Tommy Sparrow

[Wizard of Koz 1,161]

I dont really understand the haters. I think he is tracking beautifully. 

[Freddy Fuschia 764]

Needs to work on his disposal and we have Choko Williams to fix that up.

 

[demon3165 2,831]

How long has this kid been in the system? compared to Viney will back this kid in before Viney more upside.

[Gorgoroth 13,184]

As Freddy said, he needs to clean up his disposals, but he has a lot of upside. I think he gives way for Viney next week, shows lots of promise tho.

[Buzzy 992]

Seems to be good at getting his hands on it at centre bounces, more than Jordan was anyway.

Just needs to build confidence with his decisions and disposal.

[MurDoc516 1,529]

He's taken a bit of a confidence knock, think around the Brisbane game he looked brilliant. Then Goody took him out the game and we had that bad patch (not saying that's because Sparrow wasn't playing).

When we need some physicality he is one of the first guys i look to which is saying a lot considering some of the guys in this team.

[Kick_It_To_Pickett 3,293]

He was our worst player today. You cannot butcher the ball the way he does come finals

[spirit of norm smith 16,615]

Sparrow is strong in the contest and his handballs and kicking is strong.  Just needs to fix up his skill by foot and some decisions.  Was tracking ok and then got 4-5 weeks as sub with no matches at Casey.  Has taken time to readjust. 
Sparrow or Jordon probably make way for Viney next week.  

[Wizard of Koz 1,161]

Bad Melk was back today, He was worst

[drdrake 3,203]

4 minutes ago, Wizard of Koz said:

Bad Melk was back today, He was worst

And Harmes, needs a job if he doesn't have one is lost.

I thought Sparrow was ok, gets his hands on it.

[Maldonboy38 6,406]

One more pre-season, he will probably be starting 22. His poor disposal is holding him back. He just has to be careful one of the others doesn't leapfrog him. 

[D4Life 2,579]

Sparrow is going along fine, difficult to play consistently when can’t get any Casey games, when not in ones.

Wasn’t a good disposal day today, but will be better next year.

Viney in for Sparrow.

[dee-tox 4,835]

Hard to know what job Sparrow has. But he was poor again today. Three free kicks against won't endear him to the selectors.

Has some pace, doesn't mind mixing it and has decent skills. Maybe just needs confidence?

Will make way for Viney next week.

[Wrecker46 3,067]

8 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Hard to know what job Sparrow has. But he was poor again today. Three free kicks against won't endear him to the selectors.

Has some pace, doesn't mind mixing it and has decent skills. Maybe just needs confidence?

Will make way for Viney next week.

It depends on what type of free kicks you can't just look at the stats. Hibbo have away a classic professional free kick today where they would have been off with overlap but slowed it down and gave us time to reset

[deanox 10,045]

24 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

One more pre-season, he will probably be starting 22. His poor disposal is holding him back. He just has to be careful one of the others doesn't leapfrog him. 

Is his disposal poor or has his execution been poor? I've seen him slot a goal or two and done it well.

[deanox 10,045]

I like Sparrow, seems like an honest battler with no major weaknesses, developing nicely.

But I have no idea what his strengths are. He doesn't seem to have stand out attributes, rather be a generally good foot solider. 

Maybe that's what he'll be: a reliable contributor over the journey who never truly owns his position, but does enough to hold his spot on the list as he makes his way to 150 games?

[The Chief 697]

18 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Hard to know what job Sparrow has. But he was poor again today. Three free kicks against won't endear him to the selectors.

Has some pace, doesn't mind mixing it and has decent skills. Maybe just needs confidence?

Will make way for Viney next week.

Have you been watching the standard of umpiring??

Free kicks against has to be one of the most irrelevant stats in assessing a players performance.

[Billy 2,563]

41 minutes ago, The Chief said:

Have you been watching the standard of umpiring??

Free kicks against has to be one of the most irrelevant stats in assessing a players performance.

Don’t think we can complain about the Umpires today 

[dee-tox 4,835]

47 minutes ago, The Chief said:

Have you been watching the standard of umpiring??

Free kicks against has to be one of the most irrelevant stats in assessing a players performance.

More than aware of standard of umpiring, thanks Chief.

From memory a couple of them were for clumsy push in the backs which is a technique thing. Giving the ball to the opposition is never a good idea. 

[demon3165 2,831]

1 hour ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

He was our worst player today. You cannot butcher the ball the way he does come finals

And viney does that every game.

[Little Goffy 14,750]

Likely to be dropped with Viney coming back in but I am pretty confident in Sparrow's future and I hope he is too.

 

[manny100 1,621]

Tom is very much a developing player who coaches are exposing to AFL football. Give him time and he will be very good. Doing his role otherwise he would be overlooked

[dieter 3,325]

Sparrow just needs a dose of self-confidence plus some reassurance from the coaches that he's got 'it', that he just needs to believe in himself.

[DeeSpencer 26,273]

The pros: Tough, hard at it, improving tackler and really runs hard.

But the cons are his kicking leaves a lot to be desired and he just doesn't have a whole lot of game sense. Plus he fumbles. You just can't fumble at AFL level.

He's going to be a really nice combination of size, power and endurance when he's at his physical peak over the next few years, whether he can improve his skills and game sense to be more than depth I'm not so sure. 

[Diamond_Jim 12,687]

Not sure you can play Sparrow and Viney in the same team. Both get the ball and do little with it but they play an important part. Just that you need a running player to leverage the skill.

Seems that Viney is better than Sparrow now so Sparrow needs to kick a few goals each match to grab a spot.