(09-26-2023, 12:39 AM)Professer E date Wrote:Best field kick in the side? Sorry, I'd need some convincing on that issue.We don't have a lot of elite kicks, McGovern is clearly one, Boyd when he is on, I'd rate Williams and Hollands up there with Boyd but I'm not sure Williams takes as much risk as Boyd does.
Hollands for a 1st year has all the potential to be elite, Ryan Houlihan like elite, and we have Charlie and McKay in front of him!
A big improver this year has been Newman, still gets some wrong but cuts the opposition apart quite often when he gets it right.
Weiters is generally a good kick and a good decision maker, but probably doesn't get enough of the footy far enough up the field to make the most of it.
Binns coming through looks above average, LoB despite being maligned by some fans is an above average kick but fans only seem to remember the clangers.
For KPFs Charlie and McKay are above average field kicking, but of course they are usually in the wrong place to use it and that is the way we need it to stay.
If it was measured as a degree of difficulty like olympic diving, then I'd have McGovern, Boyd, Charlie on about par.
I wonder how much of our kicking problems are historical, I think under Bolts we had a too much defence don't make a mistake focus, but you can't get better at stuff like penetrating kicks by not trying!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"