Player Watch #35: Charlie Lazzaro - contract extension until end of 2024

[The Nostradamus]

Energy.

Yep has plenty

 

[Snake_Baker]

Energy.

 

[Devington]

He also mans the mark very well with these new rules. The number of times he instantly ran in and pressured the ball carrier as soon as the umpire called play on was great, especially compared to other players who just stand like statues even after the ump calls play on

It really shits me how lazy some blokes are with that, especially when it's an opponent kicking into the 50 from ~60 out. Just a tiny bit of pressure on that kick can make all the difference yet they invariably manage to get an extra couple of meters and kick almost unpressured.

Yep has plenty

Brings it out of the other players too.

 

[Joshen]

Bit quiet until we got up and about at the beginning of the third. He is not going to be the grunt guy but the one who inflicts damage when he gets opportunities. Challenge is getting him them.

 

[King Corey]

I see him as an eventual upgrade on Dumont.

Quite a different player type to Dumont IMO. Doesn't have Dumont's height and size to work in the clinches but smaller and pacier so not really filling the same niche.

 

[the flying ham]

Quite a different player type to Dumont IMO. Doesn't have Dumont's height and size to work in the clinches but smaller and pacier so not really filling the same niche.

Agreed.

 

[Horace]

He’s already such a barometer for us. As others have noted, works extremely hard to provide leads that more often than not go unrewarded by teammates.
His stats aren’t overwhelming, but he surely won’t learn anything playing in the two’s. Keeping him in the team is good for him and the team as a whole I think.

Saw so many unrewarded efforts on Saturday. And the opposition were paying him no attention. Sooner or later the other boys need to start sending the ball his way, because he has the potential to really do some damage and catch a few teams out.

 

[the big lebowski]

Really like him

 

[north_lad]

Followed up nearly getting killed by Larkey (and duly slotting the goal) by getting involved multiple times on the wing setting up the next goal (along with LDU).

 

[Event Horizon]

In a better performing team his numbers would be up. None of our wingers or half forwards seem to be getting much ball.

I think he will turn into a quality winger in time, not sure if he will graduate to an inside mid roll? A very neat player with a couple of elite traits. Good in the air too for his size. I see him as an eventual upgrade on Dumont.


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Agree. But it's a bit puzzling that he was drafted as an inside mid who was described as being a little slow IIRC. Seems completely opposite of that.

 

[koshari]

every time a players thread gets bumped iam almost to scared to check the thread in case its another injury.

 

[Liam Boy]

Charlie’s ticket to play

Charlie Lazzaro has improved rapidly over the course of his nine senior games so far, and he broke a number of personal benchmarks against Essendon on Sunday.

www.nmfc.com.au

nice to see charlie getting some hype from the club. i feel like he's flying under the radar massively, he's having a huge year and will only improve from here

 

[Jasemon]

Charlie’s ticket to play

Charlie Lazzaro has improved rapidly over the course of his nine senior games so far, and he broke a number of personal benchmarks against Essendon on Sunday.

www.nmfc.com.au

nice to see charlie getting some hype from the club. i feel like he's flying under the radar massively, he's having a huge year and will only improve from here

Absolutely agree with you. This kid has so much energy, passion and he has speed. Importantly he's one of just a few two way runners we have in the team right now so you see him more often than not as an option when others are lagging behind. Yeah he needs to develop a lot more strength and there are a lot of rough edges still but he's going to be a player.

There was a moment in the game when he got sold a dummy by an Essendon player, who then waltzed into goal. This won't happen next time. You can just tell he wants to learn and absorb everything the coaches feed him.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Building nicely. He definitely has a bit of X Factor about him, but works hard also...
Every time he gets the ball I feel like something is good is going to happen.
He has great agility & bust of speed.
Matching his traits with that energy & eagerness to learn & improve, he will be a ripper IMO.

 

[Roo Beauty]

Good time for a rest I think. He’ll be back very soon.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Good time for a rest I think. He’ll be back very soon.

The bye was next week he was already going to get a rest

and was already rested during the year there was others we could have dropped

 

[the flying ham]

The bye was next week he was already going to get a rest

and was already rested during the year there was others we could have dropped

Im going to go out on a limb and guess Mahony and Campbell?

 

[shinboner magic]

Probably be the sub

 

[The Nostradamus]

Im going to go out on a limb and guess Mahony and Campbell?

Goes without saying

 

[amaz199]

We have a tendency to ignore this bloke when he's free then throw the hot potato at him as he gets sold and crunched.

We need to be better than that.

 

[the flying ham]

Goes without saying

Then stop saying it?

 

[The Nostradamus]

Then stop saying it?

The initial post didn’t

 

[King Corey]

Bit harsh on the kid.

 

[Joshen]

We have a tendency to ignore this bloke when he's free then throw the hot potato at him as he gets sold and crunched.

We need to be better than that.

Same thing happens to Powell, is always available for the short one just after a mark is taken. Inevitably looked off until later when he is less free.

 

[gokangas]

The kid is coming along nicely. Looks like a really nice pick up.