Player Watch Beau McCreery

[Matrix10]

The "Raging Bull" was Jake Lamotta.

Sorry, the vino last night mixed up the Italian Stallions.nevertheless. Both Bulls , as is McCreery

 

[Copeland]

The look on Ward’s face afterwards was the best. ‘Shellshocked’ could describe it. Like ‘did that just happen to me?’.

Yep Callan, you were hit by the Beau train.

Yeah I’ve been calling him B Train

 

[jathanas]

LOL’d with just how dumb this was. Gold!

I need to new gif to recognise contributions of that calibre.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I need to new gif to recognise contributions of that calibre.

The standard meme, as a starting point, is normally this;

 

[Looney]

I'm just going to leave this here

That's the Irish Jujitsu.
He laid a similar tackle earlier to another player.

 

[sr36]

That's the Irish Jujitsu.
He laid a similar tackle earlier to another player.

You wouldn't want to play as a small defender against us. McCreery smashing you into the turf, whilst Ginnivan spends the day in your ear irritating the hell out of you until you lose the plot, belt him giving away a dumb free, a goal, suspended for two weeks and then he'll just keep on going, irritating you and trying to draw a 50.

 

[OniAu]

You wouldn't want to play as a small defender against us. McCreery smashing you into the turf, whilst Ginnivan spends the day in your ear irritating the hell out of you until you lose the plot, belt him giving away a dumb free, a goal, suspended for two weeks and then he'll just keep on going, irritating you and trying to draw a 50.

That genuinely made me lol as its so true.

 

[Jasper84]

You wouldn't want to play as a small defender against us. McCreery smashing you into the turf, whilst Ginnivan spends the day in your ear irritating the hell out of you until you lose the plot, belt him giving away a dumb free, a goal, suspended for two weeks and then he'll just keep on going, irritating you and trying to draw a 50.

 

[DWil6]

Yeah I’ve been calling him B Train

You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by, the smooth MCriminal.

 

[Copeland]

You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by, the smooth MCriminal.

My mate calls him Bargearse

 

[JB1975]

I don't think I'm the only one who things of a clan battle in the Scottish Highlands when they see Beau stalking a foe.

A few times when he's landed a tackle, I've shouted 'McCreery!' in my best (quite poor) Scottish accent.

I'd like to see some tartan in the cheer squad.

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

Beau's spirit animal...

Marc Murphy's spirit animal...

 

[76woodenspooners]

Love it. Describe yourself as a footballer in one word
Tough

With Beau as his brother he’d have no choice.

 

[jmac70]

I don't think I'm the only one who things of a clan battle in the Scottish Highlands when they see Beau stalking a foe.

A few times when he's landed a tackle, I've shouted 'McCreery!' in my best (quite poor) Scottish accent.

I'd like to see some tartan in the cheer squad.

More of an Irish history I think.

 

[JB1975]

More of an Irish history I think.

That just makes my attempt at a Scottish accent a bit more ridiculous. Thanks.

 

[Vicky Park]

More of an Irish history I think.

Thanks jmac, I was hoping to claim Beau as one of ours, but this website has it both ways:

This Irish and Scottish surname of McCREERY was Anglicized from the Gaelic Mac RUAIDHRI, a baptismal name meaning 'the son of RUAIDHRI' (red king)

Mccreery Coat of Arms / Mccreery Family Crest

Mccreery Coat of Arms / Mccreery Family Crest - This Irish and Scottish surname of McCREERY was Anglicized from the Gaelic Mac RUAIDHRI, a baptismal name meaning 'the son of RUAIDHRI' (red king). The ...

www.4crests.com

I like the ‘red king’ reference.

 

[jmac70]

Thanks jmac, I was hoping to claim Beau as one of ours, but this website has it both ways:

This Irish and Scottish surname of McCREERY was Anglicized from the Gaelic Mac RUAIDHRI, a baptismal name meaning 'the son of RUAIDHRI' (red king)

Mccreery Coat of Arms / Mccreery Family Crest

Mccreery Coat of Arms / Mccreery Family Crest - This Irish and Scottish surname of McCREERY was Anglicized from the Gaelic Mac RUAIDHRI, a baptismal name meaning 'the son of RUAIDHRI' (red king). The ...

www.4crests.com

I like the ‘red king’ reference.

