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

[Bugs1977]

What was the go with the young fellas ribs?

 

[TheFourPillars]

What was the go with the young fellas ribs?

Sore as f...

 

[mustang]

With Lewis out Gives Dear a good run at it by the time Lewis returns Dear could have played like around 30 games

 

[Sixpence]

Sore as f...

So probably not in this week? Ribs are a bitch to heal.

 

[HedgeFund]

So probably not in this week? Ribs are a bitch to heal.

Yep - bruised ribs are usually 3 week prospects. Takes a long time for the bleeding and pain to subside.

 

[TheFourPillars]

So probably not in this week? Ribs are a bitch to heal.

Yep - bruised ribs are usually 3 week prospects. Takes a long time for the bleeding and pain to subside.

Haven't heard its 3 weeks bad lets see what happens during the week and if he trains

 

[tommyk72]

May have also been precautionary and just well timed to be the trigger to give him the rest he needs.

 

[TheFourPillars]

May have also been precautionary and just well timed to be the trigger to give him the rest he needs.

He was sore but to certain degree you are right

 

[Nugett]

May have also been precautionary and just well timed to be the trigger to give him the rest he needs.

Hoping it was precautionary. With Lewis waiting in the wings at the time, made sense to rest him with soreness.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Maybe get him right first? Who knows if Lewis now getting lots of injuries is being battered too much when younger

You want to get those injuries right before coming back while your body is still developing.

The injuries you never let heal in junior sporting adventures are the ****ers that persist in middle age based on my circle of friends. Calsher has professional strength and conditioning staff at his disposal, but there's no rush unless they figure Scaife isn't worth a look in the seniors.

Calsher's going to be loading his frame up with muscle over the next couple of years in particular. No point in risking how well he is going to move with all that added weight if it can be avoided easily.

 

[KermitJagger]

Maybe get him right first? Who knows if Lewis now getting lots of injuries is being battered too much when younger

I get the sentiment but there's a difference between a contact injury and playing through tendon or ligament damage. Calsh copped a big knee to the side, but unless there's some internal damage or genuine broken ribs then there's no issue for him.

I'd go as far as to say that playing through that sort of soreness is a necessary skill for players to develop.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[SSSSSS]

That big contested mark on the wing in the last quarter was so huge.

Just keeps getting better.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

That big contested mark on the wing in the last quarter was so huge.

Just keeps getting better.

Clutch mark.
Commanding mark.

Calsh owned Draper in that contest.

 

[SSSSSS]

Clutch mark.
Commanding mark.

Calsh owned Draper in that contest.

Was pretty impressed with Draper as well.

I think they will have some good battles in the coming years.

 

[2008wasoverDEW!]

8 wins, 1 loss.
Our luckiest player since Spangher. Long may it continue.

 

[play2win]

8 wins, 1 loss.
Our luckiest player since Spangher. Long may it continue.

You are doing him a disservice.
He is undefeated, having been subbed off at 3/4 time during the port loss, shouldn’t count against him.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Was pretty impressed with Draper as well.

I think they will have some good battles in the coming years.

Draper is as comfortable at the level as Calsh is I reckon.

Looking forward to their contested and uncontested battles.

 

[KermitJagger]

It. Dear has got it.

He has done some really nousy basketball type stuff I haven't seen since Silk. Stealing the ball straight out of someone's mitts, did a bounce through his legs in one other game. Really fun to watch.

Only issue is that every opportunity he gets is so hard fought, we need to start getting him those easy goals too.

 

[Roddy]

Imagine what he’s going to be like when he has another 60-70 games and two pre-seasons under his belt, and another 7-8 kegs across his shoulders, chest and hips…

 

[Sixpence]

Only issue is that every opportunity he gets is so hard fought, we need to start getting him those easy goals too.

And to stop touching own goals!

 

[hawkmang]

And to stop touching own goals!

Yep twice he’s done that at the exact same spot now haha. Would have been a bit Wiz goal today too!!

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Imagine what he’s going to be like when he has another 60-70 games and two pre-seasons under his belt, and another 7-8 kegs across his shoulders, chest and hips…

That's when we'll hear the media talk about how Hawks manipulated the draft to hide him.

 

[The hands of stone]

The there is a good argument that his impact on us as a team is as big as any of the other 1st year players this season in the comp

 

[mustang]

The way he seems to fly for marks a lot and has cat like reflexes sometimes I feel he could become like Modra.