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Toast Welcome to Freo Jeremy Sharp - SSP Selection 2023
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This. He's played more this year than in his entire career. Bound to catch up with him, even with his supreme tank.
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Other than being a joke, nonsense of a race, he isn't a sprinter. He's an endurance runner. Meh.
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He is super quick over 20 metres.
I mean, the sprint didn't exactly seem like a serious thing; they had players/runners who had left the line before they had even pulled the trigger. Sharp was having a good old laugh at the race finish, congratulating the other players and looking very happy about the whole thing.
Geez I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone take the race seriously.
We had Brayshaw and Schultz running it the past couple years. It’s just a bit of fun
I just assumed he was already a few beers deep into the afternoon until the race rolled around.
I think there had been an qualifying event earlier in the day. If so he obviously did OK there. Sharp is a long distance runner not a sprinter.
He didn't come last. He came 8th. There were heats beforehand to narrow it down from 18. I think he came 4th in his heat. And he was clearly taking the piss in the final.
How about when we put haselby in there
I see sharps spot as something that we should look to be getting more out of
Good endurance, average skills, poor in contest, zero versatility.
I'd prefer to play an extra mid and rotate that fat side wing with Freddy, Sturt, NOD, MJ, AB maybe give Chapman a bit of a run there.
In a big game if you're getting the ball on the outside you've got to provide some class, or be able to push deep into either 50 and have an impact.
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I don't think the race has much relevance to speed on a footy field. Among other things dont they race in sneakers which is different to running in footy boots.
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There's a bunch of stuff that Sharp should look to work on. Goal kicking accuracy. General play kicking vision and execution. Intercept play. Finishing off defensive plays (too often he almost but didn't quite get the spoil). Strength in the contest. Maybe cleaner hands. The list goes on. But he's 23 and coming off 2 years of state league footy. If he improves like a couple of those areas, which he's capable of doing, he's more than fine. For reference, we rue losing Acres, but Acres was older when we traded him in than Sharp is now, and Acres wasn't that guy until year 3 here.
When you say "good endurance" I think you're really underestimating how clear Sharp is of the rest of the team as a runner. He opens the ground up for us to a level that nobody on the team can really come close to. Top 10 in his combine over 20m and 2km, and the endurance especially has only improved ever since.
He has a left foot? He runs around all the time to use his right. Missed a late goal against Collingwood because being pushed to the left had to kick with his Right on the inside. Sharp has been a solid pick up but could easily be replaced. A dual sided winger would be ideal.
Fair call on his age and potential to improve.
I just don't see it though. I find he has poor touch with his kicks (great depth though) and i think his contested work is pretty much as good as he's going to get. You see young players lose contests all the time but they are willing in it. Sharp doesn't love the contest.
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That's fair. With the contest stuff, I'm talking more about being able to absorb the hits. Agreed that he'll never be good at it, but non-pushover is what I'm settling on. Also leads into the defence stuff: he has the chops to be a solid interceptor and make defensive plays, but he needs to be able to finish off plays. Being a bit more robust can help with that.
The kicking there's likely gonna be a ceiling on (especially coz he just doesn't have a left foot), but for me with experience will come that ability to take a second, assess the situation and make better decisions. Eg with Serong (complete opposite profile of kicker, no depth but dual sided, can have iffy accuracy as well though), I think his kicking through traffic has improved leaps and bounds because he now has the experience to take a second and scan. If Sharp can do that, he'll be fine.
Expected that, he hasn't played a full season of AFL.
Problem is he doesn’t have one. He should have been practicing his non-preferred as a 12-15 year old.
