Player Watch Mitch Podhajski

[Horaceg]

I like the pick but we all need to understand he hasn’t played at the level, it’s a jump, wish him all the best, hopefully he can make up some of the gap we now have in losing Elliott.

I have my fingers crossed and he can make an impact at some point, will add to our VFL in the short term and create some competitive tension.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Why would we turn Buller into a defender when we just drafted one and have moved Howes back there? Buller is crushing it at VFL level as a forward

Because he doesn’t appear to be able to translate that to AFL form currently?

 

[unplugged]

Just play him this week, real sink or swim areas.

 

[gouki88]

Because he doesn’t appear to be able to translate that to AFL form currently?

And the answer is moving him to a position he doesn’t play?

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

And the answer is moving him to a position he doesn’t play?

History is littered with key position players who found new life at the opposite end of the ground

Seems to have all the tools

 

[swoop42]

Player comparison?

Bailey Fritsch with less annoying hair.

 

[WanderingDude]

Buller has hardly played AFL. Moving a young player this early away from his strengths would be damaging. I had a weird thought. We may have too many talls to develop them easily. I would think Buller with AFL games and several years in the AFL system is ahead of many.
Edit; . Don’t mention Howes.

 

[Chunky Steak]

Player comparison?

Bailey Fritsch with less annoying hair.

To be fair, every player in the comp has a less annoying head than Fritsch haha.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

 

[gouki88]

Hopefully he’s not another Lukosius!

 

[granniewolf]

He's tall but not Darcy Cameron tall.

She's short and can't be any more than 5ft in height.

A classic spinner.

I'd like to see him next to Charlie, he looks taller but is 3-4cms shorter.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

When did Chiropodists become Podiatrists?

Looks like in the 1970’s ( answering my own question)

I recall at the Royal Melbourne Hospital some years ago podiatry was colocated with dentistry which I always found amusing.

Good luck to the kid. Hope he does well.

You know when you realise you're rambling halfway through a post, there's always time to:

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

We never gave him a senior game, not even a "night series" game. I'm still baffled as to why

I'm not that baffled as to why a Tongan player didn't get a game for Collingwood in the mid-80s - I think Nicky Winmar pointed to the reason one day at Vic Park.

 

[Peters_Nuts]

Quite poetic that we only picked him up as a result of Elliott’s last minute injury.

Feels like the footy gods giving us a break.

 

[manicpie]

I'm not that baffled as to why a Tongan player didn't get a game for Collingwood in the mid-80s - I think Nicky Winmar pointed to the reason one day at Vic Park.

I remember him very well and I think it was because he just wasn't any good. He was a project player of the time. Never looked like making it.

 

[35Daicos]

I'm not that baffled as to why a Tongan player didn't get a game for Collingwood in the mid-80s - I think Nicky Winmar pointed to the reason one day at Vic Park.

Possibly, but Dannie Seow played a few senior games for the club straight after Ataata left, and Wally Lovett (our first Indigenous player) had played quite a few games back in 1982.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Quite poetic that we only picked him up as a result of Elliott’s last minute injury.

Feels like the footy gods giving us a break.

Footy gods gave us a podiatrist……interesting.

 

[manicpie]

Possibly, but Dannie Seow played a few senior games for the club straight after Ataata left, and Wally Lovett (our first Indigenous player) had played quite a few games back in 1982.

Ataata looked magnificent and had pace to burn for a 195cm player. Unfortunately, he just couldn't find the ball. He was also rejected by a couple of VFA sides, might have played a couple of games for Coburg

 

[gouki88]

I'm not that baffled as to why a Tongan player didn't get a game for Collingwood in the mid-80s - I think Nicky Winmar pointed to the reason one day at Vic Park.

Feels a bit of a reach to me. Winmar’s stand, and McAllister’s deplorably racist response, came about a decade after Ataata started with our reserves. He wasn’t a particularly good footballer.

 

[35Daicos]

Ataata looked magnificent and had pace to burn for a 195cm player. Unfortunately, he just couldn't find the ball. He was also rejected by a couple of VFA sides, might have played a couple of games for Coburg

Yes, in 1987: https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Teams/Coburg-Players.php

The VFA Project

www.thevfaproject.org

 

[manicpie]

Yes, in 1987: https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Teams/Coburg-Players.php

The VFA Project

www.thevfaproject.org

Yeah, I thought I had a distant memory of him. His pace for his size was off the charts

 

[Son of the Boonman]

Old? Mate I watched Faatui Ataata play Pies ressies

I am old enough to remember Fatui playing in the Heidelberg High School team as well as playing myself in underage football against Phil Manasseh and Craig Stewart

 

[Son of the Boonman]

We never gave him a senior game, not even a "night series" game. I'm still baffled as to why (and that's based purely on seeing a brief highlights package, I didn't get to see Collingwood seconds games back in those days)! He was huge, and he could move, so why didn't they give a bloke who hung around long enough to play 40 Reserves games a go?!

He dominated in a Collingwood intraclub pre-season game at Parade College and we all thought that he was the next big thing

 

[anshell]

Saying he could be our best key forward is a bit of a slight against Mcstay,who is having a very good season so far.But if it turns out to be true,that would be great for us.

 

[gouki88]

Saying he could be our best key forward is a bit of a slight against Mcstay,who is having a very good season so far.Bit if it turns out to be true,that would be great for us.

Knightmare has always had serious infatuations with players he rated highly as prospects, sometimes to bizarre extents