Despite all his frailties and been lightweight, I like Sharpe. Wingers rarely see the ball in the modern game but he's always willing to work hard and go looking for it. He'd take the ball up every tackle if possible. Any player that's constantly in a 3 on 1 diffensive situation is always going to struggle. Will can only work on his personal game for the 1 on 1 situations and should not be held in account for other players out of position. It may also help if he starts to get a regular centre partner who he can build up a positional understanding with, ironic jeering is not going to help, save that for the ref.

I was there and what I saw was a winger coming some 20metres infield to try and defuse a horridly bouncing ball that shoud've been dealt with by the 'infield' players; the lot of them stood and watched the ball. Sharp for me did nothing more than try to clean up their mistake.
I'm happy with Sharps contribution to the game.

You never saw him break through only to find Radford in support then?
Give the lad a break,he is still young and on a learning curve.
Have you never made a mistake?

Yeah, he's made one or 2 errors but I think he's contributed more positives to the team than negatives and he's got the right attitude, reminds me a bit of Calderwood in that respect. If we stick with him I think he'll develop into a really good winger.

Couldn't agree more.

The bounce of the ball was horrendous and is even mentioned in the Sky text report of the game.
I hate it when fans get on a players back. I dont think anyone can say he doesn't give his all or makes mistakes on purpose (except the original poster

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The fact the ball shouldn't have got to him is hardly an excuse for what he did though. he's costing us at least a try a game with his errors. if it had been hall still with us and doing it the lynch mob would be out

I admit when he missed the ball ,a few expletives passed my lips,but,as I say,we all make mistakes.I still think he is a prospect.

Maybe. He is certainly a long way from the finished article though

I like Sharp he works hard, and when he gets the chance to run at pace he is a very exciting young player, although i feel he needs to compose himself a little more, and yes he did make a couple of mistakes with his positioning but so do a lot of our experienced players missed tackles, offloading the ball, stupid passes, Sharp is a talented young guy, where i was sat people clapped him off, but for some fans to boo at an individual player like that is shameful

Stint in the U-20s will do him no harm...its not just this match though,he fecked up last week and has been caught out of postion in other matches...id have to see it again but i thought he was at fault for 1st try as he seemed to get sucked infield...got slagged off by all around me for saying it but looked like it to me........

He's 24 not 17! He runs hard and works all game and he's got balls in the way he keeps coming back for more BUT he really ought to have learned the basics of positional play and needs to cut out his high profile clangers. I think him learning in the first team is a luxury we can't afford at the moment.

Why? What are we going to actually achieve this season?

He is a far better player than Lynn imo. I reckon Whiting may get put on the wing. Or if Gleeson comes then Turner might go there.

Harsh on Sharp though, okay he has made the odd error but I think he has done well.

Too much manby pamby rubbish being thrown around on this thread for my liking.

The fact is Sharp has been shocking far too often this year. You can argue all you like about who should or shouldnt have dealt with that kick last night, but the fact remains that Sharp was in a position to diffuse the situation and fluffed it horribly.

He made a great run from acting half last night, but then had a brain freeze moment 20 seconds later and decided to put in the most terrible kick on the 3rd tackle. Unfortunately, his brain freeze moments occur far too often.

I can see that he is putting in sufficient effort, but the cold hard facts are that at this moment in time he is not good enough and teams will continue to exploit his weaknesses.

If some fans choose to boo, then that's their business, after all players are only too happy to accept the cheers when things are going well so should be prepared for a bumpy road when they are under performing. However, what some of the "perfect fans" on here seem to forget is that the boo birds don't come out willy nilly and boo every knock on or missed tackle, they come out when players make continued mistakes for a prolonged period of time and at the moment, Sharp falls into that bracket.

Well summed up that.
I think the fact that the opposition coaches have chosen to target him relentlessly speaks volumes.
That said, I do like the kid and hope he improves and does well for us. He needs to focus more in defense.

I think some time in the 20s might benefit him in terms of confidence. He's made a couple of glaring errors in the last 2 weeks and is sometimes, if not always, at fault positionally. Still a young lad maybe just a few weeks out of the first team pressure cooker might help him. He has a lot of positives to his game as well as the headline negatives.

agreed what a cokk

hope he will get a centre who works with him, yes he makes mistakes but hes been left out to dry on a few occasions

No-one is claiming to be a "perfect fan" just because they find booing individual players (or ironic cheers when they are subbed) wrong.

People are entitled to do it, I just think it makes them look idiots.

I was there, the ball should never have reached him.

The players in field are to blame, not Sharp.

Although I agree that the ball should not have got to Sharp, the fact remains that he failed to deal with the loose ball, so yes he is to blame imo.

i would not want sharp dropped to bring lynn in, he looks even more flimsy in defence, i honestly think sharp will get better, his effort is their for all to see, i just hope the few who are gobbing off at the games does'nt snowball, that would make it almost impossible for him to improve, it would just pile even more pressure on the kid.

Sharp will learn and come back strong.
If we sign Gleeson that will benefit Sharp.

Could it not be argued that opposition coaches are aiming at Sharps wing, as on the other wing we have possibly the best English Winger at the moment and a genuine threat, hence they would want to avoid that sied of the pitch??

Personally I think many are being too harsh on Sharp. Again, I am only going to use Yeaman as an example as I am not having a go at the guy, but last night, He actually cost us from opening the scoring in the very first set of the game. He could and should have drawn the Bradford full back before passing to Briscoe, instead he treated the ball like a hot potato and got rid far too quickly.

Overall Sharps contribution has been ok without pulling up any trees. That being said I feel he has done far better then Lyne did when he was picked.

You make very valid points there.
You are right about that Yeaman incident as well. In fact, I think we were guilty of passing too early a few times and not drawing the man first. Maybe slight over exuberance.
I hope that Sharp comes good I really do, but I genuinely think that he is costing us more than he is giving us at the moment. I am certainly not one to boo or cheers when he is subbed.