Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Calsher Dear! Rising star nom!

[Beandip]

Seriously, seriously impressed.

He's also earning his opportunities and goals with excellent body work, grabs etc. - not getting many Joe the Gooses like a lot of KPF early in their career.

His composure to be a main target as an 18yo playing AFL is crazy, kid could be anything.

 

[hawkinoz]

Calsher goal here.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Calsher goal here.

The kick from Sicily was something only he, Dale, D'Ambrosio, Young, NWM and very few others could pull off. In fact Sicily has a few brilliant kicks on the weekend.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Once Lewis and Chol are together, we can send Dear behind the ball.

We have our CHB

Seriously, I reckon he would shine roaming and intercepting off the backline. He just has it

 

[Hawkthorn33]

Once Lewis and Chol are together, we can send Dear behind the ball.

We have our CHB

Seriously, I reckon he would shine roaming and intercepting off the backline. He just has it

Don't do it, we'll have MCcabe in the second half of the year to do that. Keep developing Calsher as a KPF

 

[The Chad and I]

The last kid to make an impact at that age playing key forward would be Dermott Brereton, he kicked 5 goals on debut in a final in 1982 against North Melbourne

Buddy and Roughy did ok.

 

[Nick the Pig]

Key forwards these days are generally eased into the side playing 3rd or even 4th target, often for a full season or so.

Calsher was asked to play as the main target from his very first game. And this still at only 18 years and physically underdeveloped.

It's quite extraordinary how seamlessly he has taken to the role and how well he has played.

 

[HawthornHawk]

Stacking up pretty well against Jed Walter's output so far, especially considering how often he's been subbed.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Once Lewis and Chol are together, we can send Dear behind the ball.

We have our CHB

Seriously, I reckon he would shine roaming and intercepting off the backline. He just has it

I've been thinking he has the tools to become a quality CHB. Not that I'd want him moved there, as IMO a potential long term KPF is the biggest need on the list.

But at least he may have a fall-back option if he struggles.

 

[The Chad and I]

Key forwards these days are generally eased into the side playing 3rd or even 4th target, often for a full season or so.

Calsher was asked to play as the main target from his very first game. And this still at only 18 years and physically underdeveloped.

It's quite extraordinary how seamlessly he has taken to the role and how well he has played.

Dear has been excellent.
Roughead also lined up as a KPF on his debut and I distinctly recall him and Buddy as the 2 KP forwards against Brisbane in Roughead's second game.

It stays in my memory bc the defenders got a surprise when they tried to get physical with Roughead and he put one of them down in a wrestle.

 

[The Chad and I]

I've been thinking he has the tools to become a quality CHB. Not that I'd want him moved there, as IMO a potential long term KPF is the biggest need on the list.

But at least he may have a fall-back option if he struggles.

It is far easier to find someone who can play in defence than it is to find someone who can play as a proper forward.
I hope we don't mess with Dear and just play him forward.

 

[Roddy]

He’s a bit of a forgotten man, but remember, we have Blancky to come back next year. And for all money he should be coming back into a defence a little less under siege than he was used to…

 

[Judd2Sewell]

It is far easier to find someone who can play in defence than it is to find someone who can play as a proper forward.
I hope we don't mess with Dear and just play him forward.

Yeah I agree, like I said I'm not advocating for him to be moved into defence - I just believe that he has all the tools needed to become a gun CHB. If in a few years he's struggling to establish himself as a KPF then I imagine a move to CHB could be on the cards.

 

[KermitJagger]

Hate to bring the hand debate back on to this board, but no small wonder Calsh is an elite mark of the footy. Have a squizz at these mitts. He has half the social media guy's forearm.

 

[Dipper]

Hate to bring the hand debate back on to this board, but no small wonder Calsh is an elite mark of the footy. Have a squizz at these mitts. He has half the social media guy's forearm.

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Yes but his bicep is only 2 Pittonethands© in circumference.

©NedRyderson.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Yes but his bicep is only 2 Pittonethands© in circumference.

©NedRyderson.

Pitto likes this

 

[saaam]

Hate to bring the hand debate back on to this board, but no small wonder Calsh is an elite mark of the footy. Have a squizz at these mitts. He has half the social media guy's forearm.

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He's developed his body a lot since this was taken, wow. In 2 years the kid will be a monster at this rate.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

That pack grab he clunked on the weekend showed just about everything he needs in that area - reading the flight, judgment, positioning and strong hands.

Yep. Too much is made of bulky forwards who have no craft

 

[Leather Poisoning]

The two kicks he got on the end of for his goals against Brisbane were poetry. The one where Newc kicked it over Chol and the defender to hit Dear on the chest was amazing to watch

 

[PenAndPaper]

His contest on the wing where he flew for the ball in a pack, was the person to crumb his own marking attempt and then follow up immediately with two tackles to end up winning a holding the ball free for the team was amazing, utterly amazing.
9:44 left in the third.

 

[GinniAndTonic]

This guy has it, will be an absolute star of the comp in time.

 

[KermitJagger]

Feels strange to say but I feel like we need to protect him less! Have some faith in Calsh, we really avoid going to him 1:1 at times and it slows down our entries.

 

[Bugs1977]

I remember asking someone in here (I think Strapping Young Lad) what the chances of us drafting up Calsher as a FS around about this time last year and the answer was that it wasn't looking good for the kid. Either we told him to hit cruise control because we were going to select him or the more likely in that he's put in a dramatic amount of work and the rapid improvement is staring to show.

As I said in another post I was one of the ones that thought a debut this season was slim and I'm happy to have been wrong. So happy for the kid and all his family especially his old fella watching him from above.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

I remember asking someone in here (I think Strapping Young Lad) what the chances of us drafting up Calsher as a FS around about this time last year and the answer was that it wasn't looking good for the kid. Either we told him to hit cruise control because we were going to select him or the more likely in that he's put in a dramatic amount of work and the rapid improvement is staring to show.

As I said in another post I was one of the ones that thought a debut this season was slim and I'm happy to have been wrong. So happy for the kid and all his family especially his old fella watching him from above.

I believe Calsher was missed as he was away from sport spending more time with his ill dad.

I was a Calsher fan pre AFL days.

 

[I got the outside word]

Surely gets the nickname ‘Venison’.