AFL Player # 1: Andrew "Pidge" McGrath (VC)

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2030
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 13, Vindicater

 

[doug85]

A small defender with questionable skills who hasn’t gotten near the bests despite two relatively comfortable wins is not what you want a number 1 pick to be

Okey mete

 

[carnthedons]

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We have 7 players (almost a third of those who’ve played) who have gotten votes from the coaches for being in the best at least 5 on the ground. He has none. He’s a good player but not currently performing at the level you would want from a number 1 pick. That’s ok, it kinda is what it is.

 

[Lore]

We have 7 players (almost a third of those who’ve played) who have gotten votes from the coaches for being in the best at least 5 on the ground. He has none. He’s a good player but not currently performing at the level you would want from a number 1 pick. That’s ok, it kinda is what it is.

Number 1 pick means the best kid (broadly defined) in his draft, not that he’s going to be the best player on the ground every week at age 24 after playing out of his best position for a few years. Think less Judd and more Hodge.

My question would probably be around his pace/agility, actually. So far he’s been pretty durable but players who have pace tend to lose it and if they have nothing else then they also retire younger. By the time he’s a senior player ready to take the mantle as captain he’ll be about to start slowing down physically.

I think maybe they’ve done it all backwards, should’ve let him be a manic rebounding half-back and collect a few personal accolades that way, then taught him to fill gaps in the contest as he loses his pace and takes on more responsibility for the performance of the team as a whole…

 

[Vindicater]

Just bumping my boys thread back on the front page.

 

[carloss]

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I wonder if they watched the game?

 

[carnthedons]

I wonder if they watched the game?

This Bourke whoever that is? Me too

 

[doug85]

I wonder if they watched the game?

I did and thought he was excellent. Not sure I’d have had him BOG, but has been great in both games. Small running defender is his position imo.

 

[MightyDon]

Any chance Carlton will take him for a top 10 pick?

 

[Vindicater]

Any chance Carlton will take him for a top 10 pick?

Oh please.

He was good tonight.

 

[eDPS]

Oh please.

He was good tonight.

After that shocker kick in the first his kicking was superb he went at 83% and almost 400 metres gained

 

[ghostdog]

Starting to find his small defender's craft again I think. I like when he runs wide then turns the kick inboard, sharp and flat. Finding and cutting angles is his thing, but I reckon he's lost a little bit of zip.

 

[eth-dog]

Yeah, he and Kelly were very strong down back

 

[ghostdog]

Yeah, he and Kelly were very strong down back

Yeah I reckon Kelly was among our bests tonight, if not our best.

 

[TheGrizz]

Any chance Carlton will take him for a top 10 pick?

Come off it.

Of all the issues we had tonight, he isn't in the top 50

 

[Seb78]

Liking his game across half back. His kicking can be questionable at times but defends well and gets better as the game goes on. Looks natural down there.

 

[citizen-erased]

He‘s not in the top 100 which isn‘t great for a number draft pick

Need to move on from the pick.
Its now about fit in the side.
Lions have moved rayner to hbf and he's doing very well. Andy has been good-ish since going back.

Attacking is good, but should have focused on blanketing gresham tonight

 

[yodellinhank]

Has he lost his spring? Looks too small out there.

 

[Vindicater]

After that shocker kick in the first his kicking was superb he went at 83% and almost 400 metres gained

He was good. If people are harsh on his game tonight I seriouslly don't know what they expect.

Compare his game tonight to McCluggae and Taranto and he shuts all over them

 

[Hamster14]

His numbers might look good but the way the ball comes of his foot is terrible. Generally it’s a raffle if he hits a target. He might nail the short ones chipping it on the way out of 50 up the wings. But who wants him trying the risky one from a back pocket into the centre square to a bloke with not much room? Much prefer Massimo or Redman or Ridley


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[kelvin_sheedy]

After that shocker kick in the first his kicking was superb he went at 83% and almost 400 metres gained

They were very safe kicks with not much penetration,

His work around the ball was sub par and some of his defensive efforts were laboured.

Compare his work to what we are seeing from a Collingwood or Sydney defence and you realise how far away we are.

 

[Runk]

I can’t believe what I’m reading in here

I think some of you are genuinely off your chops

 

[ghostdog]

They were very safe kicks with not much penetration,

His work around the ball was sub par and some of his defensive efforts were laboured.

Compare his work to what we are seeing from a Collingwood or Sydney defence and you realise how far away we are.

He has never been a penetrating kick in terms of finding 50m targets though and we knew that when we drafted him. Short kicks cutting angles and overlapping runs and receives are his game.

There's nothing wrong with safe kicks if you're keeping possession. Andy's were mostly safe while still gaining ground.

 

[Vindicater]

83% and 400m gained.

And some people are saying he sucks.

We have lost the plot.

 

[frodos gardener]

Need a few more smothers and soils from him and he can really become a valuable player.

 

[Yoda_]

Genuinely could be the best small defender in the competition. Was huge today