Past #25: Robbie Tarrant - traded to RFC for CCJ&picks - 2yr deal at RFC - 174 NM games/44 NM goals - retires 13/7/23 effective immediately

[OMAN]

Has only kicked 5 behinds in the last 3 weeks by my calculations. Not good enough.Time to give Daw another crack.

 

[boneofshin]

Has only kicked 5 behinds in the last 3 weeks by my calculations. Not good enough.Time to give Daw another crack.

Daniel Currie!

 

[Deleted member 98541]

Not as a forward he never.

What do you see that makes you certain Tarrant wont make it?

A match winning key forward needs to be elite in something, tell me, what are Tarrant's defining natural abilities?

We accept near enough is good enough, but then, i suppose you can only play the cards you are dealt. I hope he does make it, it's imperative imo if he's still on the list, or there isn't someone to overtake him. Petrie ain't going to be around for ever, and even Petrie... We need a bloke that's the equivalent of Ziebell in one of our key forwards. A ****ing match winner.

 

[trooroo4life]

Has only kicked 5 behinds in the last 3 weeks by my calculations. Not good enough.Time to give Daw another crack.

So he's down on form i can cop that, but that doesnt mean he wont make it.

Daw probably will get a crack, i suspect Black may be sitting out a week.

 

[OMAN]

Daniel Currie!

Thats an even better idea.

 

[trooroo4life]

A match winning key forward needs to be elite in something, tell me, what is Tarrant's defining natural abilities?

I dont think he will be elite, but theres only ever 3 or 4 of them at a time.

At underage level, he was very good overhead. Maybe the shoulder reco's have spoiled that side of his game but il back him in that once he finds some form that he is a very good mark, not elite but very good. Accuracy is normally good, down lately but thats down to form and confidence.

You may like to think or dream it, but we arent going to have 3 elites tall forwards in the same generation. How long between drinks has it been after Carey.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

He'll likely be at Collingwood next year.

 

[trooroo4life]

He'll likely be at Collingwood next year.

Eddie does talk him up a bit when he calls our games.

 

[Husk]

I would give him a run in defence. Delaney is still suspect IMO. Grima is solid, but has an unreliable body.

Physically Tarrant is as imposing as anyone we have on the list, he just cant take a mark to save himself.

 

[Wombat77]

Tarrant wouldn't look like such a spud if he changed the way he holds the ball at set shots. He holds it on a totally different angle when kick in play.

As mentioned above if it was 5 goals over 3 games instead of behinds he would look better than he has shown.

 

[Roosurgence]

 

[Johnny99]

Another great game. Rutten hardly touched it.

Hi. I missed the game today. Glad tazaa played well. How many contested marks he take ? Goals ? Thanks for the update.

 

[dus]

Get Daw in for him.

A ruckman and dangerous forward. Brad has put Maj on the scrap heap pretty quick. It just wouldn't happen at other clubs.

 

[muttley45]

at the very least taz could trial a glove, doesnt seem to hurt clokes marking too much

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Eddie does talk him up a bit when he calls our games.

Eddie loves him.

You will never ever see me talk down one of our players (it's a flaw, I know) but I tend to think Robbie is our best value trade bait. I think he's still got room to grow but I also think, with Black coming on, he's collateral. I hope to hell he manages to string it together but sadly I don't think it's at North.

 

[Rooboy 96]

Needs to learn?
Buddy he's not 19.
He's not good enough. And never will be.
We need a better third tall if we're going to play one who offers something different. Tarrant doesn't offer enough and has no distinctive quality as a forward.

same shit was said about Hansen.

 

[Elite Master]

Direct swap - Tarrent for Dale Thomas? Since Eddie loves him so much, he could make it happen.

 

[hotham]

Get Daw in for him.

A ruckman and dangerous forward. Brad has put Maj on the scrap heap pretty quick. It just wouldn't happen at other clubs.

Other clubs would have employed a specialist forward coach for one on one work with Majak Daw. Having him play each week at Werribee isn't enough.

 

[apollo_creed]

same shit was said about Hansen.

Hansen made it as a forward?

 

[R00StaR]

Direct swap - Tarrent for Dale Thomas? Since Eddie loves him so much, he could make it happen.

Thomas is a FA, if he wants to come we wouldnt have to trade anything

 

[Saintly31]

Yep, killed them Taz.

Lets put another 5 years in "development" (Ie: free money for doing SFA), have supporters hide behind shoulder injuries, and well geez, he has big arms after all and a great guy....but....but...but....oh that's right, he actually can't play.

 

[Saintly31]

I would give him a run in defence. .

Good idea.

We can tank that way instead and hide it

 

[Rooboy 96]

Hansen made it as a forward?

ok sorry let me re-state it, same shit was said about Thomas.

 

[Twinkletoes]

?.....have supporters hide behind shoulder injuries.....

WTF?

 

[Orange Peanut]

How dare the club fool us by sending him in for 3 unnecessary shoulder reco's!!!!

Against Melb and the Cats he covered a ridiculous amount of ground and against the dees pumped it in to f50 heaps. He clearly was playing a defensive role against the cats.

Today he was poo poo, but he was hardly on his own there, and by my calculations that makes one bad game in a row.