AFL Player # 5: Elijah Tsatas

[TheGrizz]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2026
2024 My Boy Draft: Pick 14, Lore

 

[Happyskeret]

Watched most of the VFL game today and the bloke clearly has it in terms of the ability to find the pill.
The ball just gravitates to him. He's also got a great ability to pick it up cleanly and scoot off with it before anyone even registers what he's doing.
That said he's clearly well short of a gallop and is going to need a sustained run in the VFL just for conditioning. It sounded like even without the MCL he was going to be a bit of a project this year so we may have to be patient but i'm confident that there's plenty there to work with.

It’s his telescopic boots is what I like. Seems to measure the ball beautifully. I think he will be a great field kicker and hopefully good goal kicker on the run. His inside game? I have no idea

 

[naraku]

Happy to read he looked good in this one. A couple more games and give him a crack in the senior's.

 

[Keystone agony]

Happy to read he looked good in this one. A couple more games and give him a crack in the senior's.

Dont see the need to give him a run in seniors considering our position and also the limited prep Tsatas has had for a year now

Let him stew in the VFL all year unless we cant make finals in round 23/24

Challenge his inside game more, even play him off half back to add versatility into his game

 

[Beerfish]

Dont see the need to give him a run in seniors considering our position and also the limited prep Tsatas has had for a year now

Let him stew in the VFL all year unless we cant make finals in round 23/24

Challenge his inside game more, even play him off half back to add versatility into his game

Keep him out of the seniors unless we can't make finals? Wat?

 

[Keystone agony]

Keep him out of the seniors unless we can't make finals? Wat?

Yep

 

[Beerfish]

Yep

Ok you've convinced me.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Nice game to ease into it. 2-3 more games and if he’s showing good signs bring him in

 

[Keystone agony]

Ok you've convinced me.

Whats there to convince you about?

 

[Vindicater]

Have him build tank in the VFL but for sure he gets a run towards the end of the year.

He needs a taste.

 

[Beerfish]

Whats there to convince you about?

Why that's a good plan?

 

[TheGrizz]

Whats there to convince you about?

Why would we hold him back unless we arent making finals

If he is braining it in the VFL in a months time why we hold him back arbitrarily?

 

[Beerfish]

Why would we hold him back unless we arent making finals

If he is braining it in the VFL in a months time why we hold him back arbitrarily?

Self loathing?

 

[Keystone agony]

Why that's a good plan?

Because hes been injured for most of the past 12 months?

Whos he replacing with finals on the line? It aint Durham or Martin who are our wingers

I cant see us being out of finals contention till extremely late and till then he builds in the VFL after an extremely interrupted last 12 months. His fitness was poor beforehand

Only way he gets a game is were out of finals contention, hes playing the eyes out of VFL for several several weeks in a row, or we have an even worse injury list to what we have now

 

[Keystone agony]

Why would we hold him back unless we arent making finals

If he is braining it in the VFL in a months time why we hold him back arbitrarily?

He would have to really be braining it

And i think he needs more than 3-4 ganes of VFL. Hes had 1

 

[cAsEy_18]

Yeah the negative even pre-injury was his tank and endurance. No doubt that's only further taken a hit by missing approx. half a season.

Even if the signs look really good, let him build the base in the VFL, even if that is the rest of the season. No need to play him just to blow up about halftime in the AFL.

 

[Keystone agony]

Id be okay with him as a sub*.

Not in 22 unless 1 of the 3 things i said occurs

 

[Vindicater]

Id be okay with him as a sub*.

Not in 22 unless 1 of the 3 things i said occurs

I'd give him a taste in round 22 or 23 assuming he keeps ripping it up at VFL level.

 

[Pweter]

I wouldn't put limits on if and when we see him in the seniors.

If his form or fitness isn't up to standard then he doesn't play unless our hand is forced through injury.

If his VFL form warrants selection then we put him in as soon as there's an opening for him, whether that be through injury or dropping someone out of form/not as good.

We shouldn't be gifting him games just because he was a high draft pick, but we shouldn't be holding him back to make some kind of point that doesn't need to be made. We select him when he's ready.

 

[cAsEy_18]

I wouldn't put limits on if and when we see him in the seniors.

If his form or fitness isn't up to standard then he doesn't play unless our hand is forced through injury.

If his VFL form warrants selection then we put him in as soon as there's an opening for him, whether that be through injury or dropping someone out of form/not as good.

We shouldn't be gifting him games just because he was a high draft pick, but we shouldn't be holding him back to make some kind of point that doesn't need to be made. We select him when he's ready.

True, but I would hope at some point in his career he plays seniors.

 

[Milanista28]

No need to treat him differently to others, if he shows he's ready for a senior call up and there is a spot for him why wouldn't the coaches consider him for selection?

 

[Don Won]

No need to treat him differently to others, if he shows he's ready for a senior call up and there is a spot for him why wouldn't the coaches consider him for selection?

18 possessions, 4 marks, 6 clearances and a goal in three quarters - and there were numerous times that he made good position and wasn't used. He will be too good for VFL very quickly.

 

[Keystone agony]

I'd give him a taste in round 22 or 23 assuming he keeps ripping it up at VFL level.

I would too if finals werent in contention

They will/should be

 

[eth-dog]

I reckon he gets 2-3 games after the bye in the VFL and then comes in.

 

[Dudoro]

Cramped late in third and first game in 9 months. Probably needs a month to get match fitness up before considering playing him in the big league.

 

[ant555]

Because hes been injured for most of the past 12 months?

Whos he replacing with finals on the line? It aint Durham or Martin who are our wingers

I cant see us being out of finals contention till extremely late and till then he builds in the VFL after an extremely interrupted last 12 months. His fitness was poor beforehand

Only way he gets a game is were out of finals contention, hes playing the eyes out of VFL for several several weeks in a row, or we have an even worse injury list to what we have now

I agree with the sentiment . He would have to be ripping the VFL apart after 5 or 6 games for him to seriously push his way in baring injury. Parish will also be back in the side in the back half of the year as well so the spot will not just be an easy in.