07-05-2018, 12:15 AM
(07-04-2018, 02:59 AM)LP link Wrote:Tackles are not a very useful stat when a player lets their opponent run off them, or when they offer a single effort.Spin!
McKay has a cheap goal mentality, fans pump up his two goals a game but they are not like Jack Riewoldt or Josh Kennedy getting two goals a game. McKay's are cheapies, you do not see him doing 3 or 4 consecutive repeat leads across the top of the square like Riewoldt or Kennedy, but McKay has that level of mobility in him and he could have far more impact by working hard to bring team-mates into the game instead of feasting off them! The work rate from Riewoldt and Kennedy creates a structure that small forwards and mids can operate within, that is what will deliver some positive game results for Carlton!
If you tackle someone they're not running off you as you've caught them. He was taking a contested mark or two most weeks and hitting the scoreboard. He hasn't been around like Kennedy or Reiwoldt yet. How was Kennedy in his first 3 years here? All he lacks is confidence. Not sure he'll be getting that playing VFL. I'd give him a bit more of a run in the ruck than we do just for the sake of him of letting run around freely, following the ball and taking a few marks. Touches give confidence. It was something that worked alot better for Levi, and probably others at other clubs, so I suggest we do the same here. It's a damn tough gig before a forward on our forward line if you're stuck there so more runs on the ball can only help. Fraser does that more in the VFL than the AFL.