Shane Edwards [merged]

[WA Tiger]

Funny how just about all teams have that X factor indigenous player.......other than us.

[Yeahright]

Funny how just about all teams have that X factor indigenous player.......other than us.

Don't think Shane has X-factor?

[Diocletian]

Funny how just about all teams have that X factor indigenous player.......other than us.

Don't think Shane has X-factor?

It's more of a Y? factor with Shank.

[Francois Jackson]

Not good enough goes missing and whilst has X factor it is not damaging enough.

Yet people are crying for an Aboriginal with X-factor  and then will complain when he doesn't contribute enough.

What does he contribute enlighten us

Played 10 good games in 09 I think

Another 6 or 7 in 12

Rest have been average to say the least

Should have dumped his sorry Tambling weak arse a long time ago

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Funny how just about all teams have that X factor indigenous player.......other than us.

Don't think Shane has X-factor?

Maybe we should ask Simon Cowell?

[the claw]

Funny how just about all teams have that X factor indigenous player.......other than us.

Don't think Shane has X-factor?

gotta agree. x factor would mean to me super skills and an ability to do the sublime at times. edwards has neither.
for me he had a really good period in 2012 for about 2/3 of a season. trouble is hes been unable to replicate the good form  either side of that period. which suggeste to me after 7yrs  it not the norm.
we have seen lots like him at richmond. we all know em well. the types who struggle for yrs then have a good yr or 18 months but cant sustain it and then slip back to normal which sees em become substandard again.
a simple assesment of actual strengths and weakness will give all and sundry a good guide of what players can sustain. unfortunately shane has never ticked a lot of the required boxes.

[Penelope]

even in what was a pretty ordinary season, edwards was 4th in clearances for the club last year, ahead of martin. he is constantly in the top half dozen in this area.
The other night, in the 2nd or 3rd,(cant remeber which) he was the only richmond bloke getting center bounce clearances.

Those horrible howlers he was producing a few years back have gone, but it seems that unless he absolutely blitzes, he will be crucified

[Coach]

even in what was a pretty ordinary season, edwards was 4th in clearances for the club last year, ahead of martin. he is constantly in the top half dozen in this area.
The other night, in the 2nd or 3rd,(cant remeber which) he was the only richmond bloke getting center bounce clearances.

Those horrible howlers he was producing a few years back have gone, but it seems that unless he absolutely blitzes, he will be crucified

WAT has set such a high standard for Shane. Perhaps an unrealistic standard. Why can't people be content with the fact he may only be decent player in our best 22? Why does he need to be better than that? He had a good 2012 and I think posters such as WAT are expecting him to play to that level every game. I compare these posters to drug addicts. They reached such a good level of high once (Shane's 2012 form) and they want more. However, they rarely reach that high again despite using more and more of the drug. They begin to hate the drug and themselves but they just can't turn away from it. It's ruining their lives.

They need rehab.

[the claw]

even in what was a pretty ordinary season, edwards was 4th in clearances for the club last year, ahead of martin. he is constantly in the top half dozen in this area.
The other night, in the 2nd or 3rd,(cant remeber which) he was the only richmond bloke getting center bounce clearances.

Those horrible howlers he was producing a few years back have gone, but it seems that unless he absolutely blitzes, he will be crucified

lol every yr has been similar yet last yr was ordinary.
the only redeeming part of his game is his hands.  as you say hes always got his fair share of contested ball and thus clearances. these little fellas need more than just one redeeming feaqture to their games.  hence when he snared 29 goals he did some genuinine damage and had a string to his bow.
ah whats the point if people cant see it after 7yrs they never will.

hes been at his best passable, theres been rarely nothing to say hey we have a very good player here his best has been good enough. but its impossible to play at your best consistently well. thus he has regularly dropped way off the pace. id say good  ordinary sums him up perfectly when on song .   but when hes not which is too often well hes crap.ffs it isnt hard to get better than edwards or it should not be. but when you fail with so many nd picks i suppose it can be.

[Chuck17]

even in what was a pretty ordinary season, edwards was 4th in clearances for the club last year, ahead of martin. he is constantly in the top half dozen in this area.
The other night, in the 2nd or 3rd,(cant remeber which) he was the only richmond bloke getting center bounce clearances.

Those horrible howlers he was producing a few years back have gone, but it seems that unless he absolutely blitzes, he will be crucified

WAT has set such a high standard for Shane. Perhaps an unrealistic standard. Why can't people be content with the fact he may only be decent player in our best 22? Why does he need to be better than that? He had a good 2012 and I think posters such as WAT are expecting him to play to that level every game. I compare these posters to drug addicts. They reached such a good level of high once (Shane's 2012 form) and they want more. However, they rarely reach that high again despite using more and more of the drug. They begin to hate the drug and themselves but they just can't turn away from it. It's ruining their lives.

They need rehab.

That's a classic Coach post, unlike Shed you can always count on Coach

[Penelope]

even in what was a pretty ordinary season, edwards was 4th in clearances for the club last year, ahead of martin. he is constantly in the top half dozen in this area.
The other night, in the 2nd or 3rd,(cant remeber which) he was the only richmond bloke getting center bounce clearances.

Those horrible howlers he was producing a few years back have gone, but it seems that unless he absolutely blitzes, he will be crucified

lol every yr has been similar yet last yr was ordinary.
the only redeeming part of his game is his hands.  as you say hes always got his fair share of contested ball and thus clearances. these little fellas need more than just one redeeming feaqture to their games.  hence when he snared 29 goals he did some genuinine damage and had a string to his bow.
ah whats the point if people cant see it after 7yrs they never will.

hes been at his best passable, theres been rarely nothing to say hey we have a very good player here his best has been good enough. but its impossible to play at your best consistently well. thus he has regularly dropped way off the pace. id say good  ordinary sums him up perfectly when on song .   but when hes not which is too often well hes crap.ffs it isnt hard to get better than edwards or it should not be. but when you fail with so many nd picks i suppose it can be.

you say it isnt hard to get better, yet he is constantly is in the top clearance winners for the club. So why are others not winning more clearances constantly?

as others have said, he aint no superstar, but to be constantly winning his fair share of clearances means he is earning his place, unless of course you think clearances are not important?

but then again, you seem to strive for a team of superstars.

[WA Tiger]

Edwards sux! Most see it, just not the "experts"

[Francois Jackson]

Edwards sux! Most see it, just not the "experts"

Here here no one expects him to be a gun but to show 2 descent half seasons out of 7/8 is a rubbish return. He plays scared like Tambling

Al and his expert clearances statistic carries a lot of weight though

[Penelope]

plays scared?

spoken like a true keyboard warrior who probably never won a hard ball in their life.

and yeah, clearances are meaningless.

much better to let the opposition get the clearance so you can then get your tackle count up, hey?

next thing you two will band together and tell us that you need to look away when marking the ball?

[WA Tiger]

Edwards sux! Most see it, just not the "experts"

Here here no one expects him to be a gun but to show 2 descent half seasons out of 7/8 is a rubbish return. He plays scared like Tambling

Al and his expert clearances statistic carries a lot of weight though