AFL Player # 5: Elijah Tsatas

[TheGrizz]

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

 

[ant555]

I believe ant555 has posted quite a few times that his kicking has mostly been OK with the odd howler.

Short to medium kicks have been okay. Some long kicks good and some really average long kicks.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Now I’m happy for club to have patience with him for next two years if needed. But to say he’s been way too good or well above everyone else in the VFL is clearly incorrect. He’s kicking hasn’t been good enough. This isn’t an all in attack just observation.

 

[Nifft]

How many of those disposals had a positive impact?

I don't watch VFL, but I've seen highlights from two of his games there and his kicking was a solid 3/10.

First time I've seen 3/10 described as solid...

 

[BrunoV]

People are really getting caught up in the present. I remember at one point there was talk that Tsatas was a potential pick 1 candidate alongside Wardlaw and Sheezel.

Then everyone else was a tier below.

He’s been ripping through the VFL like it’s far below him. Which is why he’s been in the afl side.

The kid has a comparable build to guys like Dusty and Clarry, slightly smaller Danger. He’s a prototypical midfielder. Just needs to put on some size.

I'll take this as a troll.

 

[BomberManU]

So he has a comparable build to Martin and Oliver, but also has to put on some size?

 

[Kong]

So he has a comparable build to Martin and Oliver, but also has to put on some size?

you wouldn't understand, it's a secret

 

[Tazdog]

Guys lets flipping settle down yeah. One minute hes the big bodied mid weve been crying out for and the next hes a bust. Take a chill pill hes 10 games into his career with like 5 of them played as sub. Has a stack of development to do and no doubt will be an incredible player. Imagine darcy parish

3

Darcy Parish

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.4

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.1

4star

D

22.2

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

14.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

's hands with petraccas body and burst of speed. The kid is a gun, just let him be a kid. Hell fix his kicking and if you think its anywhere near its peak at age 19.. Just settle down

 

[bombreys]

He's played 4 VFL games this year; 24 disposals & 5 clearances, 15 disposals & 4 clearances (only played a half), 40 disposals & 5 clearances, 31 disposals & 11 clearances.

He's 19 years old.

The bar some people have for his performance seems pretty high.

He did say “He’s been ripping through the VFL like it’s far below him” - that’s not true.

I personally thought he was a bit better in the VFL last year.

 

[yodellinhank]

Short to medium kicks have been okay. Some long kicks good and some really average long kicks.

Very generous assessment. I'd go so far as to say inaccurate.

 

[yodellinhank]

If anyone has the time/inclination VFL games are all available to stream on the AFL app.

 

[ant555]

Very generous assessment. I'd go so far as to say inaccurate.

It is the non blinkered version

 

[faible]

And this is what happens when your posting becomes a meme

 

[justlookingaround]

Writing off a 19 year old who’s played a grand total of 6 full games at AFL level grosses me out.

 

[yodellinhank]

It is the non blinkered version

You'd have to have blinkers in to miss the howlers he does, every single game.

And this is what happens when your posting becomes a meme

Just watch the games, faible.

 

[faible]

You'd have to have blinkers in to miss the howlers he does, every single game.

Just watch the games, faible.

I’m sure you have valid commentary. But it’s also a meme, like eth-dog and Chol.

 

[Nifft]

The Gen Z generation does play a lot of computer games. Maybe Tsatas is just used to using aim assist.

 

[ant555]

You'd have to have blinkers in to miss the howlers he does, every single game.

Just watch the games, faible.

I did not say he had no howlers. They fall in the some very average column . You need to watch if you are saying every kick he has at VFL level is shit

 

[ghostdog]

The Gen Z generation does play a lot of computer games. Maybe Tsatas is just used to using aim assist.

Wth is that? Is that why I lose those stupid games?

 

[fairbump_playon]

You'd have to have blinkers in to miss the howlers he does, every single game.

Just watch the games, faible.

How much worse is a howler than a kick that looks good off the boot but goes to the opposition (Darcy Parish come on down)?

Howler catches the eye but is it functionally any different?

 

[yodellinhank]

I did not say he had no howlers. They fall in the some very average column . You need to watch if you are saying every kick he has at VFL level is shit

There's been not many good ones. At least his 40+ to the wrong side of a contest advance the ball.

Point is people have been surprised by the absolute howlers he's served up at AFL level. It shouldn't be a surprise when his kicking has been no better at VFL level. It's been fairly constant across all his games since donning the sash. I've no idea what he was like as a junior.

I've posted on his VFL kicking, it's not something I managed to make up at the time that suddenly all came true when he got to show off his talents to a wider audience.

 

[yodellinhank]

How much worse is a howler than a kick that looks good off the boot but goes to the opposition (Darcy Parish come on down)?

Howler catches the eye but is it functionally any different?

Often the howler is better, provided it stays in bounds, because it might put the opposition under pressure.

 

[Nifft]

Wth is that? Is that why I lose those stupid games?

Well if you had it turned on you'd probably stop spraying your shots everywhere.

 

[ghostdog]

How much worse is a howler than a kick that looks good off the boot but goes to the opposition (Darcy Parish come on down)?

Howler catches the eye but is it functionally any different?

So, you can deliver an absolute howler yet still give it a fair shake?
Everyone's a winner!

 

[Phone]

Writing off a 19 year old who’s played a grand total of 6 full games at AFL level grosses me out.

like 99% of people who play football get correctly written off before the age of 19 though

 

[EnolaGay]

I don't get the negativity, this guy will be the main man to give us the chaos ball forward 50 entries we need.

It's not like we have a glut of strong marking forwards.