AFL Player #32: Ben "Buckets" McKay

[VelvetSledge]

Contract: Unrestricted Free Agent 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 30, Dave

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Serve that man another ice-cold win

 

[DERO]

Staunch

 

[tha Freak]

Does the job we need. Helps the other defenders be better!

 

[windyhill]

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

I did not really notice Ben much to be honest. Then I had a look at his stats.

 

[silk]

Fun fact - This is already Ben Mckay

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Ben Mckay

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

's most winning season ever.

 

[Nicholas61]

Fun fact - This is already Ben Mckay's most winning season ever.

By Rd 12 he might surpass his wins from all other seasons combined. Given his run with injuries in the past, his size and the situation with the club he came from there was always the chance he would hit his straps at this age.

 

[maskmcgee]

Ben the blanket

 

[Happyskeret]

I noticed tonight this guy moves around the ground a lot more than I thought and when it goes over his head he pushes back hard to defend. For a guy of his dimensions it’s super impressive.

 

[Vindicater]

I was one who said we should move heaven and earth to get this bloke last year.

A genuine solid big man that can mark and defend a proper KPP is worth their weight in gold.

Credit where it is due. I did not see him being this good.

 

[Zach Package]

Geeze he was dirty when Darling got gifted that downfield free. Great spoil in a big moment and Durham gave it away quite softly

 

[HirdyLannister]

Buckets is killing, you can still see some nerves doubting his own ability.

Will take awhile to rid of that Norf stink.

 

[Chief Hopper]

Ben has been a key reason we have won as many games as we have this year.

Without Ben's nullifying oppo fwds and intercepts we would be 1-3 goals worse off. We would be out of the close games we have won.

 

[jannissary]

Buckets is killing, you can still see some nerves doubting his own ability.

Will take awhile to rid of that Norf stink.

i reckon it’s already been removed, he’s playing out of his mind right now

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Have another win Benny, you deserve it

 

[Yoda_]

Have another win Benny, you deserve it

the win count is 6.5 winds in 9 games at Essendon whilst 8 wins in 71 games at North

 

[Happyskeret]

He just counter reacts other teams aerial threats. I thought he was a good acquisition but not expecting him to be a generationally gifted Backman.

 

[Mootsy]

 

[tha Freak]

The big forwards don’t argue with him or push him around. He allows the other backmen to shine!

 

[jannissary]

felt like he was getting worked over early but built into an extremely nice game.

keeping hogan to a goal is nothing to sneeze at

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Another outstanding game by Buckets, severely underrated at the moment. Top handful of key backs in the comp IMO (mind you were saw a masterclass down the other end of the field tonight too).

 

[Petrify]

Hogan got on-top in the first, but McKay dominated the last 3. He should be top 3 in our BNF right now

 

[windyhill]

 

[outersanctum]

Happy to say that I got this acquisition well wrong. I wasn't unhappy about getting McKay.. but I was very meh about it. I thought it was a nice replacement for BZT but otherwise unspectacular. Couldn't be happier that I was so wrong.

Is the best FB we have had since prime Hooker imho. Total lockdown, marking threat and huge presence. Teams are adjusting where to direct the ball based on McKay.. huge impact!

When Hogan marked that first easy one I thought it was more of the same but McKay just stayed true and eventually came out a big big winner. The piece of play that impressed me most was in the third quarter.. McKay dropped a mark (a tough one but still gettable) near forward pocket.. instead of dropping his head, he charged back into the play, won the ball cleanly and sent a looooong handball that set off a forward chain. Nothing came of it but I was just impressed because it really did seem like McKay made it his personal responsibility to clean up after his mistake. Tiny moment but spoke volumes for me.

Can not wait to see how Ridley goes with this bloke also in the backline. Could be a scary good combo. Would be surreal for him that in two weeks time he could have more wins in a single season that he had in his whole career at North. Just goes to show how bad it must be for the players at the perennial bottom feeder clubs.

Going to be selection headache when Ridley and Reid are both fit. In fact there are selection headaches all over the field.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Happy to say that I got this acquisition well wrong. I wasn't unhappy about getting McKay.. but I was very meh about it. I thought it was a nice replacement for BZT but otherwise unspectacular. Couldn't be happier that I was so wrong.

Is the best FB we have had since prime Hooker imho. Total lockdown, marking threat and huge presence. Teams are adjusting where to direct the ball based on McKay.. huge impact!

When Hogan marked that first easy one I thought it was more of the same but McKay just stayed true and eventually came out a big big winner. The piece of play that impressed me most was in the third quarter.. McKay dropped a mark (a tough one but still gettable) near forward pocket.. instead of dropping his head, he charged back into the play, won the ball cleanly and sent a looooong handball that set off a forward chain. Nothing came of it but I was just impressed because it really did seem like McKay made it his personal responsibility to clean up after his mistake. Tiny moment but spoke volumes for me.

Can not wait to see how Ridley goes with this bloke also in the backline. Could be a scary good combo. Would be surreal for him that in two weeks time he could have more wins in a single season that he had in his whole career at North. Just goes to show how bad it must be for the players at the perennial bottom feeder clubs.

Going to be selection headache when Ridley and Reid are both fit. In fact there are selection headaches all over the field.

Not many people know this, but when McKay hits 9 wins with us, it triggers North to be automatically sent to Darwin.