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

[Swallow_Wood]

Aaaaanyway, Colby will be a gun. A significantly more well rounded and damaging version of Andrew Gaff

3

Andrew Gaff

Age

32

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.6

5star

K

15.9

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

24.5

5star

K

15.6

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.0

3star

CL

2.5

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

CL

0.6

3star

.

 

[Colbys Boots]

Didn't Dean Laidley do that and now he is held up as a hero.

I guess if you can only ever see a person as he or she and you refuse to give any consideration to their preferred pronouns or to think in anything but binary terms, then it's also difficult to consider that a person can be both heroic and contemptible at different times in their life.

 

[Lomas]

Aaaaanyway, Colby will be a gun. A significantly more well rounded and damaging version of Andrew Gaff.

That would be a serious player.

 

[DuckYeah]

Aaaaanyway, Colby will be a gun. A significantly more well rounded and damaging version of Andrew Gaff.

Gaff is seriously good user by foot

 

[pupstar]

Aaaaanyway, Colby will be a gun. A significantly more well rounded and damaging version of Andrew Gaff.

That is a really good take Swallow.

 

[guapo]

Realistic and completely achievable benchmark. This kid should be our Gaff, Jelly, etc etc. Has better junior form and much better attributes. GUN


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[LB2Snake]

I want him to be Ben Cousins Mk2, without the nefarious activities of course

 

[r00boy96]

I want him to be Ben Cousins Mk2, without the nefarious activities of course

I see it, the quickest burst from contest and elite kicking inside 50

 

[Swallow_Wood]

That is a really good take Swallow.

He's got the tools to be a damaging link up player, like Gaff, but can do so with more explosive pace, more penetrating kicking and a more dynamic contested game. With the likes of LDU, Warldaw and Phillips around the coalface, McKercher can be used primarily are a high impact ball carrier though can do his inside shift too when need be.

 

[zoomba23]

What's this Colby talk doing in the drugs and domestic violence thread?

 

[the big lebowski]

What's this Colby talk doing in the drugs and domestic violence thread?

Don’t forget bullying

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Don’t forget bullying

Saints mods deleted that thread

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Cousins was a f*cking freak footballer. Despite his offield issues also worked as hard as anyone on the track. If Colby turns out to be anything like him as a player, we will win flags (plural).

Kerch, Warlord, LDU, Thomas. Name Amore explosive set of mids in the comp…

 

[Premieroos]

Saints mods deleted that thread

 

[Frank Thring]

Gaff is seriously good user by foot

Anythng under 20 metres for sure

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Aaaaanyway, Colby will be a gun. A significantly more well rounded and damaging version of Andrew Gaff.

A more physical and contested version with even better breakaway pace.

 

[the big lebowski]

Expectations seem to be high.

99% of us wanted north to draft him.

Like sheez he’s a fantastic runner, maybe even better when factoring pace and endurance. Clarko has the template from last year.

Does he have a better first up season than the sheez in 23?

 

[zoomba23]

Expectations seem to be high.

99% of us wanted north to draft him.

Like sheez he’s a fantastic runner, maybe even better when factoring pace and endurance. Clarko has the template from last year.

Does he have a better first up season than the sheez in 23?

I can't see that happening. No slight on his name, but he'd have to maintain a ridiculously high standard to match Sheez. I think he'll fade in and out a bit more than Sheez did. The highs will be very high though

 

[the big lebowski]

I can't see that happening. No slight on his name, but he'd have to maintain a ridiculously high standard to match Sheez. I think he'll fade in and out a bit more than Sheez did. The highs will be very high though

Sure. And I’m not trying to undersell the all time statistical dominance of sheezel.

But……….

Colby is a more proven accumulator than sheez at the same early part of their career.

He’s playing in the same position

He seems as driven as they come and plays well every week.

I could see it happening with injury luck.

 

[Sphynx]

I can't see that happening. No slight on his name, but he'd have to maintain a ridiculously high standard to match Sheez. I think he'll fade in and out a bit more than Sheez did. The highs will be very high though

McKercher is ultra consistent.

I think the opposite, at whatever level he settles into, he will hit his average most games.

He doesn’t flash hot and cold at all.

 

[DunderHead]

McKercher is ultra consistent.

I think the opposite, at whatever level he settles into, he will hit his average most games.

He doesn’t flash hot and cold at all.

Sheezel had an all time best debut year. Must have been a number of factors in this - great start which gave him lots of confidence. Good size / strong body. Great endurance. Team make up at the time.

Maybe playing big bodies will wear him down?

 

[Sphynx]

Sheezel had an all time best debut year. Must have been a number of factors in this - great start which gave him lots of confidence. Good size / strong body. Great endurance. Team make up at the time.

Maybe playing big bodies will wear him down?

I’m not saying he will surpass Sheez’s debut year, although that is definitely a possibility.

All I’m certain of, is he will perform at a fairly consistent level.

 

[zoomba23]

McKercher is ultra consistent.

I think the opposite, at whatever level he settles into, he will hit his average most games.

He doesn’t flash hot and cold at all.

I'm just reluctant to jump to such lofty expectations of him, that's all. Maybe I'm too wary of relative disappointment after being spoiled last year. If we keep him in open space, I'm sure he'll be great

 

[Shinboner1]

Anythng under 20 metres for sure

works fine for caleb daniel.

 

[shinboner magic]

Can’t wait to see this guy working with LDU , warlord, sheez , TT around stoppages and also helping out Scott , Stephens , fisher with creating run through the middle.
Should be favourite for rising star