For starters Tarrant was very ordinary today and to compare Black with Tarrant is unfair. Black is in his first year of senior football and Tarrant is not. Black actually gave us something today where Tarrant did not. Petrie had one of the best defenders of the past ten years on him and he has proven that he can win a game off his own boot, Tarrant has never won a game off his own boot. In fact I dont think Tarrant has ever kicked more than 4 goals in a game.
Taz has played around 23 games as forward, which is funnily enough about one full season. In that time he has kicked 3 or more goals 8 times, with 4 bags of 4. He may not have had a dominant 'break out game' but he has played a major hand in a number of victories in his first full season as a forward. Blacky has played 19 games in his career as a forward with 6 bags of 3 or more, with a highest of 5, one more than Taz's best.
Now, I am not saying that Black is going to be better than Taz or visa versa. What I am saying is that for two developing forwards why is it that one is tied to the A frame for a flogging (Zondor likes this) while the other is given a virtual ring licking when their output is similar? Not just today, which it was. All three talls were given nothing to work with and as a consequence all three had very similar days so why habe a go at Taz who has delivered as much potency up forward over the course of his career as Black?
As for Petrie, well, our acting captain tried to lead from the front but alas, the poor bugger was starved of opportunity, being a key forward and all in a team that got outplayed in the middle. But lets hold Tarrant to a higher standard today, shall we?
If you are a key tall forward and you havent kicked more than 4 goals in a game in 25 games imo you have to think about a trade if the player has got some value.
Really? Where is that written? Does this take into account playing with two other tall forwards and rotating through the full forward/CHF/lead up forward roles? Does it take into account sacrificial forward roles? Or is it based on the old FF/CHF roles? When was this rule written? 1960?
Once again you give us nothing in the form of someone to put up for trade?
Ahh, because I don't want ot trade him? Is this a suggest a trade for Tarrant thread? I hadn't realised. Let me check the OP. Nope, it's a sarcastic thread based on disappointment after another loss with a soft choice as the target.
Heres an idea. Why don't you start a thread discussing the weaknesses in the team that caused our three tall targets to be starved of opportunity today. That would be a more accurate reflection of what the issues are.