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

[the big lebowski]

i think that was lachie hansens debut game. he hits the beautiful lace out pass to shagga. foot skills from the big man. exciting times.

god life passes quickly.

To right

We lost that game and the next two, 0-3. Then won our next 2 and then played Sydney at marvel. That was the last time we beat them there.

Grant got a 50 late in the game to ice it, from pretty much the same spot. Fortunately he kicked it

 

[Hawker399]

Hope he has been working on a right foot as he doesn't yet have the bottle to compete inside where foot skills are not needed as much. One sided players (there are too many AFL players that have this) rarely have strong careers. Even love child Nick Daicos doesn't use his opposie foot.

 

[dus]

Hope he has been working on a right foot as he doesn't yet have the bottle to compete inside where foot skills are not needed as much. One sided players (there are too many AFL players that have this) rarely have strong careers. Even love child Nick Daicos doesn't use his opposie foot.

Put the bong down son.

 

[the big lebowski]

Hope he has been working on a right foot as he doesn't yet have the bottle to compete inside where foot skills are not needed as much. One sided players (there are too many AFL players that have this) rarely have strong careers. Even love child Nick Daicos doesn't use his opposie foot.

Absolutely no problem kicking short off his right. Particularly short jabs to leading forwards

 

[LB2Snake]

Ahhh that’s right. I’m thinking of when Brad Johnson missed from the goal square against us.

Don’t do drugs kids, it’s not good for your brain

But they are fun

 

[Val Keating]

But they are fun

They are.

 

[wolvesRoos]

Might be the remnants of time, but I reckon he was in the goal square, or right on the edge of

Yeah think so too. Was there in that pocket

 

[zoomba23]

Hope he has been working on a right foot as he doesn't yet have the bottle to compete inside where foot skills are not needed as much. One sided players (there are too many AFL players that have this) rarely have strong careers. Even love child Nick Daicos doesn't use his opposie foot.

I could name you quite a few one-sided players who've had strong careers. It's a deficiency that annoys me too but man, you've gone off the deep end here

 

[Horizons_00]

Give him a 5 year contract

 

[WesternRoo]

Hope he has been working on a right foot as he doesn't yet have the bottle to compete inside where foot skills are not needed as much. One sided players (there are too many AFL players that have this) rarely have strong careers. Even love child Nick Daicos doesn't use his opposie foot.

This is a ridiculously simplistic view.

Players with the pace and agility of McKercher, don’t need to use their non dominant side, as they rarely get hemmed into that position that requires it.

See Boomer.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

This is a ridiculously simplistic view.

Players with the pace and agility of McKercher, don’t need to use their non dominant side, as they rarely get hemmed into that position that requires it.

See Boomer.

I think people might be having overblown nightmares about that one time a bit of indecision and lack of awareness cost a goal this year.

Massively overblown. Dual sided players are great. McKercher will be fine cause he has wheels and smarts.

 

[Karanicolas]

I remember reading that soccer players at the highest level focused solely on their dominant side because they were less likely to make a skill error.

You can see that now with AFL players who kick off the side of their dominant foot to hit a diagonal target.

I would say that only players that should be dual-sided are contested players that are not overly quick as you need to exit stoppages on both sides.

 

[Jimmac31]

Hope he has been working on a right foot as he doesn't yet have the bottle to compete inside where foot skills are not needed as much. One sided players (there are too many AFL players that have this) rarely have strong careers. Even love child Nick Daicos doesn't use his opposie foot.

Contradicted yourself in the last two sentences.

"One-sided players rarely have strong careers"
" there are too many (one-sided) AFL players"

Then proceeded to name drop a one-sided player who has had one of the strongest starts to an AFL career ever.

 

[shintemaster]

I remember reading that soccer players at the highest level focused solely on their dominant side because they were less likely to make a skill error.

You can see that now with AFL players who kick off the side of their dominant foot to hit a diagonal target.

I would say that only players that should be dual-sided are contested players that are not overly quick as you need to exit stoppages on both sides.

Boomer was a classic example of this. He was so highly skilled on his dominant foot - except when his leg was munted that one year - that he could deliver an inside out kick on this with better accuracy and reliability than his non dominant. Which was better than many players (including some players main leg).