Player Watch #25: Paul Curtis - has signed a three-year extension until end of 2028

[Junk yard]

Theres a reason that Anaesthetists will generally give something like ondansetron with induction or intra-operatively. Flipping fantastic at all but eliminating PONV.

The go to at my work is cyclizine, because ondansetron is usually already used. Does basically the same thing with the same effectiveness, but cheaper (if you had to buy it at a pharmacy).

Pull ya head in.

 

[Clarke is King]

Was shocked to see some really soft efforts from PC today. Hope to see him rebound next week or Ford could take his spot

 

[amaz199]

Bad game. Wasn't the only one.

 

[r_boy]

He looks gassed constantly, which is not surprising given those yoyo times someone posted

 

[Lavy_Panther]

Needs to get hungrier. Not sure how much the illness took out of him (probably a fair bit), but he seemed to give up once he didn’t win the contest on the first attempt.

After a massive pre-season I was expecting the world from PC. Needs to turn it around.

 

[Roosurgence]

Needs to get hungrier. Not sure how much the illness took out of him (probably a fair bit), but he seemed to give up once he didn’t win the contest on the first attempt.

After a massive pre-season I was expecting the world from PC. Needs to turn it around.

Expect it for a little while. Inexperienced kid that will have his good and bad days.

Look out when he hits 50 games, that’s when you should see more consistency in his game and he will be a headache to opposition defenders.

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Expect it for a little while. Inexperienced kid that will have his good and bad days.

Look out when he hits 50 games, that’s when you should see more consistency in his game and he will be a headache to opposition defenders.

Obviously a different type of player, but he reminds me a lot of LDU when he first came in. You can tell that his mind is one step ahead of everyone else, he just needs to get a little bit more experience at the level and then we will start to see that pay dividends.

 

[Harris 10]

He’s got into a bad habit of playing from behind and trying to push his opponent under the ball. Happened through the pre season games and it carried through to now.

He’s a strong kid, if he plays from the front he’ll be hard to move.

 

[andana]

He’s a strong kid, if he plays from the front he’ll hard to move

He's a lot like Zurhaar. Good judge of the flight of the ball and can get into the right position to outmark taller opponents.
Playing high half forward would suit him once he gets fitter

 

[Devington]

Looked like he was running in a swamp on occasions. Good first efforts but follow ups left a lot to be desired. One of many that was down, and he has a bit of the benefit of the doubt after gastro wrecking him last week.

 

[CBSlogger]

1, maybe 2 more games grace on current form before he's back to the 2s.

Love him but some undisciplined, lazy tendencies are creeping in. Ford / Sheezel can take his spot if need be.

 

[Psicosis]

He didn’t look 100%

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

He didn’t look 100%

Illness and was never the squad's fittest.

I expect a bounce back next week, but we must also temper expectations until he builds his tank up. The early LDU comparison is not a bad one. Paul needs fitness/games/time too. It will be similar with Phillips and Wardlaw.

 

[The Butcher]

Is it possible to tackle this kid? Retorical question. Can picture him kicking the GF winning goal after crumbing a loose ball and fending off 3 spuds from a Comben bone rattling tackle 25m out on the 45 with 10 seco to to go. Make it happen Euge

 

[king rising]

He’s not trying as hard as he could be at the moment. Time for a spell.

 

[CURVE]

Sophomore blues maybe, perhaps carrying an injury, just doesn't look as dynamic as he did last season.

 

[Themanbun]

He's still a 19yo who breaks tackles, fends off units and hits the scoreboard even when he's playing shit. Persist.

 

[shintemaster]

He's still a 19yo who breaks tackles, fends off units and hits the scoreboard even when he's playing s**t. Persist.

Persist obviously, but he needs development and he needs to do more. If some of that happens in the VFL I'm comfortable with that.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Have been told that he has been getting his loads managed. Hasn’t been training heaps during the week, ideally he’d get a rest but the cupboard is pretty bare as to who could play his role. I reckon he’ll get a rest in the next few weeks.

 

[amaz199]

Might be right there RF08. It's a weird one...

He does some amazing things but when he's gassed it's hard for him to get a tackle in etc.

Still only 19. Shown heaps for a 19 year old!

 

[Nugget 83]

He'll play mid-forward eventually. Spent plenty of time in the midfield during the preseason match sims and looked great.

 

[Harris 10]

He’s got some bad habits creeping into his game.

 

[tales129]

He looks cooked. Worth putting sheezel up forward for a week?

 

[Firebat]

He looks cooked. Worth putting sheezel up forward for a week?

Yeah I reckon he needs a spell for a week, just doesn’t have any zip.

I reckon Sheez is absolutely required in defence at the moment, perhaps we bring in Fordy

 

[GreatBradScott]

Has had to carry the crumbing forward role singlehandedly for 18 months. No surprise he might be a little gassed.

Earned a break if he isn't 100. If not, keep at it.