Matt Scharenberg v James Aish 2 years on

[ThePhantom777]

Reading this article specifically this comment: "Likewise, Collingwood should be happy. It had a tough choice between Matt Scharenberg and James Aish at pick six but in opting for Scharenberg and taking midfielder Nathan Freeman at 10, the club addressed two parts of the ground."

2 years on do you think the club is happy with their choice of Scharenberg instead of Aish? What do ppl on here think?

 

[Buena]

Even though Matty hasn't played a senior game yet, I'm still convinced we made the right choice. Aish may become a pretty handy player for someone (not the Lions), but to me he doesn't have the traits of a Top 10 pick. He's not tall, he's not strong, he's not that quick. He uses the ball pretty well on both feet, that's his biggest plus. I think his slight frame will cop a bettering over the years. He's already had shoulder trouble, and goes into every game strapped up.

A fit Scharenberg will patrol the back half, intercept mark, pinpoint midfielders off both feet. He'll be a gem, and I hope we do everything we can to keep him.

 

[Tbone McGraw]

We definitely made the right call at the time.

Is Aish playing reserves for Brisbane? Serious question.

 

[mike123]

Should have picked Aish and McCarthy

 

[ppoiter]

Tough to argue it was the right call before Scharenberg has even played a senior game. Lets just hope the answer to the question in the OP is 'yes' in a years time

 

[NT.Thunder]

Knowing what we know now with the benefit of hindsight I'd have taken Cripps and McCarthy

 

[Tbone McGraw]

Tough to argue it was the right call before Scharenberg has even played a senior game. Lets just hope the answer to the question in the OP is 'yes' in a years time

Right call at the time. I am not sure we could have predicted Shazza's injuries. By the way, Aish already want out.

 

[Soaring Magpie]

Should have picked Aish and McCarthy

Perhaps McCarthy over freeman, but still confident the berg will be the better player out of him and aish. 2016 is a big year for scharenberg

 

[TradeDraft]

Bit Hard when Matty has had 2 Major Injuries and Aish has had none

 

[xxxWillxxx]

If you were to make a legitimate, unbiased call after two years you would suggest that freeman and scharenberg are busts.

 

[Jonno94]

Shaz will play some senior games soon, proper calls should be made at the end of the year. Freeman is too depressing to even think about, what could have been..

 

[Soups]

Knowing what we know now with the benefit of hindsight I'd have taken Cripps and McCarthy

I hate to say ifs and buts....but we would be top 4 if we had these two guys in our team right now. But hey, we don't and we are up there with the best. Can't wait for Shaz and Freeman to come along. Hopefully next year we will see them in both full swing.

 

[jmac70]

If you were to make a legitimate, unbiased call after two years you would suggest that freeman and scharenberg are busts.

So you are making that call without considering their future prospects. Sound fair...

 

[DAWESOME!!]

Right now, obviously Aish is better. We'll juat have to be patient and see what the future brings for Matt.

Aish would be a better player if he'd come to Collingwood instead of that shithole of a club up north, because we actually develop our young players (those we don't cripple with serious injuries).

 

[PieBeast]

At the time I was over the moon Shazz got to us and still think we've made the right call.

Admittedly I've been less than impressed by his rather tentative and vanilla displays at VFL level this year but hoping this is all due to confidence issues.

 

[DWil6]

Shaz has just come back from a long time out. In that time he's fallen behind all his fellow draftees in regards to match practice and training. He is a quality footballer who, if injury doesn't get him again, will develop into a starting 22 player. He needs the rest of 2015 to get his confidence back and a full pre season, then we will start to fully see what he can do. If he leaves to SA, he leaves. For now, we need to give him time and judge him on his performances next season.


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[No SPIN]

Should have picked Aish and McCarthy

With 20/20 hindisght we could have had Pavlich, Hird etc etc - these are pointless discussions.

 

[ThePhantom777]

Bit Hard when Matty has had 2 Major Injuries and Aish has had none

We drafted Shaz with one of those major injuries though, which shows how much Hine rated him.

 

[ThePhantom777]

With 20/20 hindisght we could have had Pavlich, Hird etc etc - these are pointless discussions.

This thread is to compare Aish and Scharenberg based on an article speaking of both in the same breath. Who knows we could end up with both of them!

 

[ThePhantom777]

Shaz has just come back from a long time out. In that time he's fallen behind all his fellow draftees in regards to match practice and training. He is a quality footballer who, if injury doesn't get him again, will develop into a starting 22 player. He needs the rest of 2015 to get his confidence back and a full pre season, then we will start to fully see what he can do. If he leaves to SA, he leaves. For now, we need to give him time and judge him on his performances next season.


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I think he'll sign on for at least 3 years to have a real crack at it. Doing the knee injury was horrible for him and us.

 

[pablo disco bar]

Farkin still haven't opened the bloody Christmas presents

 

[Bay Pie]

If you were to make a legitimate, unbiased call after two years you would suggest that freeman and scharenberg are busts.

True but there isn't a recruiter in the AFL that drafts a kid and expects great things in their 1st 2 years.

On the OP, I wanted Aish at draft time but I didn't expect Scharenberg to be available. I definitely don't want Aish now and wouldn't swap them at all.

 

[ZEV]

True but there isn't a recruiter in the AFL that drafts a kid and expects great things in their 1st 2 years.

Zero games from two top ten picks is concerning, regardless of injuries.

 

[Bay Pie]

Zero games from two top ten picks is concerning, regardless of injuries.

Concerning isn't the word I'd use. Disappointed more so.

Concerning would be a Danny Roach type result.

 

[pablo disco bar]

I still think Mccarthy wa an obvious choice I remember reading all the profiles and thinking we would grab him as a future forward. ...I was hoping for bontompelli and Mccarthy obviously the bont was gone...scharenberg is a good pick up...if freeman gets his body right he'll be a gem anyway lets hope fir a better 2016...