AFL Player # 6: Jye Caldwell

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 2, eth-dog

 

[owen87]

Can someone link us some inspiring highlights of Caldwell to convince us all he's good again?

 

[Vander18]

Can someone link us some inspiring highlights of Caldwell to convince us all he's good again?

100% he is good.

At the start of the year I posted that he had the best hands of anybody on our list. Having watched Parish not fumble all bloody season I have since retracted that but Caldwells close in stuff is very high level, he moves well enough to impact on the outside and he is hard as a cats head. He is a clear upgrade on any the people he would be likely to replace.

His body standing up is the only question mark.

 

[Zach Package]

The club must rate the ever loving s**t out of this kid.

I’m here for it, he’s got great skin

 

[andleanback]

Everyone is acting like in a final you must chuck away the idea of picking your best team and just stick with the guys from last week.

He can be selected without the selectors being “desperate” or “rushing him back”

They sit down, they pick the team they think can win. If he’s fit and has been tested at a lower level then he’s not being rushed in. He’s simply available for selection.

There was a time about 5 weeks ago where we selected Dylan Clarke off a long term injury and exactly the same prep. No one worried he was being rushed. Caldwell is twice the talent Clarke is (and I like Clarke).

Ecce

He's played two games this year and was 3rd best in a big loss to Port in Round 2 with less game-time than the rest that saw the game out. He deserves his spot back once proving he's fit - which is what the scratch matches were for. If he plays his role, we will be fine. You otherwise, don't think so (or maybe you do?, who knows anymore).

3rd best? He got injured near 3qt and the midfield was getting slapped, and he was on 10 touches.

 

[DeezNuts]

Not sure about this, hope I’m wrong though

 

[Vander18]

Repay the faith son.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Caldwell... well called

 

[TheFrenchCut]

 

[ghostdog]

Caldwell... well called

...from his walled cell.

 

[fairbump_playon]

...from his walled cell.

Clad well

 

[Old Campaigner]

He looked as tall as Perkins when the camera panned past during the anthem

 

[JT_the_Man]

Looking pretty good with the exception of a couple of early mishaps.

 

[Ambrosia]

Think it was ultimately the wrong decision as he torched the footy but he’s clearly going to be jet

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Did he stop playing? Don't recall seeing him after the first quarter. It was a good quarter though.

 

[eth-dog]

Good first quarter then went missing. I don't think Clarke would have been better

 

[11kgm]

All the hype for half a quarter of action

 

[ghostdog]

Looked good early. Will be better after preseason and work better as a midfield unit.

 

[Seb78]

Good first quarter then went missing. I don't think Clarke would have been better

As expected spent a bit of time on the interchange in particular that last qtr. Underdone, but that first qtr though

 

[boncer34]

Ran out of legs. It was a risk we took and ultimately it didn't pay off but it wasn't a disaster.

 

[FlyingV]

I’m less kind on this one. Clearly a great talent no denying that. But what a shock, 20 year old kid who misses 90% of the season with hamstring issues couldn’t run out the game in a energy sapping wet finals game. I think a lesson is learned here, need to have confidence the player selected in a finals match a fit and ready to play 4 quarters.

 

[andleanback]

Risk didn’t pay off, was irrelevant after qtr time.

 

[naraku]

Excited to see him next season after a (hopefully) big preseason.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Had a good first half but clearly ran out of gas. Not sure Clarke would've offered much more tbh. Look forward to him having a full pre seasons and riping it up next year, has definitely got all the tools.

 

[andleanback]

Had a good first half but clearly ran out of gas. Not sure Clarke would've offered much more tbh. Look forward to him having a full pre seasons and riping it up next year, has definitely got all the tools.

Clarke’s great aerobic tank and tackle pressure, fair to say he would’ve excelled in today’s conditions.

 

[craffles]

Gees some people are harsh on Clarke..Caldwell no doubt a future talent but the benefit of hindsight and knowing the conditions you'd take a fully match fit.clarke over an underdone Caldwell