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Welcome to Tigers: Jason Castagna
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He was at his best with his pressure.
Pity the pricks didn't give him 2 certain free kicks one for holding the man and the other for hit in the face and one holding the ball in our 50.
Nice goal from 48.5 metres...
Yeh, great start from George. Not huge numbers but manic again and as you pointed out no luck from umpires.
I can't remember the last time he actually got a free kick.
Compare him to Cameron, Ryan & Miers.
They get more free kicks in a single game then castagna gets in a year.
His energy in the forward line (which can be erratic at times) is crucial for the Tigers.
I enjoy how he goes about his footy, even if I do have my heart in my mouth on occasions.
I enjoy how he goes about his footy, even if I do have my heart in my mouth on occasions.
Konrad on George.
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Roar Feature: Jason Castagna
Konrad Marshall checked in with dual premiership-winning Richmond forward Jason Castagna to reboot the 2020 version of long-form features on current Tigers.
Excellent article. I find the focus on the 5 points interesting. It's a rough old result for sure, but for mine it was easily the best game I'd seen him play, and I really do think it was pivotal in breaking GWS. He was on a different level of manic - it was symbolic. It must have been intimidating seeing a guy go 10% more intense, 10% faster, 10% harder than most players are even capable of.Konrad on George.
Roar Feature: Jason Castagna
Konrad Marshall checked in with dual premiership-winning Richmond forward Jason Castagna to reboot the 2020 version of long-form features on current Tigers.
George is the player we have all been looking for the last 37 years.
Skilful, fast, elusive, Great defensively and he doesn't ask for 800k a season or wants to go to Geelong.
Castagna for me, is 90% of the reason we are good. Alongside Lambert, Rioli, Butler & Bolton.
Post of the week.
Brilliant.
Anyone that really knows football would've seen it.
His performance in the GF was unbelievable. GWS couldn't stop his run. All he had to do was just kick 2 or 3. And today he would've been.
The 2 time premiership and 1 time norm smith medal winner,
George Castagnafield.
Konrad on George.
Roar Feature: Jason Castagna
Konrad Marshall checked in with dual premiership-winning Richmond forward Jason Castagna to reboot the 2020 version of long-form features on current Tigers.
What a great read. Konrad has the knack of writing stories that have a happy ending.
Love Georgie’s line .... "No one will remember the guy who kicked 3 goals 1, but everyone remembers the guy who kicked five points and one out on the full!"
I watched the Fremantle game last night. I'm still gobsmacked George didn't win Goal of the Year. I'm also outraged he wasn't All Australian. I reckon he might have had to kick 5 to win the Norm, zip, but I love watching this bloke play. He is a little untidy at times but he is a gun.
If he kicked the one when he went past 4 of the GWS players,
The one when he snapped coming into forward 50 and the one to Collingwood stand.
He would've went close.
As far as the freo goal goes,
it should've been in the top 3, but with the typical Richmond hate they brushed it aside as if it was a regular snap.
It was goal of the year all day long, he is a force of nature.
And just like a force of nature, he occasionally does things we’d rather he didn’t.
That goal against Freo when he used the umpire to shepherd was pure magic.
George is a great player. Yes, his goalkicking is definitely a problem (probably mainly between the ears, who knows, yips or something), but he misses quite a few because he creates so many opportunities. Without Castagna there we would have less opportunity to score. I hope his kicking for goal improves but he is an automatic selection even if it doesn't.
DS
George is a great player. Yes, his goalkicking is definitely a problem (probably mainly between the ears, who knows, yips or something), but he misses quite a few because he creates so many opportunities. Without Castagna there we would have less opportunity to score. I hope his kicking for goal improves but he is an automatic selection even if it doesn't.
DS
What you say about it being between his ears has a lot of merit. Set shots appear to be his real weakness. He’s not too bad on the run when he doesn’t have time to think about it.
