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Welcome to Tigers: Jason Castagna
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Some of us forget the incontrovertible facts about footy when assessing the relative worth of players.
The bounce of the ball = unpredictable
Injuries to key players = unpredictable
The fairness of the fixture = unpredictable
The AFL's rule interpretations = unpredictable
The MRO's decision-making = unpredictable
Jason Castagna = unpredictable
Unpredictable players often thrive in an unpredictable game.
Jason Castagna embodied the very essence of the sport and I won't hear a bad word spoken about him.
Not a bystander in our flag run but the very heart of soul of it.
The bounce of the ball = unpredictable
Injuries to key players = unpredictable
The fairness of the fixture = unpredictable
The AFL's rule interpretations = unpredictable
The MRO's decision-making = unpredictable
Jason Castagna = unpredictable
Unpredictable players often thrive in an unpredictable game.
Jason Castagna embodied the very essence of the sport and I won't hear a bad word spoken about him.
Not a bystander in our flag run but the very heart of soul of it.
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Look some people absolutely love George. Good on them and that’s their prerogative.
Fantastic pack mark, kicked all the clutch goals! fantastic passer of the ball by hand or foot, must have had 10tackles per game etc etc.
Some people look at George and can see all his flaws,
Kicking ?poor kick for goal , usually poor field kick,
Handball?poor handballer (usually went to their feet or completely missed)
Marking?contested marking (didn’t mark it often but the ball spilt out, even when he competed against our key forwards)
Tackling? ran his arse off, but averaged 2.6 tackles a game. Which is fair
Pressure? Non better, never a lack of effort.
And he played in 3 premierships which I will always respect.
You can critique a players skill set without “hating” him. That’s a childish suggestion
Those are the facts
Some didn’t like one thing about hime. That’s they’re prerogative.
But the funny thing is , those who take umbrage at posters critiquing him or his poor skills, are doing the same thing to current players now. Hypocrites.
Fantastic pack mark, kicked all the clutch goals! fantastic passer of the ball by hand or foot, must have had 10tackles per game etc etc.
Some people look at George and can see all his flaws,
Kicking ?poor kick for goal , usually poor field kick,
Handball?poor handballer (usually went to their feet or completely missed)
Marking?contested marking (didn’t mark it often but the ball spilt out, even when he competed against our key forwards)
Tackling? ran his arse off, but averaged 2.6 tackles a game. Which is fair
Pressure? Non better, never a lack of effort.
And he played in 3 premierships which I will always respect.
You can critique a players skill set without “hating” him. That’s a childish suggestion
Those are the facts
Some didn’t like one thing about hime. That’s they’re prerogative.
But the funny thing is , those who take umbrage at posters critiquing him or his poor skills, are doing the same thing to current players now. Hypocrites.
He was talking about Dusty retiring while under contract and then unretiring to go to the Gold Coast. I think he meant during the period of his contract as a means of breaking his contract the sneaky way.
Sorry wasn't talking about your post.
Don't worry George isn't coming after you.
Yes. Too many focussed on his flaws rather than the incredible role he performed for the team. Heartbeat player. Letting Butts go was also a mistake.
They would both be making a difference now.
The thing that saved George was the move forward.
I remember watching him in his early days playing off a back flank in the vfl. He was like a crazy unbroken colt running around in circles, turning the ball over and having the odd burst of terrific play. When he moved forward his ballistic nature had less negative consequences and added to an unpredictability in the forward line and he was much better overhead when he could fly for marks rather than defend.
Whoever decided that move saved his career imo.
I remember watching him in his early days playing off a back flank in the vfl. He was like a crazy unbroken colt running around in circles, turning the ball over and having the odd burst of terrific play. When he moved forward his ballistic nature had less negative consequences and added to an unpredictability in the forward line and he was much better overhead when he could fly for marks rather than defend.
Whoever decided that move saved his career imo.
The chaos factor in our chaos footy game plan, no-one had any idea what the hell he was gunna get up to, not even Georgie. But it was a riveting watch.
Must have been LeppaCella.
Hardwick only moved guys out of position.
Not sure on Georgie being a “genius”. It was more 100 mph headless chook, zig zag zip, turn, stop, 100mph run, zig! Slow pause, 100mph, zoooom. Oppo woul be mesmerised, teammates laughing and mesmerised, coaches laughing, scratching their heads , mesmerised and just letting him gooooo!
Just natural ability for Georgie, no running patterns, but run he could. He’d have given Forrest Gump a run…..actually was Georgie in that film….body double?
Chaos, mayhem, pandemonium, turmoil, tumult.Ugh, 'Chaos' the was the owrd i was looking for.
George had his own measurement scale
Nup. Never missed when we really needed it. Go back to all the finals seriues, he kicked them when we needed them.
127.106
50/50?
Where did you learn maths?
Anyway, George will always hold a very special place in my and many other tiger fans hearts.
Too many conveniently forget that Jason was team player, never gave up in a chase and worked his socks off all game, something a number of our current team are adverse at. I enjoyed his game, his unpredictability and the tension when he was goal kicking. On that subject he really chose his times to kick important goals
More to do with taking umbrage at the ignorance of those who couldn't see how imprtant he was.
Including those that never made the distance or went sideways Pythagoras.you really need to read to the end of the sentence. And it was on average goals and average points. Maybe you need to learn to read and then do maths.
127/134= 0.9 106/134= 0.79. Rounded up to 0.8 Try that for maths. So that’s why I said nearly 50/50.
Well good on you all for that. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I respect his work ethic and team ethos. Not so much his his football skills which were poor by any measure.
In which there are many others who agree with me and also others who agree with you.
So what.
But give him credit he payed in 3 Richmond premierships and did his bit like the rest of his teammates. Some more than others
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Cheers Georgie.
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