AFL Player #32: Ben "Buckets" McKay

[VelvetSledge]

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

 

[Zach Package]

Find it funny how twitter is blowing up with 'we gave them pick 3'.

The alternative is he's not playing for us and North still get pick 3....I like this timeline a fair bit better.

Just don't give him the #17 guernsey

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Welcome back (whichever one you are)

Left.

Ben's nose is more upward facing.

 

[BrunoV]

Welcome back (whichever one you are)

That's the boys at 13 months.

 

[dank420_]

looks like the ultrasound to me

 

[the PILL]

Welcome big guy...

Bit of a shame we had to ship in a big hulking fullback on mega bucks instead of actually drafting/developing one, but happy anyway we finally filled the void...

 

[doug85]

That's the boys at 13 months.

Joke thief

 

[BrunoV]

Find it funny how twitter is blowing up with 'we gave them pick 3'.

The alternative is he's not playing for us and North still get pick 3....I like this timeline a fair bit better.

Just don't give him the #17 guernsey

It's the part of FA I find distasteful and counter productive.

You have an imperfect but extremely functional player around which a side can plan 7 years of footy and that team can't wait to move him on for more picks.

Why is North being given drafts picks on account of its on field performance when on any measure it is weakening itself, by moving on a player that would be in any next permiership they'd be planning for, so that it can have more players that can't sensibly be expected to impact games to the level of McKay for at least 3 years?

 

[BrunoV]

Joke thief

In my defence, I was working through the thread and hadn't seen your post.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Is he actually any good? All I've heard about him all year is how North can't wait to offload him to get pick 3.

Pick 3 certainly softens the blow but they are a better team with him in it and it leaves a huge gaping hole in their defence. Who have they got to match up against the big boys?

 

[faible]

Is he actually any good? All I've heard about him all year is how North can't wait to offload him to get pick 3.

I’d say he’s fine, he’s genuinely FB sized for a defence that lacks a genuine FB sized player, but he’s not a Fletcher that’ll dominate a game from the back half.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

He's on the big bucks now at Bomberland, so he should now be able to afford to buy a jumper that actually fits him.

 

[doug85]

In my defence, I was working through the thread and hadn't seen your post.

Plus, there’s far better jokes worth stealing

 

[jannissary]

Is he actually any good? All I've heard about him all year is how North can't wait to offload him to get pick 3.

we might've paid overs for him but realistically big defenders come at a premium and i think he'll slot into our defense nicely, especially because it'll allow ridley et al to all play the roles they're meant to instead of filling in as they've done historically.

just need to work on his kicking skills, but that's something a few players need to do

 

[faible]

He's on the big bucks now at Bomberland, so he should now be able to afford to buy a jumper that actually fits him.

When one is 200cm and 100kg where do you find a jumper that looks like a kid in their dad’s hand me down?

Tom Hawkins closet?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I'll leave this here.

 

[Lore]

Is this where the hammer drops and Dodoro tells us we recruited him as a half forward flank?

4D chess.

More like checkers than chess

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

When one is 200cm and 100kg where do you find a jumper that looks like a kid in their dad’s hand me down?

Tom Hawkins closet?

 

[Call Me Cake]

And we still have our picks.

 

[ghostdog]

6 years spun me at first.
Anyway, welcome to Bomberland, Ben.
Kicking practise is at that end of the field.

 

[brutus76]

Playing for the team you supported as a kid should be minimum 25% better output

 

[scythe]

I'll leave this here.

FTFY

 

[Zach Package]

It's the part of FA I find distasteful and counter productive.

You have an imperfect but extremely functional player around which a side can plan 7 years of footy and that team can't wait to move him on for more picks.

Why is North being given drafts picks on account of its on field performance when on any measure it is weakening itself, by moving on a player that would be in any next permiership they'd be planning for, so that it can have more players that can't sensibly be expected to impact games to the level of McKay for at least 3 years?

Difficult to police, but something along the lines of ‘if there wasn’t a compensation selection in play, would you want to keep this player?’ would make sense to add to the rubric.

Doedee for example represents a pretty natural parting of ways for someone wanting to get to a contender and the Crows having an able replacement available in Worrell.

No way in hell North let McKay leave without the lure of high end comp. Hell, we didn’t even want Daniher to leave and we weren’t even getting high end comp.

 

[citizen-erased]

Does anyone know the latin translation of "get the ball, give it to ridley"

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Does anyone know the latin translation of "get the ball, give it to ridley"

Ut pila, da ut Ridley.

 

[citizen-erased]

Ut pila, da ut Ridley.

Tattoo time benny