Toast Welcome to St.Kilda - COOPER SHARMAN!

[Joffaboy]

Geez the expectations on this kid this thread will melt if he doesn’t win the Coleman next year

Only a Coleman, Norm Smith and a Brownlow will suffice

 

[Ducky Tie]

Only a Coleman, Norm Smith and a Brownlow will suffice

Yeah. McKay won the Coleman this year with 58. That's unders for Sharman next year. 80 probably par.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

I'm not sure we want him to bulk up, he's got tremendous agility as it is, and its almost like i wouldn't want to change him and accidentally mess something up.
The way he plays he doesn't really need the extra bulk, and the umpires seem to be a bit harder on those who monster the skinny kids.

Well he needs a little bit of muscle. Just to stick tackles and apply forward pressure. I see him get to the contests and bounce off the defenders. But yeah don’t go trying to make him into the. g Train or anything

 

[cowboy18]

Only a Coleman, Norm Smith and a Brownlow will suffice

I think the Syd/Gordon ambiguity at Marvel that has caused so much confusion among AFL fans could also be resolved with a subtle renaming of one end for 2022.

 

[AirWinmar]

Team mates really let him down in the last quarter. Should have hit him up for a 5th.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Driving down the Nepean Highway it would seem that Tommy Bent is just so 1966

 

[Ducky Tie]

Derm is pretty hard to listen to but I'll make an exception when he's chatting about forwards and their leading patterns.

 

[Minga]

Derm is pretty hard to listen to but I'll make an exception when he's chatting about forwards and their leading patterns.

Very true, you can tell he’s really passionate about it. Sharman is all this board can talk about recently and for good reason, a gift from the footy gods.

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed that footage very much.

 

[HunterClarksCandyShop]

I think the Syd/Gordon ambiguity at Marvel that has caused so much confusion among AFL fans could also be resolved with a subtle renaming of one end for 2022.


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And the other end the Cooper end.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Should have hit him

Dean Kent certainly hit him in that quarter.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Very true, you can tell he’s really passionate about it. Sharman is all this board can talk about recently and for good reason, a gift from the footy gods.

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed that footage very much.

Dermie knows his stuff, no one can refute that, but god I wish I had his talent for making 10 words into a thousand. My high school presentations would have been easy

 

[SaintsSeptember]

And the other end the Cooper end.

Yeah , Lockett went to Sydney, he can have an alcove near the garbage skip.

 

[kosifantutti]

The last half a dozen rounds are always about making sure at least some of the "consistently selected" eligibles get given a participation trophy, rather than "best of the round" as the first 10-15 weeks are.

Not surprising the Sharmanator didn't get it, but still disappointing.

Except when they don't.
Round 18 Jeremy Sharp 4th game
Round 20 Hayden Young 5th game
Round 22 Brett Bowey's little boy 3rd game

 

[kosifantutti]

The ‘Rocket’ Sharman needed to reach for the stars

St Kilda's Cooper Sharman booted a career-high four goals at AFL level in round 23 with the young Saint continuing to grow in confidence.

www.aflplayers.com.au

 

[Joffaboy]

Very true, you can tell he’s really passionate about it. Sharman is all this board can talk about recently and for good reason, a gift from the footy gods.

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed that footage very much.

We may not have the actual football craft knowledge of a great forward like Dermie, however the reason we are excited is that even us mug punters can see he has football skill that can't be trained into you. His talent is natural.

Will he get worked out? A bit yeah, but as Brereton said, Max King taking the monster backman will get Sharman off the leash a bit.

However lets let the kid have a preseason and hope to hell they don't try to coach the flair and natural footballing nous out of him.

 

[Munga]

They're already using Sharman's video clips to teach forwards how to play.

Sharman is so incredibly talented that we've agreed to draft his triplet sons... next year.

Footballs aren't objects to Sharman, they are mere extensions of himself.

 

[HunterClarksCandyShop]

Yeah , Lockett went to Sydney, he can have an alcove near the garbage skip.

Who?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Who?

Never mind, he became a recluse when fortune tellers foretold Sharman .

 

[Crusty Undies]

It rarely is though, they usually don't get a nomination without a consistent run of good games. Coops had that so it's frustrating.

My point exactly. If they don't like what happens nominating by round then change the way nominations work to reward a body of work and not a single game. I'm just sick of all these explanations as to why a saints player doesn't get a nom. If they play a great game "oh they didn't get nominated because this random giants scrub has been ok for half a year". If they play a good body of work like Byrnes "oh but this player had a big week".

 

[Plugger35]

Sharman not winning a Rising Star nomination might be a good thing if it allows him to slip under the radar for next year.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Sharman not winning a Rising Star nomination might be a good thing if it allows him to slip under the radar for next year.

My god we were playing McKernan....did the selectors not see what was in front of them ?

 

[StCicatriz]

Derm is pretty hard to listen to but I'll make an exception when he's chatting about forwards and their leading patterns.

man that was awesome to listen to!!

 

[botts]

My god we were playing McKernan....did the selectors not see what was in front of them ?

Hahaha this is a joke yeah?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

My point exactly. If they don't like what happens nominating by round then change the way nominations work to reward a body of work and not a single game. I'm just sick of all these explanations as to why a saints player doesn't get a nom. If they play a great game "oh they didn't get nominated because this random giants scrub has been ok for half a year". If they play a good body of work like Byrnes "oh but this player had a big week".

After only coming onboard mid-season, he already averaged 2 goals a game in his first three full games.

ONLY 19 other AFL players averaged 2 or more goals this season. None of them eligible for rising star.
If we continue to ignore his first ( sub ) game, he averaged 2.5 That puts him in the company of Toby Green and Tom Hawkins.

 

[Crusty Undies]

After only coming onboard mid-season, he already averaged 2 goals a game in his first three full games.

ONLY 19 other AFL players averaged 2 or more goals this season. None of them eligible for rising star.
If we continue to ignore his first ( sub ) game, he averaged 2.5 That puts him in the company of Toby Green and Tom Hawkins.

But Connor Idun had 17 mongrel disposals and kept Eddie to "only" 2 goals in his last game... clearly a better performance than the GOAT II: Electric Boogaloo.