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Robbie Tarrant
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I gave him votes. I thought his positioning was very good, and he held Dixon very well who is a tough guy to play on. We brought him in to play on the gorillas and he did that well today. People seem to want him to be something he isn't.
At the ground today, he could see he played well IMO. 9 intercepts shows he played his role in winning the ball back and as I said was good on Dixon.
BS. Dixon has only just come back into the team after missing a heap and is well underdone.
Let's not forget what he went through last year...
The Age 24 Mar 2021 — "North Melbourne defender Robbie Tarrant has had surgery to remove a lump from his kidney and will miss the first half of the season. The backman had known of the “mass” on his kidney for some time and had initially planned to put off surgery until the end of the year but then suffered a groin injury that was going to keep him out for at least a month and decided to have the surgery immediately."
He needs time to get his confidence back, that his body will take the hits within packs, etc. But if he's having trouble bending over then that is a real issue but was it just a knock tonight or the greasy ball or something to be managed? Trust out fitness guys to make the right call.
Sorry posh but Dixon is a fraud. The smallest big man in the AFL. Has been that way his whole career.
Tarrant is battling, he was involved in a couple of awful moments in the first 3 qtrs that cost goals. Had a better last quarter but he makes me very nervous every time he is involved.
Prefer Balta play back when Lynch is in and Tarrant out.
Yeh, I'd prefer neither in the team personally. Neither instill any confidence when the ball is on the deck or in their hands.
You’re overstating how good Tarrant is Frehley and Dixon. Dixon had major ankle surgery in February. It was only his second game back after 4 months off.
I think it depends on team balance, against more mobile talls absolutely, but I'd be playing Tarrant in 2 weeks against Geelong on Hawkins personally.
Yeh, I'm surprised how poor Tarrant has been. He was a very very good player at Norf. Ultra reliable, strong in the air and composed with the ball.
He looks slow, awkward and nervous now. Not sure how he turns that around.
At his best he would be first picked for the gorilla's which would hand Balta the second key forward and the ability to be more aggresive. Both marking the incoming ball and running off his opponent. If Tarrant/Balta were the key defenders it would allow Grimes/Vlastuin/Broad even more flexibility.
Gibcus's inexperience is showing, not sure I'd want him lining up on a Hawkins/Cameron or McStay in a final. We need the best version of Tarrant.
I actually liked his game tonight. Apart from a 5 min purple patch from McKay - which I don’t think anyone could’ve done much about - thought he held McKay.
Agree. More than broke even, and McKay kicked a few out of his arse. Big test next week on Hawkins.
