I agree Moods but your opening line doesn’t ring true for all does it?? I mean Butler, Billings etc have had multiple games where very little has been shown…and they’ve not been alone.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 03 Jul 2022 11:23pmEvery player needs to do something each week to justify selection. If they don’t, then they are clearly in the gun to get omitted. Sharman showed he could jump. That’s all he showed. He couldn’t tackle, chase, compete.Teflon wrote: ↑Sat 02 Jul 2022 8:49pmSpot onskeptic wrote: ↑Sat 02 Jul 2022 8:30pmWith all due respect, I have read few if any suggestions at all making the issue out as you have.Vortex wrote: ↑Sat 02 Jul 2022 4:33pm
This infantile hysteria over Sharman is bat shyte crazy, the kid got on the end of a few goals in his first few games but clearly is way of the pace presently and because we desperately need an extra tall in the forward line some supporters are convinced he should be an automatic selection on that basis because it is somehow best for his development. That's just nuts and Sharman would would have been monstered last night and how is that any good for his development.
The challenge is the absurdity of the extremes.
Again the answer is in the middle.
Coops finished last year as a promising up and coming forward, no more or less.
Many forumites like myself wanted to see him get the opportunity to build on that.
Not just a one off game… but a run at it that includes patches of time when the team is playing well.
NWM, Windy and other more experienced guys like Butler, Long etc have got and they’ve had the opportunity to play a stinker, stuff up, be exposed and persevere/respond to it.
The game vs Sydney was bad but realistically how much could u expect from him there when the team was beaten from pillar to post comprehensively.
Where I take exception with Coops is that he’s carried the brunt on that performance from many fans here whilst others get the luxury of a do’over.
You amongst many say don’t play him again for ages… clearly way off the pace… yet his performances last year now suddenly count for nothing and his stinker counts most… but others get a better deal.
I’m not ready to call the kid a messiah but I haven’t written him off either.
I merely advocate that he gets the opportunity and perseverance that others have been afforded
He may not make it OR he may just show us (and the coach) that he’s better structurally for this forward set up?
Carlton missed goals last night but as Roo said what they had was a very clear fwd set up with 2 genuine key forward s and to 3qtr time had taken 8 marks to our 1
We can’t scrounge miracle goals every week - that’s not a sustainable model
Ratten (if he stays coach) had better address that
Sharman May/May not be part of the answer but at least give the kid a run to find out
As someone else said - how does he learn to play alongside King, Membrey, Ryder et al (and they him) as forward team if he’s in 1 week and out, made the scapegoat the next ?
It’s odd development and soul destroying as well
He got some kicks in meaningless games at the end of last season. And I too was seduced. BUT, he was poor pre season apparently. I recall every pre season game, including intra club games he had no impact. In VFL his form hasn’t been extraordinary by any stretch.
He played 2 games in a row and was below average in one game and poor in the other. I personally thought he looked timid tbh.
I agree with much of what you have written about Friday nights win. A very enjoyable night, but loads of deficiencies still apparent. So be it, we take the wins where we can.
I don’t think that purely extends to a kid in game 7 holding down a tough forward line role when the ball is coming in woefully
I agree we take what wins we can but my hope is, as Riewoldt suggests, that effort is the benchmark and the game plan improves dramatically.