Re: NAB Challenge Rd #3: Carlton vs. Geelong
Reply #10 –
I think Sheehan is a known quantity. They want to see what Byrne is like, as he is not.
Personally, I rate Sheehan. I think he does a lot of good things. I have hopes for Byrne, but he needs to work on his kicking under pressure.
I agree he is a known quantity, but if the club were thinking of giving him games early, I would have thought they would have him in now to get him up to speed and match hardened.
I'm surprised Bryne is getting a senior game this week. It says to me, a little surprisingly that he may have even passed Sheehan in the pecking order. If Bryne ends up a better player than Sheehan then wow !!!
From memory, wasnt Byrne a gun/freak Gaelic footballer and it caused outrage in Ireland when he said he was leaving to play AFL?