Ben Keays, I was way way way wrong about you

[Moonwatcher]

What did we pay to get Keays?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Pick 7 rookie draft pick

 

[Smart Fella]

It will take one poor game and everyone will hate him again.

I think for supporters, it's the constant carrying of too many players in the team that have limitations or are cooked.

When you see Murphy, McHenry, Keays, Smith etc in the team, it's fatiguing watching mistake after mistake.

Keays is the perfect player for the Crows to pick in the 22 as long as the selection of the rest of the team is correct. If he plays a poor game, then I'd like to think supporters would take it a lot easier on him.

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[cleanhands]

It will take one poor game and everyone will hate him again.

It wasn’t so much his poor games to me it was more of his skills, which I believe have improved

 

[Moonwatcher]

Will get cited, purely on visual aspect. Like McAdam’s bump, they’ll retrofit ‘potential to cause damage’ because they didn’t like the look.

I think he'll get off because there was little potential to cause harm even if the player was harmed.

 

[John Who]

I think it’s fair to say he’s taken his game to another level. His last month has been exceptional! His general kicking and goal kicking seemed to have improved like I’ve ever seen. Fair chance he might end up with the BnF this year!

 

[Mutineer]

We await with baited breath...

What are the odds a certain poster fesses up?

 

[chrisso crow]

Be interesting to see how Keays tackle and the bump on Dawson are treated.

Dawson clearly hit high, no free. But in concussion protocol?




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For mine Keays will get a couple of games, as it was a dangerous tackle, regardless if Caldwell got concussed or not.

The Dawson hit shouldn't result in any games, the player played the ball first and didn't have much other option than to make contact with Dawson.

Can't understand why the tackle on Berry wasn't even looked at as an incident though by the coverage last night. That was also a dangerous tackle.

But who really know, the whole MRO/tribunal process is an absolute raffle, and Christian will probably want revenge after last weeks results.

 

[chrisso crow]

I've always admired Keays' work rate, and you always know he'll give 100% EVERY week.

His skills and footy IQ have always been his issues, and I think that can be hidden somewhat by playing in his current role up forward.

He can still at times look a little selfish around goals, and his set shot isn't reliable. How he slotted that set shot in the game last night from just inside 50 is beyond me. He never looked comfortable with it.

 

[1970crow]

He restricts himself to snap shots that he can't be criticized for missing. His drop punt is still ordinary.

Kicking at goal is technically easier too, stationary target with no depth requirement. His issues have tended to be decision making and field kicking.

 

[1970crow]

I think it’s fair to say he’s taken his game to another level. His last month has been exceptional! His general kicking and goal kicking seemed to have improved like I’ve ever seen. Fair chance he might end up with the BnF this year!

I don’t think his first half of the year was good enough for that, although he’d be polling strongly lately. Open race though, nobody stands out over the whole season.

 

[BRL121]

We await with baited breath...

What are the odds a certain poster fesses up?

Cue a GIF of mouse and cheese.

 

[n4sir]

His form the last few weeks has been amazing, our best small forward (and maybe, borderline elite?)

The other thing that's floored me is now he's starting to have a ping with his right foot, not spending an eternity trying to wheel around to kick with his left (which would drive me nuts). That was the one thing I wished he could add to his game - and it seems like he's working on it.

 

[Southerntakeover]

He restricts himself to snap shots that he can't be criticized for missing. His drop punt is still ordinary.

Nailed the 45m one at an important time this go around though

 

[hippyhippy]

Reckon he gets a couple weeks though for that tackle

Bedfords tackle is basically the same except keays didn't have both arms pinned... He might get a few weeks but should win on appeal

 

[Mutineer]

Cue a GIF of mouse and cheese.

Looks like he hás "clammed" right up hey?

 

[maxlilly]

Well done Benny, I too was a critic.
He has done incredibly well with the positional change up forward
Who would ever think that one of the worst kicks in the team would be a dead eye dick in front of goal.
Outstanding game last night and been huge for us the last month,

 

[skam85]

We await with baited breath...

What are the odds a certain poster fesses up?

highly fxxxn unlikely

 

[Bazz_27]

Keays for says a lot for the old theory that players > 100 games are comfortable and lift to a new level. If this is the case we have some exciting times ahead with our list