Analysis Best Young Key-Forward in the Competition

[Tom14]

I’m very very happy Caddy is at Essendon. Unreal talent who is not being set up for success at all.

Cats trading away the pick used to select him is an underrated list management faux pas. O’Sullivan is good but caddy would be scary in that team.

 

[Mr Meow]

I’m very very happy Caddy is at Essendon. Unreal talent who is not being set up for success at all.

Cats trading away the pick used to select him is an underrated list management faux pas. O’Sullivan is good but caddy would be scary in that team.

It was Caddy for O'Sullivan and Mannagh actually. A KPD/utility for the future who has been developing nicely and a plug-and-play forward who has been great for us while we've been a top 4 team.

It'd be great to have Caddy to replace Cameron in 3 years but it wouldn't have worked with those 2 and Neale 2024-2027.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I've seen bad takes but Tom old boy, that's a left field bad take.

 

[demondavey]

Trembath.

 

[Shueygod]

Probably Trembath.

 

[txbyhull]

Probably Trembath.

Really monstrous last fortnight he’s had since North fans starting saying he was the best in the comp and that they’d have the best forward line for the next decade

 

[Mr Meow]

He definitely could add it to his game, but it will be a challenge.

Compared to Thilthorpe who I’ve obviously watched very closely as a Crows fan. The consistency took a while, and he’s clearly put on a lot of size and strength over the years, but he has always been very clean below his knees, had that agility and field kicking ability.

I’m not sure if that’s something you can just develop.

Have you seen Neale's recent games? Some of that ground ball stuff, link up play and field kicking skills that you wanted to see have been there. He still isn't winning huge amounts of the ball but he's been very effective with it. 13 score involvements last night, 7 against NM, 9 against the Dogs.

 

[PhatBoy]

Have you seen Neale's recent games? Some of that ground ball stuff, link up play and field kicking skills that you wanted to see have been there. He still isn't winning huge amounts of the ball but he's been very effective with it. 13 score involvements last night, 7 against NM, 9 against the Dogs.

Must say he’s added a bit that I didn’t think he probably could. His skill level is excellent (he could obviously kick - his foot skills are beautiful but if that’s not married to good decision making it is pointless outside of kicking for goal) but he’s making really smart decisions when he has the ball, he’s really smart about when to push up the field and get involved and be a link up player - again it’s all very well to do that but there’s no point doing it with YOU are supposed to be at the end of the chain.

Dare I say it, he’s showing some traits - especially given that he does some chopping out in the ruck - of the bloke he replaced. Not in any way saying he’s going to fill that void to nearly the same level. But if he does a passable impression for most of his career I’ll be happy.

 

[joe444]

I’m very very happy Caddy is at Essendon. Unreal talent who is not being set up for success at all.

Cats trading away the pick used to select him is an underrated list management faux pas. O’Sullivan is good but caddy would be scary in that team.

Comedy stylings of Tom14, everybody.

 

[RCAB]

Trembath.

Still leading the poll.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Still leading the poll.

Missed out on about 7 free kicks this past fortnight. He needs to complain more.

 

[TruRoo]

Missed out on about 7 free kicks this past fortnight. He needs to complain more.

Works so well for larkey…

 

[JasRulz63]

Really monstrous last fortnight he’s had since North fans starting saying he was the best in the comp and that they’d have the best forward line for the next decade

Since North fans like small sample sizes, in the past fortnight:

Tracey - 5 goals, 3 goal assists
Neale - 5 goals, 2 goal assists
Morris - 8 goals, 1 goal assist
Caddy - 5 goals, 2 goal assists
Cadman - 3 goals, 2 goal assists
Thilthorpe - 2 goals, 1 goal assist
Trembath - 0 goals, 0 goal assists, 7 missed free kicks

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Since North fans like small sample sizes, in the past fortnight:

Tracey - 5 goals, 3 goal assists
Neale - 5 goals, 2 goal assists
Morris - 8 goals, 1 goal assist
Caddy - 5 goals, 2 goal assists
Cadman - 3 goals, 2 goal assists
Thilthorpe - 2 goals, 1 goal assist
Trembath - 0 goals, 0 goal assists, 7 missed free kicks

I've been watching Trembath the last two weeks, there is something there to work with. If North delist him end of this season then I hope Freo give him a train on spot.

 

[Ambrosia]

I’m very very happy Caddy is at Essendon. Unreal talent who is not being set up for success at all.

Cats trading away the pick used to select him is an underrated list management faux pas. O’Sullivan is good but caddy would be scary in that team.

