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.
lol at the man content with mediocrity. one decent attribute makes it all good never mind every other area of the game. ffs we are talking afl players. players of his type really do need to bring more to the table than winning a few clearances.
i could find you 10 players in state leagues who would be just as good as as edwards at clearances. they would also offer much more in other area.
ffs slow, cant find the ball often, with poor foot skills at 182 and barely 80kg small and undersized after 7 yrs.
geez hes a champion of the game who we just should not be looking to do better than. geez i love the head up their arses crowd. they sure love their own stink.
theres delusion and then theres well you. the epitomy of of it. yep lets only talk about the one thing a player does half well lets forget all else and put the rose coloureds on.
if i listen to the likes of you, i will get yep we need to improve to be a contender, but lets improve with the hacks we have who only have one redeeming attribute. we shouldnt be aiming for better players blokes like edwards just cant be replaced. stuff that is hilarious. when i say esily replaced bud im only taklking about a reasonably well rounded player.
we will turn over at least another 20 players before we make a gf and thats if we recruit well hmm i wonder if anyone can see a problem there.
