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This thread being resurrected just shows how bored people get in bye weeks. Simple fact he was a limited footballer who's career exceeded what it should have been. Was blessed to play in 3 flags.
Was equally blessed to retain his spot in the side for years. In 8 years of a professional environment he couldn't even do basic skills like handballing to a team mate or even to their advantage. He would put it at their feet or they'd be 5m away yet he'd miss them by 3m yet somehow hit the opposition on the chest. Far superior players than Castagna such as Caddie had their papers stamped so that's football.
I can only assume the reason so many adored him is they felt like him succeeding was like some sick pseudo way of showing that anybody (themselves included) can fulfill their dream of being a premiership winning player. Because he was an "anybody" as in you could almost go to any decent local team and find somebody playing who's a superior player to Cantstandya!
He was paid well and part of his role was he will be scrutinized. If he was dropped on the back of a few stinkers then I'd argue he wouldn't really be hated. The fact he retained his spot on the back of a dozen stinkers on the trot with a couple of close losses thrown in where you could literally pinpoint a handful of Castagna stuffups that literally cost us the game.
If people came to his house and abused him that's despicable and I'd be appalled! If people abused him on social media and he was too brain dead to turn off or ignore then it just proves he's not very bright and gets zero sympathy from me.
I don't know what a Castagna fan looks like as all my family, mates and workmates even aquaintances who I talk footy with absolutely dispised him. I guess some people are too stupid to realise an opposition strategy used from when Adam was knee high is double team the guns like Dusty or Lynch as they'll punish you with ball in hand within the 50m arc.
Leave useless spuds like Castagna unopposed and prey his teammates are lazy and stupid enough to hit up Castagna. As odds are he's not only missing..... He's missing that badly that it shakes morale.
I actually have a backhanded compliment for Georgie in that MRJ has been so
this year that I would rather Castagna in the team than him. At least George could find the pill. When you're getting 15 touches as a spud you're bound to have a handful of clangers. Sadly MRJ is having almost as many with only 7 or 8 touches.
Was equally blessed to retain his spot in the side for years. In 8 years of a professional environment he couldn't even do basic skills like handballing to a team mate or even to their advantage. He would put it at their feet or they'd be 5m away yet he'd miss them by 3m yet somehow hit the opposition on the chest. Far superior players than Castagna such as Caddie had their papers stamped so that's football.
I can only assume the reason so many adored him is they felt like him succeeding was like some sick pseudo way of showing that anybody (themselves included) can fulfill their dream of being a premiership winning player. Because he was an "anybody" as in you could almost go to any decent local team and find somebody playing who's a superior player to Cantstandya!
He was paid well and part of his role was he will be scrutinized. If he was dropped on the back of a few stinkers then I'd argue he wouldn't really be hated. The fact he retained his spot on the back of a dozen stinkers on the trot with a couple of close losses thrown in where you could literally pinpoint a handful of Castagna stuffups that literally cost us the game.
If people came to his house and abused him that's despicable and I'd be appalled! If people abused him on social media and he was too brain dead to turn off or ignore then it just proves he's not very bright and gets zero sympathy from me.
I don't know what a Castagna fan looks like as all my family, mates and workmates even aquaintances who I talk footy with absolutely dispised him. I guess some people are too stupid to realise an opposition strategy used from when Adam was knee high is double team the guns like Dusty or Lynch as they'll punish you with ball in hand within the 50m arc.
Leave useless spuds like Castagna unopposed and prey his teammates are lazy and stupid enough to hit up Castagna. As odds are he's not only missing..... He's missing that badly that it shakes morale.
I actually have a backhanded compliment for Georgie in that MRJ has been so
this year that I would rather Castagna in the team than him. At least George could find the pill. When you're getting 15 touches as a spud you're bound to have a handful of clangers. Sadly MRJ is having almost as many with only 7 or 8 touches.
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