Analysis Best Young Key-Forward in the Competition

[PrancingPony]

Voss, Treacy and Amiss are quietly forming a good three headed beast in our forward line.

Had a good year in my opinion, they're all still early 20s too.

 

[My Tilly]

Voss, Treacy and Amiss are quietly forming a good three headed beast in our forward line.

Had a good year in my opinion, they're all still early 20s too.

Voss is unreal.
The others are good but Voss has aggression and shifts in and around the ball.

Is he really 195cm?
He plays smaller than that.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Voss is unreal.
The others are good but Voss has aggression and shifts in and around the ball.

Is he really 195cm?
He plays smaller than that.

Yeah Voss isn’t much of a pack mark or high flyer and more of a lead up, but also run through you. Treacy the same except he’s probably better aerially and worse at ground level.

 

[QuietB]

I mean Buddy kicked 73 goals at 20 years old and 113 at 21.

Thilthorpe has kicked 55 at 23

Hawkins kicked 62 at 24.

Cameron kicked 62 at 20 and then 63 at 22.

They’re good but come on it’s not like they are unprecedented.

Rough kicked 75 in his 4th year as well.

There is nothing even remotely special about what the current guys are doing.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Yeah Voss isn’t much of a pack mark or high flyer and more of a lead up, but also run through you. Treacy the same except he’s probably better aerially and worse at ground level.

Treacy is arguably our most important player and easily our best forward. He plays higher up the ground like a true CHF because his marking and field kicking are elite. When the team needs someone to put them on their shoulders, he's your most likely guy.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Sam Darcy has a lot of development left in him. Missed an opportunity to stake his claim yesterday, but he'll be giving oppo coaches more nightmares than any other player for years.

 

[theGav56]

Treacy the same except he’s probably better aerially and worse at ground level.

Not sure I agree. I think he could do a bit of midfield rampaging.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Not sure I agree. I think he could do a bit of midfield rampaging.

Not bad at ground level just worse than Voss who just does it better. Both strong at ground level. Treacy better aerially.

 

[Nunez]

Rough kicked 75 in his 4th year as well.

There is nothing even remotely special about what the current guys are doing.

Morris playing as the #1 tall and set to kick 50+ as an undersized KPF as a 20 year old isn't special?

Okay.

 

[Golden_6]

Sam Darcy has a lot of development left in him. Missed an opportunity to stake his claim yesterday, but he'll be giving oppo coaches more nightmares than any other player for years.

Darcy was beaten yesterday but still managed to haul in 5 contested marks. For comparison, the only guys who have done that in 2025 are Darcy (4), Gawn (2), Thilthorpe (2), Taylor (1), Cadman (1), Treacy (1), Cameron (1) & Weitering (1).

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Morris playing as the #1 tall and set to kick 50+ as an undersized KPF as a 20 year old isn't special?

Okay.

He's quality but he should stop taking dives from minimal contact off the ball.

 

[LOLchie Schultz]

Darcy was beaten yesterday but still managed to haul in 5 contested marks. For comparison, the only guys who have done that in 2025 are Darcy (4), Gawn (2), Thilthorpe (2), Taylor (1), Cadman (1), Treacy (1), Cameron (1) & Weitering (1).

Took some great marks, thats for sure!

 

[Mr Cheese]

He's quality but he should stop taking dives from minimal contact off the ball.

Agree, but that's really on the umps for rewarding him. They then didn't play an obvious in the back on Voss because he didn't milk it, which means, on the evidence, he's silly not to. You're already seeing the effect with all the head-throws and dropping low i50. AFL need to be careful, it's a blight on the game. For the record though, Morris is a gun.

 

[jusjoshin]

Patrick Voss has put together a hugely impressive second season.
He plays a bit like Jonathan Brown but more agile.

He'd be in the conversation for most improved key forward. A bit early on the Brown-dog comparison, but very happy with how he (and Freo's other tall forwards) are tracking.

 

[SSSSSS]

Patrick Voss has put together a hugely impressive second season.
He plays a bit like Jonathan Brown but more agile.

He's more Leigh Brown than Jonno at the moment.

Not that's a bad thing. Leigh Brown was an absolute battering ram for the Pies in their flag year. Underrated player. Wouldn't want to stand in his way when he had a head full of steam.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Agree, but that's really on the umps for rewarding him. They then didn't play an obvious in the back on Voss because he didn't milk it, which means, on the evidence, he's silly not to. You're already seeing the effect with all the head-throws and dropping low i50. AFL need to be careful, it's a blight on the game. For the record though, Morris is a gun.

100% agree that he's a gun

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Patrick Voss has put together a hugely impressive second season.
He plays a bit like Jonathan Brown but more agile.

Vossy throwing out don't argues on 195cm plus key backs, running into open goals, and then hitting top speed in the goal celebration is the most beautiful sight in footy.

 

[Wojcinski]

8 of the top 15 goalkickers this year are 23 or under. We're going to have some beasts in the years to come

 

[Piggy Smalls]

8 of the top 15 goalkickers this year are 23 or under. We're going to have some beasts in the years to come

Its the dawn of the super mobile KPF era

 

[Gethelred]

It's pretty clearly Thilthorpe, by a reasonable margin.

 

[rainwizard39]

It's pretty clearly Thilthorpe, by a reasonable margin.

Mitch Georgiades clears that fraud.

 

[Mr Cheese]

Mitch Georgiades clears that fraud.

He's great, but does **** all around the ground. Thrilla's a bit special to be fair.

 

[james Dean]

Darcy has the most upside

 

[Go the Guts]

It's pretty clearly Thilthorpe, by a reasonable margin.

Thilthy needs to dominate this week, was poor against coll.

 

[PearLover5]

Georgiades has the best leading game of any other KF this year.
Most marks inside 50 if I’m not mistaken.
Doesn’t participate as much up the ground though. Noticed Thilthorpe in the final, even though he was disappointing, took a few good defensive marks up the ground.