Player Watch Beau McCreery

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DWil6 said:
Has 2 games with 3 goals which is so obviously excellent, especially in a team that was scoring inept.
Has 1 game with 2 goals and 3 games with 1 goal.
Then he has 7 games with 0 goals.

So he has scored goals in just under half the games he has played thus far (11 goals in 13 games). It’s a promising start but you’d hope he gets amongst the goals more regularly long term.
His forward 50 tackle numbers are through the roof so if he gets his goals per game average up a little and his disposals up a little, he’ll be a long term player for sure.
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Did his tackles lead to goal assists?
 

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lenny20 said:
That tackle on Hill, then subsequent hardball win against three saints to get the ball going our way, was moment of the match.

It wrested momentum back our way and springboarded our eventual win. Insane.

If he can bring that sort of pressure every week, I don't care if he never touches it.
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That effort from Beau bright tears to my eyes. It was bloody spinetingling stuff. I've never seen anyone chase and tackle with such intent. He runs himself into the ground for his teammates and often does the unrewarded chases at 100%. His fitness level must be off the charts.
 
Last nights game was the true representation of the "pressure forward". He was everywhere, all over them and Hill had to be moved away from him to get any ball. He needs to remove that "late tackle" or push out of his game because he's done it more than once now...but he cost us one goal and gave us 4 or 5 so all in all...a great game by the lad.
 
Cannonball McCreery not only kicked a nice goal he just ran around shit-trucking guys one after another. If you’re going to have a pressure forward, this is what they look like.
 
Rorzza said:
Yep, another natural forward with speed, hard edge and skill. Loved his game!
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Wrapped with how he’s progressing and playing that key role for us as a pressure forward…a thankless role at times. The one question mark I have is his skills, he was solid tonight however on that front also…minus the misqueued kick.
 
magpies42 said:
Wrapped with how he’s progressing and playing that key role for us as a pressure forward…a thankless role at times. The one question mark I have is his skills, he was solid tonight however on that front also…minus the misqueued kick.
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Skills are good. Decision making needs work.
 
magpies42 said:
Wrapped with how he’s progressing and playing that key role for us as a pressure forward…a thankless role at times. The one question mark I have is his skills, he was solid tonight however on that front also…minus the misqueued kick.
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Yep, can be prone to the odd field shank but his set shot for goal and general forward craft looks solid. Still only 20, a lot to look forward to.
 
In the "Best 22" thread during pre-season, I'm not ashamed to say I struggled to fit him in, and how wrong was I.

I feared some regression or second year blues, but Beau just knows his role and performs it perfectly. The dead eye dick goal kicking and F50 heat is a great package, fast becoming a lock in the side
 
He's my boy, ever since he did the old dusty fend off against Clayton Oliver then goaled it last year I knew he was something special. Very accurate kick for goal as well.
 
On practice game form, I thought he was going to be nothing more than a tackling machine, struggling to do anything meaningful with the ball and disguising his inability to win the footy by instead playing a forward pressure role. But he has actually been able to combine the two areas while at the same time displaying a turn of pace and element of strength which allow him to get into the clear and do some damage. He sets up other players and is helping to reinvigorate the forward line.
 

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