Yeah he's going to be very good if we ever become a real football side.

 

[Tom14]

Yeah he's going to be very good if we ever become a real football side.

Athletic freak on a hiding to nothing in a bad team. He spent so much time against the lions leading to the flanks because the ball movement was poor and couldn't create space in better positions to take shots. People don't recognise how good/talented he is.

 

[Ambrosia]

Athletic freak on a hiding to nothing in a bad team. He spent so much time against the lions leading to the flanks because the ball movement was poor and couldn't create space in better positions to take shots. People don't recognise how good/talented he is.

Yeah I said a very similar thing last year.

People dropping Caddy down the list need to realise how badly Essendon move the ball and just chip it around the half back line then kick long to a set defense.

Daniher went through the same thing in 2016 where he was clearly very good but only kicked ~30ish goals for the year. Then in 2017 he was the AA CHF

 

[JasRulz63]

Athletic freak on a hiding to nothing in a bad team. He spent so much time against the lions leading to the flanks because the ball movement was poor and couldn't create space in better positions to take shots. People don't recognise how good/talented he is.

I was at the game last week, and the forwards weren't doing any favours for each other either. The one I thought stood out was Langford constantly leading wherever he wanted, even if it meant he brought his opponent into Caddy's space (which he did several times).

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Yeah I said a very similar thing last year.

His leading and the way he takes the mark have always felt very similar to Treacy but he's a much better athlete than Treacy. Feels like his ceiling is more limited by who he plays for than actual talent. Could be absolutely anything

 

[Hamingja]

It was Caddy for O'Sullivan and Mannagh actually. A KPD/utility for the future who has been developing nicely and a plug-and-play forward who has been great for us while we've been a top 4 team.

It'd be great to have Caddy to replace Cameron in 3 years but it wouldn't have worked with those 2 and Neale 2024-2027.

This was 100% an attitude and club culture fit pick IMO. Caddy is a big ego guy, no he way eats a season in the VFL to develop like COS and pretty much all our draftees need to do under our program. There are rumours of him wanting out of Essendon because they are mediocre, imagine what the guy would be like if he wasn't playing at AFL level.

I think Caddy will be a good player and when Cameron finishes up we will need someone like that but time and place he was not the right fit for us and I doubt we would have ever picked him, so taking COS and getting Mannagh for free out of it was a good trade.

 

[Tom14]

This was 100% an attitude and club culture fit pick IMO. Caddy is a big ego guy, no he way eats a season in the VFL to develop like COS and pretty much all our draftees need to do under our program. There are rumours of him wanting out of Essendon because they are mediocre, imagine what the guy would be like if he wasn't playing at AFL level.

I think Caddy will be a good player and when Cameron finishes up we will need someone like that but time and place he was not the right fit for us and I doubt we would have ever picked him, so taking COS and getting Mannagh for free out of it was a good trade.

Is he a big ego guy or is he pissed off he's stuck at a team that is years away from being competitive? I think his attitude would be 100% better at the Cats. This also assumes that he would be playing VFL - I think he's that talented that he could have filled the occasional Ollie Henry game as he's a miles better player.

The Mannagh pick is a fair point but looking at the 2023 draft the cats did pick up Mitch Edwards at pick 32. Could have had both Caddy and Mannagh!

 

[Tugga27]

I've been watching Trembath the last two weeks, there is something there to work with. If North delist him end of this season then I hope Freo give him a train on spot.

Zero chance of getting delisted IMO.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Zero chance of getting delisted IMO.

I did think my joke was a bit too obtuse

 

[Mr Meow]

I did think my joke was a bit too obtuse

If Treacy is delisted and replaced with Trembath, Geelong would happily take Cyclone Dick Kahuna off your hands.

 

[Ambrosia]

This was 100% an attitude and club culture fit pick IMO. Caddy is a big ego guy, no he way eats a season in the VFL to develop like COS and pretty much all our draftees need to do under our program. There are rumours of him wanting out of Essendon because they are mediocre, imagine what the guy would be like if he wasn't playing at AFL level.

I think Caddy will be a good player and when Cameron finishes up we will need someone like that but time and place he was not the right fit for us and I doubt we would have ever picked him, so taking COS and getting Mannagh for free out of it was a good trade.

Not sure you've got the read on Caddy at all. The way I interpret his comments about not standing Essendon being shit is more about not accepting it as normal rather than looking to leave. Caddy and Cameron are more than athletic enough to both play alongside Neale can;t comment on the VFL thing but who knows there.

That being said very hard to be critical of the Geelong trade as COS looks a jet.