Player Watch #33: Brayden 'Sausage' George - injured shoulder & requires reco - season 2025 done - contracted until end 2026

[Horizons_00]

Let’s wait until he plays a game?

Let us be excited

 

[Shagga is all Class]

Let us be excited

Exactly, he isn't 20 for a few weeks, and it looks like he ate the guy in the highlights video we recruited as a protein snack.

Imagine being an opposition defender being moved off a hot Zurhaar, and then having to line up on this beast.

 

[The Talent Scout]

" another poster SonofSamsquanch posted, when he's ready to play, a few people {opposition supporters} are going to say "who the hell is that" ?

Ahem.....cough....cough.........

Hojuman, I can't believe I forgot your post, I loved it and it was only yesterday, and yes you pretty much said the same thing, my apologies!

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Realistically I don’t think he’ll play before round 10-15. He is going to have to get match fit and get some continuity in his game.

 

[kirbonavich]

Realistically I don’t think he’ll play before round 10-15. He is going to have to get match fit and get some continuity in his game.

Best way to get match fit is to play games.

Will be on field round one.

 

[speedy]

Realistically I don’t think he’ll play before round 10-15. He is going to have to get match fit and get some continuity in his game.

Really? I think if he's not playing seniors by round 5/6, its more about form than match fitness or continuity. He resumed full training in August and didn't miss much running with his elbow.

3 more months of training and 6/7 games (including practice games) is enough to get him up to speed. Not ideal, but no worse off than a 1st year player IMO.

 

[King Corey]

Realistically I don’t think he’ll play before round 10-15. He is going to have to get match fit and get some continuity in his game.

Concur. He's a power athlete with no senior football experience.

Reckon he'll need a season to build his tank. He'll probably also need to allow for a few minor setbacks when he pushes his capacity after 2 layoffs.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Really? I think if he's not playing seniors by round 5/6, its more about form than match fitness or continuity. He resumed full training in August and didn't miss much running with his elbow.

3 more months of training and 6/7 games (including practice games) is enough to get him up to speed. Not ideal, but no worse off than a 1st year player IMO.

He has NEVER played against men and has sat on the sidelines for the last 18 months. He currently has poor endurance and isn’t anywhere close to being match fit. After 18 months, it’s going to take more than a 14 week pre-season and half a dozen games to get
him up to scratch. With the way he plays, he is going to feel like a bus has hit him after his first few games, wouldn’t surprise me if he plays a few VFL games, has a rest and continues that until the mid point of the season,

Not to mention he needs to get confidence in his body after the ACL. He’ll be right, but there really is no rush.

 

[Psicosis]

You simply cannot play the modern game without endurance. I have high hopes for BG33 but he ain't getting consistent games until he can run.

 

[speedy]

He has NEVER played against men and has sat on the sidelines for the last 18 months. He currently has poor endurance and isn’t anywhere close to being match fit. After 18 months, it’s going to take more than a 14 week pre-season and half a dozen games to get
him up to scratch. With the way he plays, he is going to feel like a bus has hit him after his first few games, wouldn’t surprise me if he plays a few VFL games, has a rest and continues that until the mid point of the season,

Not to mention he needs to get confidence in his body after the ACL. He’ll be right, but there really is no rush.

Most 1st years haven't played against men, it won't stop Colby from playing round 1. But fair enough, your take could be on the money.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Most 1st years haven't played against men, it won't stop Colby from playing round 1. But fair enough, your take could be on the money.

Totally, but Colby has a freakishly elite gas tank and isn’t coming off an ACL and serious elbow injury.

 

[Psicosis]

Most 1st years haven't played against men, it won't stop Colby from playing round 1. But fair enough, your take could be on the money.

Colby has better endurance then 4/5 of our list.

 

[speedy]

Totally, but Colby has a freakishly elite gas tank and isn’t coming off an ACL and serious elbow injury.

Paul Curtis debut was round 6 and he still has poor endurance. Anyway, lets see what happens.

 

[the big lebowski]

Colby has played against men though

 

[Mixed Results]

I found this quote the other day from Mick Wilson up at the Murray Bushrangers.

“Brayden George has been a standout on the track,” Wilson said. “His fitness is elite, his speed and power – he’s broken all records in the gym with us. It’s been a pretty impressive start by Brayden. “

The fitness comment was obviously the most interesting part. Most people have brought it up as a weakness for him, but I don't know if there's any testing data to support that claim.

Any player coming off of an 18 month stint on the sidelines will struggle, but if he already had a decent endurance base to work off of, then he could show up in the seniors sooner than later.

I'm not worried about him not having played against men. The men should be more worried about playing against Brayden George.

 

[kool kangas]

Realistically I don’t think he’ll play before round 10-15. He is going to have to get match fit and get some continuity in his game.

This is why he starts on the interchange bench and comes on in bursts to make his precence felt...

 

[Sillygit]

I'm not worried about him not having played against men. The men should be more worried about playing against Brayden George.

 

[Retiredbattler]

Really? I think if he's not playing seniors by round 5/6, its more about form than match fitness or continuity. He resumed full training in August and didn't miss much running with his elbow.

3 more months of training and 6/7 games (including practice games) is enough to get him up to speed. Not ideal, but no worse off than a 1st year player IMO.

Still no contact for 6 weeks. So he can do the majority of the training.

His worked hard on his running and endurance ever since making the bushies squad.

He never had a massive tank through his juniors until he got to the NAB league. Full forwards prior to NAB league / senior football are more traditional stay at home full forwards.

So that was one thing he got told he had to work on pretty early into the bushrangers regime.

Fingers crossed he can stay on the park and he can reach his potential.

 

[CURVE]

Found this interesting, a youtuber (Daz) picked his top 10 for the 2024 Rising Star award and named 4 North players, including Brayden George as his number 1 pick.

Anyway, here is his rankings:


And I've included the video in case anyone wants to listen to a Hawthorn's supporter thoughts about some of our youngsters.

 

[Retiredbattler]

Sausages bday today

 

[The acurate one]

Is it me or does he have very long arms

If Jack Dyer was around he'd say he has arms like giant octopus testicles.

 

[The acurate one]

Best way to get match fit is to play games.

Will be on field round one.

Well he wants to play round 1. So that's a positive, I get easing youngsters into the fray, but when your really shite, I'd rather ten minutes of magic than 120 minutes of rubbish.
Which the latter is what we've dished up for the last four seasons.

I think now he could play along side Larkey who the opposition will be all over and cause some trouble.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Found this interesting, a youtuber (Daz) picked his top 10 for the 2024 Rising Star award and named 4 North players, including Brayden George as his number 1 pick.

Anyway, here is his rankings:
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And I've included the video in case anyone wants to listen to a Hawthorn's supporter thoughts about some of our youngsters.

Ignore. He has Tsatas at #2. Apparently Tsatas can't hit the side of a barn with his kicking during the preseason so far.

 

[king of the road]

Ignore. He has Tsatas at #2. Apparently Tsatas can't hit the side of a barn with his kicking during the preseason so far.

But he’s tall and hasn’t strained his hamstrings.

 

[CURVE]

Ignore. He has Tsatas at #2. Apparently Tsatas can't hit the side of a barn with his kicking during the preseason so far.

So he is 90% correct, not really a reason to ignore.