Rd 16: Pre Game Jitters: Carlton vs Melbourne

[ElwoodBlues1]

Mckay needs to be playing seniors, he wont learn anything or be motivated to bust a gut playing with the bananas we have in the NB's...

[kruddler]

Mckay needs to be playing seniors, he wont learn anything or be motivated to bust a gut playing with the bananas we have in the NB's...

Problem is Bolton has a very clear and consistent message that players will be rewarded for good, consistent form.
If he bends the rules for one, then the whole master plan breaks down.

[laj]

Watching the VFL game today and my impression is that he lacks presence.

I saw alot of that presence earlier in the year when he was crashing packs. Just off the boil a little right now.

Apparently he's grown to 204cm so he'll be a big boy.

[pinot]

I am not too concerned at the minute - the ball being delivered to him is attrocious at best - needs to put on 10 kilos to go into beast mode,

Josh Kennedy wasn't doing much first couple of years
Drew Petrie didnt get going until his third year

We need patience with this smooth left foot mover.

[laj]

Problem is Bolton has a very clear and consistent message that players will be rewarded for good, consistent form.
If he bends the rules for one, then the whole master plan breaks down.

Think he said he wanted 4 qtrs from him. He's still learning that. Earlier in the year he was attacking marks, and taking them, from all angles irrespective of the pack in front of him. Maybe should've given him a game then. NB's have struggle the last 4 weeks and with it some of the young blokes. We extended his contract by 2 years without him playing a game so i'm thinking the club have liked what they have seen.

One one hand you'd like to give him a gave towards the end of the year just to give him a feel of what the next level is like, on the other hand, as you said, you want to keep the message consistent.

Someone on another site, friends with the Kerr family said Bolton was insistent on not playing young talls until he feels they are absolutely ready. He apparently thinks if they come in too early it can hurt their progress.

[LoveNavy]

Remember we need to think of this a year one, an 18 year old 200+ cm key fwd, just wait.

Patience folks. We know talls take longer... he had a serious injury during his first ps.... and he's actively growing. You can't rush a kid in this situation. Is his twin brother playing 1's? I'm confident he'll get a run when he can run out 4q's. I image list management would be keen to see H + Cas before trade time comes around.

[blue4life]

I saw alot of that presence earlier in the year when he was crashing packs. Just off the boil a little right now.

Apparently he's grown to 204cm so he'll be a big boy.

Fair enough, I didn't see him earlier in the year.
What I saw today wasn't impressive, but he's still young and the delivery was poor so I'll cut him some slack.
I remember seeing Hogan playing for Casey when he'd just turned 18, now that was impressive.

[laj]

Fair enough, I didn't see him earlier in the year.
What I saw today wasn't impressive, but he's still young and the delivery was poor so I'll cut him some slack.
I remember seeing Hogan playing for Casey when he'd just turned 18, now that was impressive.

Hogan was a rare breed at 17/18.

[townsendcalling]

McKay  MKII at North hasn't  had a look in yet I don't think and he would be 9 months ahead of his twin (injury free last year. Now either they are both duds and we've both been sold lemons OR they are 18 y o being managed for the long haul.

I suspect the later.

[LP]

McKay is miles away, still growing, lacks strength for his size.

Way too early to play him!