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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
His endurance, along with a few others in the side like weddle and cj, could absolutely be weaponised. To some extent it already is but it could be even more so an advantage for us. Love to see finn back in the side with more opportunity to play a ball winning roll.
You know Ginnivan kicked 40 goals as a 19-year-old in 2022, yeah?
Can't say I saw much of him then and I can't say I understand what was going on then versus what is going on now. But he isn't even close to that at Hawthorn. The kid has problems kicking from 30 - 40 metres out directly in front and his snap shots tend to be balloons that he sprays around. Effectively, I don't see a player with a genuine goal sense. I have no idea what is going on. I'm not criticising him because he does other things well but he hasn't shown the traits of a productive goal kicking small forward that I thought the club had recruited.
He has kicked 8 career goals from 40 games and kicked 3 in one game (which he was very impressive in) it is a very big stretch to suggest he has a nose for the goals.People have formed a perception of Maginness as being a rather dour player, but when he was played as a ball-winning mid in his junior years, he regularly hit the scoreboard and accumulated possessions.
Finn has a nose for the goals.
He kicked 4.4 this year from just 8 games.
He's been great at BH. Can find themHe has kicked 8 career goals from 40 games and kicked 3 in one game (which he was very impressive in) it is a very big stretch to suggest he has a nose for the goals.
He's been great at BH. Can find them
He'd be a perfect tag for a defender that rolled through the middle. If only such a player existed......Finn can very much make it as a defensive minded midfielder, just as much as he could with his ability he’s shown to kick goals and to hunt the ball. Quick, strong and his ability to get arms up and hands off is first class. Works his absolute ass off, it’s only a matter of time for mine.
Maybe held back to play with his little brother? Reckon he forces his way in soonHe'd be a perfect tag for a defender that rolled through the middle. If only such a player existed......
A goal-kicking midfielder averages 0.5 goals per game.He has kicked 8 career goals from 40 games and kicked 3 in one game (which he was very impressive in) it is a very big stretch to suggest he has a nose for the goals.
I don’t agree a goal kicking mid averages 0.5 per game. Also Finn has spent time forward at times in his 40 games.A goal-kicking midfielder averages 0.5 goals per game.
As a hard tagger Maginness has got 0.2 per game.
So playing him as a high half-forward, perhaps even in a defensive role, should yield more goals too.
That's bc he's played as a hard-tagger, so that's what he focuses on.I don’t agree a goal kicking mid averages 0.5 per game. Also Finn has spent time forward at times in his 40 games.
His VFL stats don’t show him as a massive goal kicker either.
Look maybe he shows he can be one in the future but on exposed form he hasn’t at all established himself as a threat around goals.
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It really depends on how much of a premium you put on kicking vs all the other aspects of being an AFL footballer.His foot skills in previous years have let him down significantly. They may improve, it can be done. Conor Nash's kicking was woeful 3 years ago but it's now half decent for AFL level, granted he didn't grow up with a footy in his hands.
Finn has grown up with a footy, so I'd suggest improving his kicking is going to be much more difficult.
He has all the right tools, fitness, strength, elite endurance, can even mark overhead and his tagging ability is probably second to none in the AFL. However, in modern systems, coaches have spoken about how disruptive playing a tagger can be to a team's defensive structure.
I think if he can improve his disposal he'll be straight in. But his kicking needs to improve and fast.
People need to stop confusing his goal kicking (which was woeful) with his field kicking.His foot skills in previous years have let him down significantly. They may improve, it can be done. Conor Nash's kicking was woeful 3 years ago but it's now half decent for AFL level, granted he didn't grow up with a footy in his hands.
Finn has grown up with a footy, so I'd suggest improving his kicking is going to be much more difficult.
He has all the right tools, fitness, strength, elite endurance, can even mark overhead and his tagging ability is probably second to none in the AFL. However, in modern systems, coaches have spoken about how disruptive playing a tagger can be to a team's defensive structure.
I think if he can improve his disposal he'll be straight in. But his kicking needs to improve and fast.
Nash kicking efficency is 58%, which is below average for a mid. Was 63% and 62% two years prior which is just average. Kicking isnt his strength and has been poor this season even if he hasnt kicked helicopter punts.People need to stop confusing his goal kicking (which was woeful) with his field kicking.
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I'm leaning towards this.Straight swap this week McKenzie for Maginness to tag Naicos.