Time to pull the Liam Jones move.

[bulldogtragic]

According to training footage the club just put out, Schache with the Domestique guernsey at training this week!

A week is a long time in football.

Who could have predicted such a move for Josh? This came out of the blue.

[Happy Days]

I think I didn't really appreciate how good he played on the night because I was admittedly waiting for him to fail. Watching the game back he really was excellent.

I do wanna see him on a dry track with the speed of the game at 100% before I fully co-sign, but he couldn't have made a better start.

[comrade]

I think I didn't really appreciate how good he played on the night because I was admittedly waiting for him to fail. Watching the game back he really was excellent.

I do wanna see him on a dry track with the speed of the game at 100% before I fully co-sign, but he couldn't have made a better start.

There was one scrap in the middle of the ground where he dove in, won the hard ball and hand balled it out towards one of our guys and I was like 'who is this?'.

[bulldogtragic]

I think I didn't really appreciate how good he played on the night because I was admittedly waiting for him to fail. Watching the game back he really was excellent.

I do wanna see him on a dry track with the speed of the game at 100% before I fully co-sign, but he couldn't have made a better start.

I was pretty much the opposite. I was tracking his stats the whole game. As great as they were, his game was better than what the stat sheet had. What happens from here is up to him to keep going. But as far as a debut KPD game goes against the top team, that as good as you could hope for. I’m hopeful for what he can do this year. But give him 6 months working with Dale Morris and there’s cause for optimism. Think, Alex Keath was a gun athlete but didn’t show how good of a KPD he could be until he was 27. Josh hasn’t turned 24 yet.

[WBFC4FFC]

Admittedly Keith was wasting his time with cricket at the same age versus playing for GC.

[bulldogtragic]

Admittedly Keith was wasting his time with cricket at the same age versus playing for GC.

That’s kind of the point. Crows pumped time and training into him as a 24-25 year old with no base. He’s continued to grow into the role. Josh is advanced as he has the base. Just needs the specialist coaching and development from here. A month in the seniors with Keath out might be the making of him.

[jeemak]

I'm being super cautious in my optimism with this move. I want everything about it to work because it can do so much for us moving forward, but only a larger sample size against a few different opponents and under different game conditions will sway me either way.

[Dancin' Douggy]

I was so happy for him. He must have slept well that night. Was in important cog in an important win. Would have given his confidence and sense of value to the team a huge boost. Let’s hope it’s the start of a new phase of his career

[comrade]

I think I didn't really appreciate how good he played on the night because I was admittedly waiting for him to fail. Watching the game back he really was excellent.

I do wanna see him on a dry track with the speed of the game at 100% before I fully co-sign, but he couldn't have made a better start.

https://www.afl.com.au/stats/stats-p...1/Schache-Josh

You can see every involvement via Stats Pro.

Biggest things that stood out:

- he was ultra clean at ground level, particularly early when conditions were sloppiest
- when he takes possession he makes the right decision but most importantly, he makes it quickly
- his tackling and contested stuff was good

Looking forward to seeing how he backs it up this weekend.

[The Pie Man]

https://www.afl.com.au/stats/stats-p...1/Schache-Josh

You can see every involvement via Stats Pro.

Biggest things that stood out:

- he was ultra clean at ground level, particularly early when conditions were sloppiest
- when he takes possession he makes the right decision but most importantly, he makes it quickly
- his tackling and contested stuff was good

Looking forward to seeing how he backs it up this weekend.

The ground level stuff was very encouraging, he was quick to get boot to ball in close.

Even better to hear that Bevo thinks he runs to the right spots defensively.

Great signs

[1eyedog]

There was one scrap in the middle of the ground where he dove in, won the hard ball and hand balled it out towards one of our guys and I was like 'who is this?'.

And it resulted in an inside 50

[Bulldog4life]

I was so happy for him. He must have slept well that night. Was in important cog in an important win. Would have given his confidence and sense of value to the team a huge boost. Let’s hope it’s the start of a new phase of his career

Bevo said they MC still rate him as a forward too so can we expect the old switcharoo with Naughty when things get hairy.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Bevo said they MC still rate him as a forward too so can we expect the old switcharoo with Naughty when things get hairy.

Quite a brilliant outcome if we have a decent Key defender we can swing forward, who is also a decent forward with sublime set shot skills.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Yeah agree with that. He can get down real bad and his whole game goes with it.

That's the thing. It does not matter so much if we doubt Schache but he has to prove it to himself. One goal giving stuff up could erode the faith.
Thankfully we have a less challenging opponent and enough games for Schache to consolidate his position and self faith before September.

[jeemak]

It's going to be a massive challenge for him to keep his head up if a forward or two gets hold of him, which is something that happens to all defenders at some point in time.