Player Watch #10: Colby McKercher - R9 AFL RS nom - goes bang w/ 37d on his return vs GCS

[hellas_johnny]

Put him in cotton wool till end of season. Makes him eligable for rising star next year. Sheezel wardlaw mckercher hatrick of rising stars.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Nearly 1 month out already

From memory was only supposed to miss 2 weeks

 

[DuckYeah]

Put him in cotton wool till end of season. Makes him eligable for rising star next year. Sheezel wardlaw mckercher hatrick of rising stars.

I reckon he should be playing a defensive half forward. He’s quick, he isn’t scared, with his team mate coming in.. I believe he can do more damage as a high defensive half forward than he can as a half back. He’s not as small as I initially thought. He is quite broad in the chest and shoulders, he is built to tackle.

I’d personally play Tucker on half back instead of the wing. He played rather well there last week. He is definitely a spud however, plays that position quite well.

Bring Kerch into the forward line

 

[muttley45]

Nearly 2 months out already

From memory was only supposed to miss 2 weeks

Played Rd 9 v Gold Coast May 11, not even 1 month yet

 

[The Nostradamus]

Played Rd 9 v Gold Coast May 11, not even 1 month yet

Nearly 1 month *

Was supposed to miss 2 weeks

 

[Disco Dew]

Colby is gaberlichs pick. campaigner probably needs to learn that our man choppy won the rising star between McKernans miss and sheezels win.

 

[DuckYeah]

View attachment 2010599
Colby is gaberlichs pick. campaigner probably needs to learn that our man choppy won the rising star between McKernans miss and sheezels win.

I loved Chop. My favourite player.

 

[Fart Cummings]

will end up being a 6 week injury or in true North style a season ending, in order to come back "bigger and better" next year

the decision for surgery usually comes after christmas

 

[JGreezy]

I reckon he should be playing a defensive half forward. He’s quick, he isn’t scared, with his team mate coming in.. I believe he can do more damage as a high defensive half forward than he can as a half back. He’s not as small as I initially thought. He is quite broad in the chest and shoulders, he is built to tackle.

I’d personally play Tucker on half back instead of the wing. He played rather well there last week. He is definitely a spud however, plays that position quite well.

Bring Kerch into the forward line

I reckon we got Payne for that role, if he's up to it. We also have Simpkin.

I'd put McKercher on the wing or in the middle, or rotating between.

 

[DuckYeah]

I reckon we got Payne for that role, if he's up to it. We also have Simpkin.

I'd put McKercher on the wing or in the middle, or rotating between.

Put a fork in simpkin, he is done

 

[Masked Avenger]

We're a funny mob wanting to hide kids.

McKercher's got a decent rig on him for such a young player and there is no sensible reason why he shouldn't be getting some midfield minutes.

Reminds me of Clarko's comments about playing Horne Francis off the half back flank in his second year before he decamped.

First bounce in 2023 - yep Horne Francis attends a CBA for Port and then gets 16 Brownlow votes for the year.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

We're a funny mob wanting to hide kids.

McKercher's got a decent rig on him for such a young player and there is no sensible reason why he shouldn't be getting some midfield minutes.

Reminds me of Clarko's comments about playing Horne Francis off the half back flank in his second year before he decamped.

First bounce in 2023 - yep Horne Francis attends a CBA for Port and then gets 16 Brownlow votes for the year.

How many Brownlow votes did he get in his first year playing in our midfield?

 

[Its a Process]

We're a funny mob wanting to hide kids.

McKercher's got a decent rig on him for such a young player and there is no sensible reason why he shouldn't be getting some midfield minutes.

Reminds me of Clarko's comments about playing Horne Francis off the half back flank in his second year before he decamped.

First bounce in 2023 - yep Horne Francis attends a CBA for Port and then gets 16 Brownlow votes for the year.

Maybe he's trying to add extra strings to their weaponry.

He did so successfully with Burgyone, Hodge, Lewis etc. who all could play multiple positions.

I think it's one of our biggest weaknesses (and there are many to choose from) that we have a large chunk of decent players who appear to be completely useless if they aren't playing inside mid. (Powell, LDU, Wardlaw, Phillips, Lazzaro, Simpkin etc).

 

[ferball]

How many Brownlow votes did he get in his first year playing in our midfield?

Those votes should go to to Jasom Horne-Bergman anyway.

 

[Themanbun]

We're a funny mob wanting to hide kids.

McKercher's got a decent rig on him for such a young player and there is no sensible reason why he shouldn't be getting some midfield minutes.

Reminds me of Clarko's comments about playing Horne Francis off the half back flank in his second year before he decamped.

First bounce in 2023 - yep Horne Francis attends a CBA for Port and then gets 16 Brownlow votes for the year.

He has had some midfield minutes, particularly immediately before he got his ribs crunched because he's a twig.

 

[giantroo]

Colby's manager Nick Gieschen has said that he 'should be back in a week or two'

 

[Blightys Barrel]

How many Brownlow votes did he get in his first year playing in our midfield?

12 less than the number of team mates he slagged off and missed ice bath sessions

 

[King Hansen]

Nearly 1 month *

Was supposed to miss 2 weeks

It was never 2 weeks. It was all always TBC.

Where did it say 2 weeks?

 

[DunderHead]

Nearly 1 month *

Was supposed to miss 2 weeks

It’s not the type of injury that can be rehabbed to recover quicker. Unless he tried to train and exacerbated it extending recovery times. But there’s no mention of that. They’re giving it time to avoid that scenario.

 

[Possession]

It’s not the type of injury that can be rehabbed to recover quicker. Unless he tried to train and exacerbated it extending recovery times. But there’s no mention of that. They’re giving it time to avoid that scenario.

Yep, I'm desperate to see him out on the park again on game day but am more than happy to wait a bit until he's A-OK. He is a weapon.

 

[giantroo]

 

[koshari]

Look, by 2028, you’d kinda hope North are starting to push up the ladder and showing something. He might not fancy leaving a team on the verge to go to a start up. Dunno. Maybe he’ll love it at North.

We’ve got 4 years to make this the kind of club that Colby, amongst others, wants to spend his career.

ownership is the key, make it His club along with Sheez and wardlaw and why would he ever want to leave??

 

[giantroo]

Colby McKercher (foot) and Griffin Logue

19

Griffin Logue

Age

26

Ht

193cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.0

3star

MG

115.4

2star

D

9.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.0

2star

MG

115.4

2star

D

9.8

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.0

3star

MG

115.4

2star

(knee) are both closing in on returns and should be back on the park in one week.

"Last week was an important week for Colby in getting progressive loading on-field, pulling up well and transitioning from runners to football boots across the weekend," White said.

"He had a strong footy conditioning session on Tuesday and will look to join in training Friday, plus another strong loading day on Sunday.

 

[The chorus]

Put a fork in simpkin, he is done

This didn't age very well

 

[DuckYeah]

This didn't age very well

Yeh he blew me away. I’d wait for him to play another good game before you jump up n down