The King of Ranga!

 

[mwhop]

i often click on this thread just to look at the awesome banner photo

 

[Mollythedolly]

Thanks jmac, I was hoping to claim Beau as one of ours, but this website has it both ways:

This Irish and Scottish surname of McCREERY was Anglicized from the Gaelic Mac RUAIDHRI, a baptismal name meaning 'the son of RUAIDHRI' (red king)

Mccreery Coat of Arms / Mccreery Family Crest

Mccreery Coat of Arms / Mccreery Family Crest - This Irish and Scottish surname of McCREERY was Anglicized from the Gaelic Mac RUAIDHRI, a baptismal name meaning 'the son of RUAIDHRI' (red king). The ...

www.4crests.com

I like the ‘red king’ reference.

"Red King"... As well as the ranga reference it's not too far removed from "wrecking"

I think combined, we've captured his essence.

 

[loki04]

It depends if it's role related. If you take out the game where he was sub and didn't play, he's actually averaging similar possessions to our other full time forwards.

Who knows what he could do in another role.

He's one I'm surprised that they haven't discouraged the shepherd more than they have. With his pace, power and kicking skills, we'd be better off having him peel off to receive rather than shepherd.

Re the shepherd I'm of the opposite opinion and think it's under utilised at AFL level, he often buys his team mates good space and time to deliver when doing it.

Most team set up for the run and recieve very rarely does it end up an un pressured movement.

 

[sr36]

Re the shepherd I'm of the opposite opinion and think it's under utilised at AFL level, he often buys his team mates good space and time to deliver when doing it.

Most team set up for the run and recieve very rarely does it end up and un pressured movement.

I'm happy to back the coaches on that one, as it's just too hard to quantify. But I'm more just suggesting that even if you do go with lots of shepherding, ideally you've got Lipinski/Sidey/JDaicos shepherding for McCreery's damaging pace and power, rather than the other way around, which invariably seems to occur at the moment.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I'm happy to back the coaches on that one, as it's just too hard to quantify. But I'm more just suggesting that even if you do go with lots of shepherding, ideally you've got Lipinski/Sidey/JDaicos shepherding for McCreery's damaging pace and power, rather than the other way around, which invariably seems to occur at the moment.

Lipinski is a superb kick, even J Daicos is pretty good, so I’d be happy if those guys are more the designated kickers and the likes of Adams, Sidebottom, Ginnivan lay the shepherds to allow them to execute.

McCreery at his pace isn’t going to need someone to shepherd for him too often, maybe in finals as the intensity goes up.

 

[sr36]

Lipinski is a superb kick, even J Daicos is pretty good, so I’d be happy if those guys are more the designated kickers and the likes of Adams, Sidebottom, Ginnivan lay the shepherds to allow them to execute.

McCreery at his pace isn’t going to need someone to shepherd for him too often, maybe in finals as the intensity goes up.

Good point in terms of shepherding for those blokes. The thing with McCreery though is if you're always shepherding, it's not pace that means you don't need a shepherd - it's that you haven't given an option and don't have the ball.

I'm more just suggesting that I'd like him to shepherd less and peel off as option more, because I think he can become a really damaging play maker. He's got the power to get separation and is a lovely kick.

 

[loki04]

Good point in terms of shepherding for those blokes. The thing with McCreery though is if you're always shepherding, it's not pace that means you don't need a shepherd - it's that you haven't given an option and don't have the ball.

I'm more just suggesting that I'd like him to shepherd less and peel off as option more, because I think he can become a really damaging play maker. He's got the power to get separation and is a lovely kick.

Agree with the gist of it, the only question on McCreery is can he lift his disposal numbers if given the opportunity.

 

[sr36]

Agree with the gist of it, the only question on McCreery is can he lift his disposal numbers if given the opportunity.

If he played higher up the field, he'd get more contested possessions, but he's not going to get more uncontested possessions unless he changes his style and looks to find space and receive more often rather than always looking to block.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's going very well at the moment, with his awesome physicality and intensity, but think he can develop into a genuine line breaker as well. I think his potential is huge, basically I think over the next 5 years, he could develop into the role Degoey is playing for us.