bullus_hit said:
Very harsh assessment there Skills, Tambling has improved from last season and that is important in assessing where he'll be in 3 years. Last night he was average but far from the worst player on the ground. You talk about footy smarts yet Tambo milked some good free kicks displaying what I would consider 'footy smarts'.
We could spend an eternity discussing his deficiencies but we could do that with most kids his age. Even the great Buddy Franklin has some question marks over his defensive pressure and and contested marking.
Tambling will blossom but will do so when he's in the 22-23 age bracket, same goes for Lids, Edwards and probably JON (although the latter really does have some major question marks).
As testiment to Tambo's performance this year, let's see how he fares in the best and fairest, I'm tipping a top ten finish and 20 plus goals. Sure, that's not brilliant but at least he's on an upward trend.
My interpretation of "footy smarts" is not about "milking" free kicks, it's about finding the ball and making it sing. Furthermore, I never mentioned Franklin, but without hesitation you choose to defend Tambling by highlighting Buddy's deficiencies - Totally irrelevant to the points I have raised.
Then you choose to make reference to this wonderful equation, that Tambling will blossom because of this magical age bracket when footballers come of age.
And to think that wasn't enough, you finally state, Tambling will finish in the top 10 of Richmonds B&F as a "testiment" to his performances?
My assessment might have been "harsh" as you described, but you - like so many others - deflect from the real problem.