Player Watch #39 Mate Colina

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TigerImposter said:
He can’t play football that’s the problem.So the amount of preparation is irrelevant. Move on there’s nothing for the eyes to see.
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How do you know he can't play football? Because he looked lost playing half a dozen mid winter games switching from o/s and basketball mid-season? That is basically all you have seen of him. He's a bit of a hail mary for us, but he needs to be seen off a proper preparation for a full season at VFL level before we can make any fair judgements about him.
 
Meteoric Rise said:
How do you know he can't play football? Because he looked lost playing half a dozen mid winter games switching from o/s and basketball mid-season? That is basically all you have seen of him. He's a bit of a hail mary for us, but he needs to be seen off a proper preparation for a full season at VFL level before we can make any fair judgements about him.
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I don’t know what’s more wasteful Mate Colina on our list or you taking up valuable cyber space Saying nothing to convince me.
 
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Meteoric Rise said:
Your summary judgement posts on this are not exactly dead sea scrolls level artefacts either TI.
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Only responding to the level of dreaming. Maybe I should say twenty decades of the rosary for him and get Father Hiep to blow incense up his colon to inspire and transform him into a kick to kick footballer at a local park.
 
TigerImposter said:
Only responding to the level of dreaming. Maybe I should say twenty decades of the rosary for him and get Father Hiep to blow incense up his colon to inspire and transform him into a kick to kick footballer at a local park.
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Maybe you should just relax and judge things when you are in a position to do so.
 
Meteoric Rise said:
Maybe you should just relax and judge things when you are in a position to do so.
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What position would that be as with Matt it’s the foetal position. Think about your position as you’ve got a record of backing the wrong horse on here . I’ll worry about mine as it’s none of your business.
 
richoplzbreed said:
Regardless of all that it's still $100k. Keeping him on the list another year is literally like throwing $100k in the dumpster. Would rather Balta get offered an extra $25k over 4 years for his FA contract than have an unproductive relative around to chat about Ivana Knoll. Geelong had 3 Irish boys in the same team the year after winning a flag. We've got to look to Ireland as an untapped resource at Punt Rd. 1/2 his salary off the books or not Colina has been a bust and no one can highlight 5mins of Gametime that justifies persevering with him.
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Are you genuinely ******ed? A bloke who is on the bare minimum that has had a horrid run with injuries due to adapting to a different game who can run a sub 6:10, 2km. I think you'd be pretty stupid not to persist. Everyone's quick to give a key position draftee's time to develop, what's the difference with a rookie who played the game prior to switching codes for a few years.
 
Meteoric Rise said:
He was signed half way through 2021 knowing he would not be present until half way through 2022. He played a handful of games off no preparation and frankly performed accordingly. Then he had his whole 2023 season wrecked by the injury.

Unless his Burt Bacharach is permanently ****ed, we have not seen yet what Colina can do off a decent preparation. Only then will we be in a position to judge his likely value to us.
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Are you kidding, don't you understand that every player who Richmond select has to be an instant success story or forever be labelled as dud delist candidates.
 
Meteoric Rise said:
The tallest man alive returns from a year out injured in such magnificent order he beats 3/4's of the field home in the first 2km time trial. And those who have staked their already terrible reputations on him proving worthless are now genuinely concerned... TigerImposter richoplzbreed

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can he play?
 

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cairo tiger said:
can he play?
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Right now, all we know are these facts about Colina:

  • he is the tallest man alive
  • he can run, both speed and endurance for a 200cm+ player
  • he handles adversity well, coming back from what must have been a pretty bad injury in such fine order
  • he loves tackling and chasing
  • he can't jump, but probably doesn't need to very often
  • and when last seen on a footy field it was evident his kicking needed a bit of remedial work
  • he can tell you whether anyone he meets is developing a bald spot
Think a 14cm taller right footed Toby Nankervis who needs to brush up on his disposal a bit.

More than this we just don't know at this stage. But it is going to be fun finding out. :)
 
Meteoric Rise said:
The tallest man alive returns from a year out injured in such magnificent order he beats 3/4's of the field home in the first 2km time trial. And those who have staked their already terrible reputations on him proving worthless are now genuinely concerned... TigerImposter richoplzbreed

:)
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Didn’t realise we were the Richmond jogging club? Billy Nicholls was in Hawthorns elite running group and could out run Shane Crawford yet their respective football abilities were poles apart. I have more concern in what I’m going to have for breakfast tomorrow morning.
 
At this point, all we can say is we have a cat B rookie who was injured and has come back in good shape. He, Hayes-Brown, Ryan and Naismith were having a kick around at one point and it was like the land of the Giants. At least at this point, it looks like he can be fit enough to play. Whether he is good enough remains to be seen. It's not like he was pick 1 in the draft. Patience is required.
 
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TigerImposter said:
Didn’t realise we were the Richmond jogging club? Billy Nicholls was in Hawthorns elite running group and could out run Shane Crawford yet their respective football abilities were poles apart. I have more concern in what I’m going to have for breakfast tomorrow morning.
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Nicholls was 6ft tall.

Mate Colina is the tallest man alive.
 

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