Player Watch #11: Jason Castagna - signed to 2023

[Drofder]

I've always been able to live with George's weaknesses, ie execution, fumbling etc on the odd occassion in a game. But last night went beyond the pale. Bloody frustrating as he's good enough to create so many opportunities for himself, brings great pressure, is quick, can take a grab for his size and is a ripper bloke just quietly.

Won't be dropped. But he would wanna start working on his execution and not panic so much otherwise he's gonna run into trouble staying in our best 22 each and every week.

 

[beema limapep]

undoes all the hard work from the rest of the team.

 

[Tony Stark]

He is sort of like a slips fielder who cant catch, clearly wastes the efforts of the bowler. As much as he gets in the right positions to get these chances he is letting the side down by not converting. Plus his misses become contagious because the pressure builds for subsequent goal attempts for other players.

He has always been suspect by foot and his decision making at times, hopefully the coaches can provide him with some guidance as to how he can overcome these deficiencies.

 

[Sol23]

As far as I'm concerned that was a disgraceful performance by George, some of those kicks were so basic and made them look ridiculously hard. On the edge of being dropped

 

[Charlie Pannam]

George has always had ordinary foot skills but it’s gone backwards from last year. Seems to have lost some penetration to go with spraying them. He definitely improved late last year (still wasn’t great but an improvement), must be a confidence thing. Still offers plenty George and belongs in the side

 

[Tigerish09]

He is sort of like a slips fielder who cant catch, clearly wastes the efforts of the bowler. As much as he gets in the right positions to get these chances he is letting the side down by not converting. Plus his misses become contagious because the pressure builds for subsequent goal attempts for other players.

He has always been suspect by foot and his decision making at times, hopefully the coaches can provide him with some guidance as to how he can overcome these deficiencies.

Has been in the system long enough that we should have seen some improvement, he only had to convert one of those opportunities and we win the game. I fear he just doesn’t have the finishing skills to play at this level.

 

[DoItForCaptBlood]

I have had worries on this all season. But sitting on the fence after seeing what vfl performances by Ellis and Bolton can make you realise the pressure level George brings.

However, to those supporting George and saying 'you gotta take the good with the bad with him', fk I hope he doesnt cost a spot in the GF, or worse, on the big day, with shite kicking like that. I'd even feel for him living in Melb in the following years. Probably better he moved to Venezuela.

 

[aislegi]

He's such a bizarre player. You'd swear he forgets where the goals are. He seems to be facing the right way but after moving around a defender appears to forget that he's no longer facing the goals and still kicks it straight ahead:

 

[Bojangles17]

Was a dreadful game from George , a blot on an otherwise very good year , was 19G 15 leading into this game , now sits at 19.20. Worse still apart from the hit the post that never really looked Likely, the rest were 10m off ea time and did I mention the dropped chest mark. Frustrating night , so far below our standard

 

[banana_bus]

People think it's just the missed shots that lets castagna down. There's heaps more that's disappointing about him like that dropped chestmark early in the game when riewolt expertly blocked for him. Anyone who tapes then rewatches the games will notice that this dud takes shots when he should dish it off all the time, he completely fluffs basic 2 metre handpasses to a team mate streaming past usually putting it at their feet or shockingly behind the spot they already were at forcing them to stop and prop and look like fools as they fall over and flail about. He's getting a free ride atm and worst thing is sounds like Hardwick is already backing him in next week already. Wtf does Stengel have to do to get a crack ffs!!! It'd be brutal to not give Bolton another week or 2. Castagna is little better than your average suburban footballer skill wise. If this was a final we'd all want his hide. STENGEL. STENGEL

Maybe rewatch the game and don't focus on the negatives.

I was at the game and watched him work his ass off. We won a flag directly from this kind of elite running and elite forward pressure.

This thread is laughable and sums up Richmond supporters in general. Let's sack Dimma for sticking by him while we're at it.

 

[WATiger86]

Hopefully the wake up call he needs to really knuckle down and work on his set shot kicking.

The whole way through finals last season we all asked could we continue to carry George and his questionable skills? The answer was yes, and still is so long as he is turning 0.5 into 2.3 at worst moving forward

 

[ForeverHardcore]

Hes always played better when butler is in the side. He struggled when Bolton started the year and the chemistry Rioli George and butler have is undeniable as much as both butler and George s**t me.
0.5 is atrocious but having 6 shots on goal in a game isn’t common for anyone in the AFL
So he’s doing something right getting into position. Just wish he had caddys kicking at goal!

 

[Punt Road Feral]

Was a dreadful game from George , a blot on an otherwise very good year , was 19G 15 leading into this game , now sits at 19.20. Worse still apart from the hit the post that never really looked Likely, the rest were 10m off ea time and did I mention the dropped chest mark. Frustrating night , so far below our standard

Didn’t he end up having 7 shots on goal.
I swear he kicked two out on the full as well.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Was funny being at the ground. After the first couple misses, every time he got the ball inside 50 the entire Richmond side of the crowd were looking at each other laughing and covering their eyes lol

 

[SumTingWong]

As long as he kicks them in the gf like he did last year

 

[wart101]

He's our knuckleball. Well never get rid of him.

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[TigermanM2]

"Disgraceful" "Dreadful" Haha. Anyone who thinks he should be dropped or will be dropped better take a valium come Thursday night.

I reckon there were a dozen players who were a lot worse than Castagna.

 

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[Muddiemoose]

His set shots weren’t that bad earlier on in the season... but haven’t been as good since he missed rounds 10 and 11 with a knee injury

Don’t need to be a genius to put two and two together

Anyone who is saying he’s been bad all year have very short memory’s

 

[Nop returns]

As far as I'm concerned that was a disgraceful performance by George, some of those kicks were so basic and made them look ridiculously hard. On the edge of being dropped

Getting 5 shots at goal doesnt warrant being dropped. Disappointed but not dropped.

 

[Madtiger2006]

Hasn’t made the distance from 35m this year

 

[chriso11]

Presumably for someone who has been kicking at goal posts since he was 8 years old, and a professional in the Football system for several years, a conversion rate of 0 from 6 attempts is beyond woeful. Surely he could be counted on to convert at least 1. He kicks 1.5 and we win the game, simple as that.

if you are in the forward line but can’t capitalise on your teams hard work, you are useless.

 

[sante]

If he’d kicked 2 or 3 everyone would be applauding him.

He isn’t getting dropped

 

[Sol23]

If he’d kicked 2 or 3 everyone would be applauding him.

He isn’t getting dropped

But he didn't??? His skills are dreadful at times

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

He was kicking pretty well at the start of the season obviously something is up.
It could be a confidence thing anyway he has enough credits in the bank so carry on.
Bolton on the other hand (let's not get started)