final would you tell everyone to chill out then?
Likewise if we miss out out by one game a double chance or a home final because of this loss?
Why the wolves? Because people have been warning for a couple of years now that his kicking is so utterly unbelievably crap that one day he'll cost us a match. Well it finally happened and it's pretty annoying especially since his apologists had constantly assured us that he's still young and his kicking skills will definitely improve. Well four years on the list and has it improved? Is that still the line or is this as good it's ever going to get? Does anyone hold out any serious hope for improvement or are we just going to have to get use to yelling out 'don't kick it to castagna' for the rest of his career at Richmond?
