Nah that would be before they even jump in the car to go to training.
Player Watch #10: Colby McKercher
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I have a feeling this kid is going to have those Harley Reid hissy fit throwers eating humble pie in the not too distant future
When you've got the work ethic and determination that McKercher's got, to go along with the talent.....
Watch him at training...it's was pretty warm yesterday, hotter out in the middle...when some started to look it was getting to them, he just ran harder....at the end of the session when they were starting to venture in, he grabbed a footy and looked like he wanted to keep going
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Meanwhile Reid turns up to day 1 of preseason training an absolute porker and is now on "off legs training"
Mckercher is the better player of the two anyway. It will only take the media experts 10 years to work this out.
No one told the poor campaigner he wasn’t supposed to eat at his Hungry Jacks franchise every day.
Tbf, we would’ve had Harley and Mckercher…. Yeah… I’ll let myself out….
Just different players, I think McKercher is a rarer talent personally.
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He’s going to be the grim reaper as he’ll rip the heart out of the opposition.
This guy in broken play will be huge for us - will probably get most metres gained in the league.
This side is going to be fun to watch
This guy in broken play will be huge for us - will probably get most metres gained in the league.
This side is going to be fun to watch
My ambition is higher. I want him to be as good as Harry
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Reminds me of Boomer - how he always wanted to have a footy in his hands, no matter what he was doing around the club and home.
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His ceiling is higher than Boomer’s I reckon, just maybe not the 400 plus games.
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Boomer's ceiling was pretty high. He won more B&Fs for North Melbourne than anyone. Well, except Jas Garner of course.
Beaten only by Carey as the best North Player in the modern era.
Lining up in the middle ey? Part time half back part time gun onballer?
****ing look out AFL world. We have a new sherrif in town.
****ing look out AFL world. We have a new sherrif in town.
It's still not impossible for both statements to be correct.
Boomer played the majority of his peak in historically one of the weaker North sides of the last 40 years (outside of this period of course)
McKercher is a potential Brownlow winner and perennial contender imo. Boomer only really had 1-2 seasons of that level imo, but obviously 10+ still at an elite level.
Lets see how he goes, I'm confident there's a chance McKercher could be the best North player of this era, which is saying something, given we have Sheezel, Wardlaw, LDU etc on the books.
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This is selling Boomer way short. So to speak.
Both have the scintillating run and passing but Boomer was an elite goalsneak, could stop and pivot in traffic and could overhead mark against much bigger opponents.
McKercher has the potential to be excellent at what he does but I think his skill set is a lot narrower than Boomer's.
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He had no problems kicking goals at Coates level playing as a midfielder.
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Kicked a few but not sure he has 5 goal AFL games in him like Boomer did as a prowling forward.
Putting aside games tally, I don't think there's any issue projecting McKercher to Harvey's level. If we're ever going to push for a premiership again, some players are going to need to get to that level.
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Just like Sheez, i think Colby has served his apprenticeship in defense, look forward to seeing him delivering into F50, or kicking goals himself, from hereon in
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