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are a few better performed young players with more upswing than Sidebottom
Who are these better performed youngsters? By performance, you can produce their respective stats.
Well, from the first GF there's probably a few, but I'll just head straight for the second GF and Mark Mercuri's 23 touches and 3 goals at 19yo in the 1993 GF.
Such as? Mercuri is a good example.
Did it make Mercuri a better player than Kouta who didn't even make the cut; or Buckley who didn't play a final; or a host of other young players from the era? Of course it didn't.
Mercuri & Kouta were borderline. As much as Carlton fans rave on about Kouta in 00', Mercuri in 99' had him pegged.
As for Buckley, I doubt any youngsters at present had his output in his first season. Is there a Kouta or a Buckley in the present youngsters?
History clearly shows that in the greater scheme of things, playing well in a Grand Final doesn't automatically make you a better player.
No one is saying that b/c Sidebottom played well in a GF, it automatically makes him a better player. It's a sum of what he has showed up to that & including that seperates him.
The GF was validation.