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

[The Dougster]

Bailey Smith really struggling this year.

Getting squeezed out by the midfield depth and playing a lot of downhill skiing footy.

He was hearing footsteps for most of last nights game. Poor bugger

 

[Frogginton McPowell]

Last week was his first 20+ disposal game of his career.

Let’s just see him back it up before expecting 25+1 for a major portion of the season.

It's all in the framing. You could say it's the first 20+ of his career which is right. ( I haven't checked but I believe you) but only a small amount of those have been on ball. Maybe 2 or 3 early in his career and the past few. With his % of time in there and CBA's rising each game. We haven't seen progressive improvement in line with the rest of his career. It's been an exponential leap. It's true maybe in this next month while we wait for the troops to arrive he'll probably have to learn to deal with closer attention. But IF we can get somenear our starting midfield back for the last 1/3 of the year that will ease that burden on him a bit. I'm sure Jedi will be in seek and destroy mode in there to make anyone think twice about close checking his little brother.
25+1 was a stretch target admittedly. Maybe over 6 is a bit much. Hes got the goal a game covered easily. Will you give me 25 over the last 4 weeks with a full strength midfield??

 

[giantroo]

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Is going to be our best mid next year if he keeps building that tank.

 

[Devington]

17 disposals and 2 goals today. That's roughly his average over the last month. An absolute purple patch of form.

6 tackles and 9 score involvements today was bloody handy too!

 

[Shermanator]

Yep he’s been worth sitting through the horror show..

 

[remfan101]

Was playing like absolute sh*t early, so it was great to see him fight back and find some energy around the ball in the second half.

 

[Jazny]

Again in the top 2-4 North Melbourne players according to Champion Data, he has been on fire the last four weeks or so

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Its all about the application to developing his craft for TT. He has all the talent in the world.

 

[Passmore]

Is going to be our best mid next year if he keeps building that tank.

When Blakey gets through with him over preseason.....

 

[La Flama Blanca]

Really liked his game yesterday. Not a high possession winner at this point, but he is certainly someone who you trust with ball in hand. Hopefully he gets plenty of midfield minutes from here on.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Again in the top 2-4 North Melbourne players according to Champion Data, he has been on fire the last four weeks or so

This stuff is fundamentally flawed.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

This stuff is fundamentally flawed.

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Exactly what I was saying last night in the Ziebell thread, yet you were lauding them for Jack.

Just another example of you cherry picking supercoach stats suit to your own pre existing views.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Just another example of you cherry picking supercoach stats suit to your own pre existing views.

Oh absolutely.

He was using supercoach stats to talk up Dom Tyson.

 

[ferball]

Its not fundamentally flawed, it just doesn't tell the whole story.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Exactly what I was saying last night in the Ziebell thread, yet you were lauding them for Jack.

Just another example of you cherry picking supercoach stats suit to your own pre existing views.

No, it's not the same.

Where was the comparative data for Jack's opponents?

 

[Val Keating]

Not bad at all. The kick to Zurhaar was sublime though

 

[shinboner magic]

Not bad at all. The kick to Zurhaar was sublime though

Not many of our players would of had the vision to put that kick there.
Tarryn has so many tricks it ain’t funny - he’s all class

 

[The Warlord]

Is going to be our best mid next year if he keeps building that tank.

Is going to be our best player.

Has potential to be top 5 player in the comp.

Ball winning goal kicking contested grab taking tackling midfielder.

 

[Val Keating]

Not many of our players would of had the vision to put that kick there.
Tarryn has so many tricks it ain’t funny - he’s all class

Watch the way he moves after he kicks it. He knew exactly what was going to happen.

 

[Themanbun]

Is going to be our best player.

Has potential to be top 5 player in the comp.

Ball winning goal kicking contested grab taking tackling midfielder.

I know everyone got a bit upset about Riewoldt's whole 'striker' shtick (I actually saw some merit in it), but Tarryn straight up fits that archetype. Potential to be a line breaking, class ball user with 23+ disposals per game, some big marks and 1-2 goals. I'd say he's the only one on our list with that level of potential.

 

[Val Keating]

Just went back through the thread and thought it had been posted. So good.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Just went back through the thread and thought it had been posted. So good.

He sees the open territory and waits for someone to break towards it.

That's good forward play.

 

[Snake_Baker]

April-May 2021.

When Tarryn turned the corner

 

[Psicosis]

April-May 2021.

When Tarryn turned the corner

It's the most impressive 4 game highlights package that I can remember a North player producing. Guy is a genuine freak.