Player Watch #40: Callum Coleman-Jones

[NZ_Tiger]

I thought he was injured during the preseason?

 

[RunningBounce]

What’s happening with this bloke? Haven’t heard boo about him

I thought I spotted a big, lanky #40 playing (clumsily) as KPD in Round 1 of the VFL... Can't see him on the VFL website stats though... And those $5 cans are pretty distracting.

Any other VFL watchers see the same thing? guruisatiger?

 

[MosquitoBrigade]

I thought he was injured during the preseason?

Was speaking to one of the coaches last friday and asked the same question. Apparently he's not injured but needs to put on some bulk before they look at him for a spot in the seniors.

 

[TigerImposter]

I thought I spotted a big, lanky #40 playing (clumsily) as KPD in Round 1 of the VFL... Can't see him on the VFL website stats though... And those $5 cans are pretty distracting.

Any other VFL watchers see the same thing? guruisatiger?

I recall he didn’t play.

 

[TigerImposter]

Was speaking to one of the coaches last friday and asked the same question. Apparently he's not injured but needs to put on some bulk before they look at him for a spot in the seniors.

Seniors or VFL? He’s nowhere near the Seniors atm.

 

[MosquitoBrigade]

Seniors or VFL? He’s nowhere near the Seniors atm.

He must have meant VFL. Just noticed CCJ didn't play VFL R1.

 

[Spluff]

I thought I spotted a big, lanky #40 playing (clumsily) as KPD in Round 1 of the VFL... Can't see him on the VFL website stats though... And those $5 cans are pretty distracting.

Any other VFL watchers see the same thing? guruisatiger?

I think you'll find that was big lanky Miller.

 

[RunningBounce]

I think you'll find that was big lanky Miller.

Thanks. He didn't look very comfortable playing the position.

 

[captain cotch 9]

KiwiTiger any idea on how this guy is going?

 

[Wacko23Jacko]

KiwiTiger any idea on how this guy is going?

Looked very attractive today. Clunked marks and kicked goals. Moves pretty well for a giant.

 

[Bojangles17]

Gee wiz , this kid looks the goods, a kpp that has those steel trap hands that just go C L U N K. Nice kick too

 

[Grrr]

Gee wiz , this kid looks the goods, a kpp that has those steel trap hands that just go C L U N K. Nice kick too

Except the commentators on the Live Feed were waxing lyrical about big CCJ for a good 2 minutes.... when it was Noah Balta.

 

[Infamy]

Except the commentators on the Live Feed were waxing lyrical about big CCJ for a good 2 minutes.... when it was Noah Balta.

I thought that wasn't CCJ, couldn't tell if it was Moore or Balta though

 

[THE_GUN]

CJ will gain a fair bit of confidence from his 1st game and would have enjoyed the good win against a strong opposition in Casey

Hope the Kid flourishes and becomes a beast

 

[Madtiger2006]

Our talls have shown great signs this year. Coleman Jones, Balta, Garthwaite, Chol, Soldo, Miller and Moore all pushing for a game

 

[parmy2balmey]

Our talls have shown great signs this year. Coleman Jones, Balta, Garthwaite, Chol and Moore all pushing for a game

Miller also looks good and happy to use Soldo as a battering ram in the 1s

basically only hampson and rance that are a worry

 

[Bojangles17]

Our talls have shown great signs this year. Coleman Jones, Balta, Garthwaite, Chol and Moore all pushing for a game

That’s what I’m thinking , has me wondering about going after Tom lynch

 

[parmy2balmey]

That’s what I’m thinking , has me wondering about going after Tom lynch

he is ready to go in the slot old tom, you go after him if you can and if one of the others step up it’s a bonus, even vickery netted us a good trade

 

[Madtiger2006]

Miller also looks good and happy to use Soldo as a battering ram in the 1s

basically only hampson and rance that are a worry

I just added soldo and miller too. Exciting times

 

[Madtiger2006]

That’s what I’m thinking , has me wondering about going after Tom lynch

I reckon the suns need him several times more than us lol

 

[Frank Grimes]

That’s what I’m thinking , has me wondering about going after Tom lynch

Still worth going after Lynch. We want someone who is going to have an immediate impact and Lynch has more than proven he plays well at senior level. It's good to have so many young talls in good form in the VFL, but we had talls in the past who played well in the VFL and couldn't make the transition to AFL. At the moment even if they break into the senior side, they will likely to be inconsistent and it is unlikely they will have a regular impact for a couple of years. If three or more of them make it to AFL standard that would be a great outcome.

 

[Rich01]

Yep. There was a reason we jumped on CCJ at 20. Recruiters saw a guy with the best hands in his draft class, that had a good tank and could play the fwd/ruck role swap with Nank when he builds up.

We were lucky he only played half a season last year.

While he played ruck as a junior it was in the forward line where he has the most potential. An 80/20 fwd/ruck split could eventually be the go.

This year is about getting vfl games into him, building muscle and fixing his kicking action.

 

[tony__montana]

Yep. There was a reason we jumped on CCJ at 20. Recruiters saw a guy with the best hands in his draft class, that had a good tank and could play the fwd/ruck role swap with Nank when he builds up.

We were lucky he only played half a season last year.

While he played ruck as a junior it was in the forward line where he has the most potential. An 80/20 fwd/ruck split could eventually be the go.

This year is about getting vfl games into him, building muscle and fixing his kicking action.

and speed hopefully, looks a tad slow

 

[Ancient Tiger]

and speed hopefully, looks a tad slow

Looks pretty quick for a 200cm player to me. Moves very well and has good footy smarts (which is more important).

 

[Rich01]

and speed hopefully, looks a tad slow

Yeah I think we were quite impressed with his speed when we did some additional tests on him the week before the draft.