AFL Player #26: Kaine Baldwin - Not offered a contract for 2025, thanks Kaine! 26/8

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 33, Zach Package

 

[TheGrizz]

I wonder if we are missing a trick not trying him forward.
Surely from a competitiveness aspect he won't provide less of a contest in the air than Weideman and he provides something different than Jones and Stringer.

I just feel like playing him in defence when we have Reid, Cox, McBride and Hayes on the list is incredibly short sighted.
We might need him as a defender in the short term, but longer term the gap is at KPF

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

I wonder if we are missing a trick not trying him forward.
Surely from a competitiveness aspect he won't provide less of a contest in the air than Weideman and he provides something different than Jones and Stringer.

I just feel like playing him in defence when we have Reid, Cox, McBride and Hayes on the list is incredibly short sighted.
We might need him as a defender in the short term, but longer term the gap is at KPF

I think it’s getting to a contest that may be his problem up forward. It’s almost like the move to defence is his last shot considering as you point out the team’s deficiencies are at the other end

 

[Lore]

I wonder if we are missing a trick not trying him forward.
Surely from a competitiveness aspect he won't provide less of a contest in the air than Weideman and he provides something different than Jones and Stringer.

I just feel like playing him in defence when we have Reid, Cox, McBride and Hayes on the list is incredibly short sighted.
We might need him as a defender in the short term, but longer term the gap is at KPF

I think he was training forward up until the end of last year and then moved back, but it's not clear why he was moved back, unless it was to try and cover injuries to Reid, Cox, Stewart And then Voss went forward, whereas I think he was training in defence last year?

 

[eth-dog]

I think he was training forward up until the end of last year and then moved back, but it's not clear why he was moved back, unless it was to try and cover injuries to Reid, Cox, Stewart And then Voss went forward, whereas I think he was training in defence last year?

Voss was playing and training forward.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Did I miss something ?
Was born in SA and played for the SA under 16 side (captain) and was playing in the SANFL reserves for Glenelg. Junior club Henly.

Was training up there before we signed him as a SPP. He was going to go to uni there, play in the QAFL and was in the process of joining their academy program.

 

[yodellinhank]

Was training up there before we signed him as a SPP. He was going to go to uni there, play in the QAFL and was in the process of joining their academy program.

We really have stuffed up his development then.

 

[Lore]

Key utility Kaine Baldwin will miss another match as he continues his recovery from concussion suffered in round two of the VFL, while forward Sam Weideman

10

Sam Weideman

Age

27

Ht

197cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.3

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.8

4star

T

0.5

1star

G

1.8

5star

D

9.2

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.4

3star

G

1.2

4star

will also miss this weekend with a concussion suffered against GWS.

Injury news: Reid eyes off playing return

All the latest injury news ahead of round five.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Will miss another week with that concussion

 

[Lore]

Looks like he's walking laps with his concussion buddy in Weideman.



It's interesting coz you get this sense of Weideman being really skinny and Baldwin being a big lump of a kid, but side by side it's almost the other way around.

 

[Don Won]

Looks like he's walking laps with his concussion buddy in Weideman.



It's interesting coz you get this sense of Weideman being really skinny and Baldwin being a big lump of a kid, but side by side it's almost the other way around.

Except when you look at the legs

 

[Old Campaigner]

Looks like he's walking laps with his concussion buddy in Weideman.



It's interesting coz you get this sense of Weideman being really skinny and Baldwin being a big lump of a kid, but side by side it's almost the other way around.

yeah, massive shoulders on Weed

 

[Lore]

Except when you look at the legs

same body shape as Aaron Francis

I think someone used to call him trunks

 

[yodellinhank]

Looks like he's walking laps with his concussion buddy in Weideman.



It's interesting coz you get this sense of Weideman being really skinny and Baldwin being a big lump of a kid, but side by side it's almost the other way around.

They'll both come back much bigger, Stringer did.

 

[Nifft]

They'll both come back much bigger, Stringer did.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

yeah, massive shoulders on Weed

Looks like Tarzan...

 

[ghostdog]

Looks like Tarzan...

I wish he'd grow some nuggets. He just needs to believe he's massive and that he's a man now.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I wish he'd grow some nuggets. He just needs to believe he's massive and that he's a man now.

It's actually a hard thing to get over psychologically. Goldberg from the Mighty Ducks made it though, so who knows?

 

[Lore]

Kaine Baldwin will also make his return to the VFL after being cleared of any concussion symptoms.

Injury news: Weideman recovered from concussion, Reid to lineup for first game

All the latest injury news ahead of round six.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Maxabillions]

How’s he been going in defence? Can’t think of anyone else on our list who might have the strength to stop hawkins

 

[Lore]

 

[ant555]

Much better this week. Probably deserves a chance

 

[ghostdog]

Let's go Balders.

 

[andleanback]

I believe in balders!!

 

[TheGrizz]

I really want to see this guy succeed
as a forward though

 

[fairbump_playon]

I really want to see this guy succeed
as a forward though

He will

Natural footballer

Body looks more agile this year too.

 

[Vander18]

Have never wanted to be wrong this much - give it everything Balders and make an idiot of me!