VFL Past #65: Shaun McKernan 🐴 - Returns to the Dons

[Beerfish]

Because I rate a player means he's my love child? Get a grip

Phwoar!

 

[DERO]

Ricky Dyson deserved another year for his goal from the boundary Anzac Day 2009 lol

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Ricky Dyson deserved another year because of the solid form he showed in the year he was delisted.

 

[BrunoV]

Ricky Dyson deserved another year because of the solid form he showed in the year he was delisted.

Takes a long time for perceptions to change. There was nothing wrong with Dyson's last 40 or so games.

 

[Vander18]

Dyson was a victim of Hirds obsession with big bodied, contested midfielders who can't run.

 

[Vindicater]

Get's another year as ruck insurance.

 

[Darealrath]

Takes a long time for perceptions to change. There was nothing wrong with Dyson's last 40 or so games.

He played some really good games in the back pocket/half back. Surprised he wasn't at least rookie listed somewhere else. He was the type of player Port would have gone for in the late 90s or early 2000s who would come back to bite us.

 

[Eleven 38]

Just reading the last few Dyson posts, he definitely improved, think we only need to trade him with a 4th rounder now.

 

[vaughany]

Was definitely underated Ricky Dyson!

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[Kakkle]

He is the last decision on the list for mine. If we can find a genuine 3rd ruckman (which Shaun is not) than I would not hesitate to delist him.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Takes a long time for perceptions to change. There was nothing wrong with Dyson's last 40 or so games.

There were plenty wrong. Hence why he got delisted and no one picked him up for free.

 

[DERO]

There were plenty wrong. Hence why he got delisted and no one picked him up for free.

He played his most consistent footy of his 8 years in his last year and lost his spot in the side through injury and not poor form. I have seen plenty of guys get delisted over the last few decades and for mine he is probably the stiffest. He played over 100 AFL games Kelvin.

 

[DHepp21]

Just an FYI, this is the McKernan thread. Should be discussing this in the Dyson thread.

 

[mayhem20202]

As mentioned earlier, if the club have got in early with the op, is it safe to assume he is staying and they are giving him every chance to have a proper uninterrupted pre season and one last crack at it?


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[Old Campaigner]

As mentioned earlier, if the club have got in early with the op, is it safe to assume he is staying and they are giving him every chance to have a proper uninterrupted pre season and one last crack at it?


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No, they give players the medical attention they need even if they're about to be delisted.

 

[Andronicus]

No, they give players the medical attention they need even if they're about to be delisted.

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[Capt Hindsight]

So Mckernan has survived it seems.
At least the VFL side has a good goal kicking key position player.

 

[Jade]

So Mckernan has survived it seems.
At least the VFL side has a good goal kicking key position player.

If we dump Smack, we need another rookie ruckman.

He's not a star, but he can play some good footy, and offers depth as both a ruck and a forward.

 

[DERO]

Any word on the big Gach?

 

[Capt Hindsight]

If we dump Smack, we need another rookie ruckman.

He's not a star, but he can play some good footy, and offers depth as both a ruck and a forward.

Yeah he is just frustrating as he is too good for VFL but hasn't been good enough at AFL level.
He is a backup forward who can pinch hit ruck.
I'd like an actual 200cm+ backup ruckman, Mckernan does his best but against good ruckman gets taken apart.

 

[Capt Hindsight]

Any word on the big Gach?

I'd assume another year on the rookie list.

 

[Despair]

This guy is so frustrating. There is no obvious reason for why he can't succeed at AFL level. When he manages to get on the end of it, you see him lead up and clunk it, turn around on a dime and deliver a laser-beam pass directly to a team mate inside 50. Then he is unseen for a whole quarter.. What's the deal?

His last three games of 2015 were great iirc, but this year he was poor. I get the feeling that he just doesn't want it enough.

 

[BrunoV]

This guy is so frustrating. There is no obvious reason for why he can't succeed at AFL level. When he manages to get on the end of it, you see him lead up and clunk it, turn around on a dime and deliver a laser-beam pass directly to a team mate inside 50. Then he is unseen for a whole quarter.. What's the deal?

His last three games of 2015 were great iirc, but this year he was poor. I get the feeling that he just doesn't want it enough.

Think that ultimately he is a quality ruckman in a mid-sized KPP players body. If he was a genuine 200cm+ he's be a great number 1 ruck who is more than dangerous enough resting forward for no more than 30% of game time.

Given his size the ratios needs to be reversed and he ultimately needs to be a KPF that can ruck a bit. He seems to have all of the attributes, and has shown real ability around the ball as a ruckman, but can't seem to convert it into quality performances as a forward.

If he was 200cm and played forward as well as he does he's be just another ruck who is only average forward. It's probably only his lack of size that creates the perception that he is or can be a forward.

 

[tenderwarrior]

Could be the cream on top, but not likely.. the latter part of 2015 is reading more and more like Dr Oliver Sacks book, 'Awakenings'..

 

[DERO]

Not a ruckman

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

With Leuy and TBC's injury record we really need another experienced ruck..this guy will have to do