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[Mike_B]

Tarrant has played his best football for Collingwood across HF pushing up the ground to use his speed as a marking target. Why do we need him though when we have a player who plays the same role AND was selected in this year's All-Australian team playing that role???

[stellation]

Originally posted by ScottH
You wear a dress?

For but a few dollars more.

[Nico]

Tarrant is like the 14 year old who sneaks out the window when he/she goes to bed to get on the turps.

Tarrant sneaks out the window behind the backs of his team mates, coach and supporters and has done so since he went to the club at 18. He is now 25 and still doing it. What does that tell you about his mentality.

Clearly this leopard hasn't changed his spots and they haven't even faded by the looks of it.

Hands off this brat please. Invoke the no DH Rule please.

[WASwansFanatic]

Originally posted by Nico
Tarrant is like the 14 year old who sneaks out the window when he/she goes to bed to get on the turps.

Tarrant sneaks out the window behind the backs of his team mates, coach and supporters and has done so since he went to the club at 18. He is now 25 and still doing it. What does that tell you about his mentality.

Clearly this leopard hasn't changed his spots and they haven't even faded by the looks of it.

Hands off this brat please. Invoke the no DH Rule please.

At risk of @@@@ing off Cruiser...


WELL SAID!

[janem]

Hear hear!!
Look at all the unrest and media scrutiny and beat up when one of our own strayed during the year.
Do we really need the likes of Tarrant to upset the balance of this team if he really is like you say. We (the swans) don't want to waste time fending off media, sticking up for him and going into damage control throughout the season.
That being said.. wasn't this the general feeling when Baz was being looked at for the Swans in the not too distant past?
Maybe the coaching staff are masters at making sure people 'fit in'. They have done it more than once!!
So does that leave it down to the question - Is Tarrant worth anything to the Swans?. This is the question?
More trouble than his worth? Could help us win another? More trouble than his worth? Could help us win another?...................

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Mike_B
Tarrant has played his best football for Collingwood across HF pushing up the ground to use his speed as a marking target. Why do we need him though when we have a player who plays the same role AND was selected in this year's All-Australian team playing that role???

Another option can be useful in that role, particularly if O'Keefe is not playing well and especially if it keeps Hall in the F50.

[stellation]

Originally posted by Mike_B
Tarrant has played his best football for Collingwood across HF pushing up the ground to use his speed as a marking target. Why do we need him though when we have a player who plays the same role AND was selected in this year's All-Australian team playing that role???

It is probably just an academic discussion anyway, but I think Tarrant could play CHF/FF and HFF pretty well for us. I don't have much faith in Mick's knees, Hall isn't getting any younger and even though Tarrant and O'Keefe are best in theory when playing that role leading off the HFF, I don't think Ryan really does it that much anymore- most of his leads seem to either come from deep or he is around the packs much further up the ground.
I haven't watched a replay and team structure can be hard to pick when sitting a few rows back from the fence, but I thought that a major area where we fell down in large parts in the GF was not having anyone providing a good link option across HF.

[Bloody Hell]

Originally posted by cruiser
As well as providing Sydney with the most dangerous forward set up in the AFL, another good reason to get Tarrant.....

I thought we already had the most dangerous forward line in the AFL...???

I vote - No Tarrant.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Bloody Hell
I thought we already had the most dangerous forward line in the AFL...???

Looks like it on paper, but we don't score a lot of goals.

Part of this is due to our low I50s. Our midfield is partly responsible for this, as is our game plan, but our ability to get the ball from wing to half forward is also an issue.

We were 7th for I50s.

In terms of accuracy, we were 8th.

Goals per game = 6th.

Disposals / I50 = 1st (ie: most efficient).

Goals / I50 = 7th.

Scores / I50 = 8th.

None of it stands out particularly, except that we are more efficient at getting the ball I50 in terms of the number of disposals we have. Part of that is we clearly have the least number of disposals per game as we lock it down so much.

Our forward line is not the best in the competition in terms of its production.

[Bloody Hell]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Looks like it on paper, but we don't score a lot of goals.

Part of this is due to our low I50s. Our midfield is partly responsible for this, as is our game plan, but our ability to get the ball from wing to half forward is also an issue.

We were 7th for I50s.

In terms of accuracy, we were 8th.

Goals per game = 6th.

Disposals / I50 = 1st (ie: most efficient).

Goals / I50 = 7th.

Scores / I50 = 8th.

None of it stands out particularly, except that we are more efficient at getting the ball I50 in terms of the number of disposals we have. Part of that is we clearly have the least number of disposals per game as we lock it down so much.

Our forward line is not the best in the competition in terms of its production.

I think there's no doubt this has to be fixed further up the ground....Tarrant won't solve anything mentioned above.

A few years ago we were the most accurate in the comp....the players haven't changed.

[stellation]

Originally posted by Bloody Hell
I think there's no doubt this has to be fixed further up the ground....Tarrant won't solve anything mentioned above.

"our ability to get the ball from wing to half forward is also an issue"

[Bloody Hell]

Originally posted by stellation
"our ability to get the ball from wing to half forward is also an issue"

Do you think he would give up his FF status - 40/50 goals a year to play on a flank?

[swantastic]

All this bull@@@@ talk ,we cant do this and we cant do that.FFS we have made 2 GF's in a row none of us have ever experianced that before.Sure im still down after last week and dissapointed with some of there efforts.Theres no harsher critic than your own self on ones self.But im chuffed that the boys fought back realy well and im bloody proud of em.SMFC/SS they rock.
So all you doubters can get stuffed.Just get off there backs.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Originally posted by Bloody Hell
Do you think he would give up his FF status - 40/50 goals a year to play on a flank?

He gets his 40/50 goals from a flank in the first place. He would kick even more if his accuracy wasn't a weakness.

[Bloody Hell]

Originally posted by Bleed Red Blood
He gets his 40/50 goals from a flank in the first place. He would kick even more if his accuracy wasn't a weakness.

He may get alot of ball on the flank...but he gets alot of his goals from the top of the goal square. I couldn't think of the last time a long bomb was put into the swannies goal square.