Past #26: Tarryn Thomas - Roo until end '24

[Val Keating]

First game playing mostly mid. I thought he showed plenty.

 

[BoomerRoo]

I'll leave this here as a comment:

I spent today's game watching with a couple of Tarryn's ex coaches, (North Launceston), they understand "team structure" etc for us and what we're trying with him, but both believe he needs to be playing up forward, in particular, just holding position inside the 50m arc. It's not a criticism of our coaching, but he'd better suit our current needs, in their opinion, kicking goals.

 

[Matthew_14555]

Could we get a clip of the shimmy on the wing?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Coasts.

 

[ferball]

Ferball, not saying he doenst need to work on things, not saying he shouldnt be doing more, just showing that "laziness" is in fact a lazy call, he is getting better, he is improving, plenty of other players need criticism than a 33 game player

What he did was good but he has it in him to do more of it right now.

 

[Themanbun]

What he did was good but he has it in him to do more of it right now.

That's bang on I reckon. The calls to drop him are ludicrous. But I can't help but not just feel, but know he is leaving 5+ possessions per game out there, and is not impacting the number of contests that he should be. And we need the ball in his hands more.

 

[Intothewind]

Thought it was his best game for the club. Has got a bit of Mark Waugh about him so will be criticised for being lazy when sometimes might just look lazy.

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[ferball]

Thought it was his best game for the club. Has got a bit of Mark Waugh about him so will be criticised for being lazy when sometimes might just look lazy.

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i don't think he's lazy, but he could be a bit better at times if he had more intensity about him.

 

[shinboner spiggs]

A move higher up the ground has had its benefits.

Just one game throw the magnet on Young’s role.

 

[Usayed Givashe]

Thought it was his best game for the club. Has got a bit of Mark Waugh about him so will be criticised for being lazy when sometimes might just look lazy.

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He does have that about him.

Still think he needs to lift or he’ll end up another Will HoskinElliot as oppposed to his ceiling which I feel is Micky O level.

 

[shinboner magic]

Thats pretty much it, hes an easy target as he is laconic in his movements,
he has plenty to work on, but he is developing ok,
each game he gets he (seems) to be getting better plus he missed most of last year which didn't help
Far greater issues than him

He’s the mark Waugh of our team- makes things look to easy

 

[Kangas_11]

Jesus, a couple of absolutely shameful posters in this thread with the lazy calls.

He had one passage of play in the last quarter where he was outworked through the middle and forward by an endurance machine in Clayton Oliver.

It's his first season playing big minutes in the middle, so his tank obviously will improve, but there'll always be a couple of armchair experts calling him lazy because of the way he moves.

 

[koshari]

He does have that about him.

Still think he needs to lift or he’ll end up another Will HoskinElliot as oppposed to his ceiling which I feel is Micky O level.

I reckon he could be a bit of a Daryl White type, rather than a massive accumulator more a high quality burst player. but regardless the midfield minutes are going to add another facet to his game.

 

[Swallow_Wood]

I'm actually glad to see him in the middle, see him compete and get blown away physically. If he wants to be one of the big dogs he needs to see first hand what it takes to physically compete with them.

I thought he showed some really positive signs.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Remember people calling Daniel Wells and Loogie lazy. TT is going well and would have learned a lot yesterday. Love the extra midfield minutes.

 

[the flying ham]

Someone wrote around here he led the game for pressure acts? No shame in being outworked in the last qtr by a rock hard fit Oliver. Another who is making great progress

 

[LuvtheKangas]

I really liked his first half but he did drift out of the game. Like the team, he's making positive progress on a weekly basis.

 

[Psicosis]

Invaluable lesson playing next to Petracca

 

[ferball]

Invaluable lesson playing next to Petracca

I liked it when they both fought for the ball and he (TT) won. That's the sort of intensity i'd like to see more of.

 

[Snake_Baker]

He had one passage of play in the last quarter where he was outworked through the middle and forward by an endurance machine in Clayton Oliver.

That's all it takes. They sweat on it.

 

[king of the road]

I'll leave this here as a comment:

I spent today's game watching with a couple of Tarryn's ex coaches, (North Launceston), they understand "team structure" etc for us and what we're trying with him, but both believe he needs to be playing up forward, in particular, just holding position inside the 50m arc. It's not a criticism of our coaching, but he'd better suit our current needs, in their opinion, kicking goals.

Good insight.
That may be the plan long term, but with a few mids out (Anderson, LDU, Polec, Dumont - even LMac in bursts) and the fact that Nobes wants players to be versatile, they may have taken the chance to have him play a role in the middle to develop.
Also, half forward can be a bit of a deadzone, although he may play there long term, good to mix things up and have him able to be involved in different ways in future.

 

[tazaa]

Thought he was okay. Petracca ripped the ball out of his hands a couple of times so reckon Noble had a few words with him and then sent him to Oliver to teach him a lesson. Will learn heaps from yesterday.

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

Could we get a clip of the shimmy on the wing?

 

[north_lad]

yummy

 

[big_e]

Sixth in average score involvements for us this year.



As an aside, the average age of this group is 22.