Player Watch Fischer McAsey - Steps Away from Football, Not Returning

[latinoheat]

Fisher will be left in Melbourne to sort things out both emotionally/mentally.

See what happens in the new year but if he wants to play football, he will probably end up in the VFL with the clubs blessing.

Real sliding doors moment, wonder how his career would have turned out if drafted by a Vic club

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Real sliding doors moment, wonder how his career would have turned out if drafted by a Vic club

Has being away from home really been q major factor?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Fisher will be left in Melbourne to sort things out both emotionally/mentally.

See what happens in the new year but if he wants to play football, he will probably end up in the VFL with the clubs blessing.

It's our best interests to let him play VFL.

 

[skittlebrew]

Lol, you know very well height is not everything when it comes to being a key position player.

No one who follows football seriously would suggest Gollant could be a key defender!

Gollant is nothing like Stephen May lol.

This is the problem when trying to select key position players. Height and weight don't tell the full story.

I believe one of McAsey's major issues is body/core strength, just doesn't have it.

 

[Sanders]

Perhaps get it right when you are pedantic cutting in on a conversation... You usually do when you pick up my typos more than any other poster on this board...

Proper wow moment.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Proper wow moment.

Nah, a wow moment would be you finally coming clean that you were CroMo in a past life...

Ironic you spend much of your time accusing others (often falsely) of being an alias... yet you pretend to cover up your original username...

Come on, you know you want to come out...

 

[Mileratkinsshow]

I watched the last SANFL
final we played where Fisher took some crucial marks and kicked goals to help keep us in the game. Glimpses of his talent there. Hope he can work through the personal leave issues and get back to playing again, whether for us or someone else. Sure people are disappointed - but it’s time to put this guys needs ahead of our fanatical support for club.


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[skam85]

Real sliding doors moment, wonder how his career would have turned out if drafted by a Vic club

Not much different. He's just not very good.

 

[Houston]

Not much different. He's just not very good.

This. Do people think he'll become more athletic because of the Victorian water or something?

 

[latinoheat]

This. Do people think he'll become more athletic because of the Victorian water or something?

Has he been drafted to another club, He Maybe could have been developed better, a better environment may have given him more confidence. Being at home / closer to family he may have been happier and hence performed better.

 

[George Kramer]

Has he been drafted to another club, He Maybe could have been developed better, a better environment may have given him more confidence. Being at home / closer to family he may have been happier and hence performed better.

He’d still be slow and with a lack of mobility though

 

[Thylacinus]

He’s still be slow and with a lack of mobility though

True. For a relativly high first round pick he needed to have more tools that he had and has shown .

 

[moses]

This. Do people think he'll become more athletic because of the Victorian water or something?

He also would have endured almost 2 years of lockdowns. Not sure that would have been the best for people's headspace.

 

[LeftyLuke]

Hopefully Fischer is out of contract at the end of 2023. Time to move on from this disaster.

 

[DJ75]

Has he been drafted to another club, He Maybe could have been developed better, a better environment may have given him more confidence. Being at home / closer to family he may have been happier and hence performed better.

All of this is true.
Fish was a guy who took his footy really seriously. Too seriously. He analysed and over analysed everything. He prepared immaculately. Basically he took the fun out of playing.
Then he goes interstate, straight into all the Covid mess. His father has health issues and his form is not what he expected from himself. It's a snowball effect.
Really sad for him as he does have some talent.

 

[UcantCme]

All of this is true.
Fish was a guy who took his footy really seriously. Too seriously. He analysed and over analysed everything. He prepared immaculately. Basically he took the fun out of playing.
Then he goes interstate, straight into all the Covid mess. His father has health issues and his form is not what he expected from himself. It's a snowball effect.
Really sad for him as he does have some talent.

If he prepares immaculately how come he struggled to complete his time trials ?


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[FR0GGY]

All of this is true.
Fish was a guy who took his footy really seriously. Too seriously. He analysed and over analysed everything. He prepared immaculately. Basically he took the fun out of playing.
Then he goes interstate, straight into all the Covid mess. His father has health issues and his form is not what he expected from himself. It's a snowball effect.
Really sad for him as he does have some talent.

You’d have thought a Vic club would have given him a shot if it was mainly mental/interstate living issue

 

[Coopers]

I am sure that we couldn't get what we wanted at the trade table and backed ourselves in to turn it around.

Which was likely another blow to the kid.

 

[LeftyLuke]

All of this is true.
Fish was a guy who took his footy really seriously. Too seriously. He analysed and over analysed everything. He prepared immaculately. Basically he took the fun out of playing.
Then he goes interstate, straight into all the Covid mess. His father has health issues and his form is not what he expected from himself. It's a snowball effect.
Really sad for him as he does have some talent.

He's not the first high pick to not make it. Imo it wouldn't have mattered which club he went too as he doesn't have the ability to make it at senior level. One of Ogilvie's worst picks and he has made a few.

 

[Mostyn]

I am sure that we couldn't get what we wanted at the trade table and backed ourselves in to turn it around.

Which was likely another blow to the kid.

There's less than zero evidence of that.

Anything to back it up?

 

[Coopers]

There's less than zero evidence of that.

Anything to back it up?

Well, I suppose it could also be true that we operated with our usual level of competence and didn't attempt to find both parties a good deal.

 

[1990crow]

Well, I suppose it could also be true that we operated with our usual level of competence and didn't attempt to find both parties a good deal.

Or, no one wanted him. Probably more likely than a conspiracy where the club is holding him against his mental health will.

 

[George Kramer]

Or, no one wanted him. Probably more likely than a conspiracy where the club is holding him against his mental health will.

Yep, I think the only person who thinks McAsey is an AFL footballer is Wayne

 

[John Who]

There’s one thing I just want to point out when it comes to mental illness. Which is, from the outside nobody can really know what’s causing all the mental burden except for the unwell person and his mental health professional. As observers, we are only seeing a snapshot of his external issues.

Regarding McAsey, it would be very easy to put it as a case of homesickness or the lack of AFL opportunities. However, I would predict there’s much more issues than that. Issues that none of us fans or even the club might fully be aware of.

First thing is that I hope he gets his mental state right, just like any player with a long term injury - hope they rest up and recover.
Next thing is that I hope he can come back hungrier (and healthier), and he gets a few AFL games in 2023. At least see what he has to show if he comes back as McAsey version 2.0.

McAsey’s interest in his mental wellbeing should be far greater than our interest in seeing him kick a football, in an AFL game or otherwise.

 

[cleanhands]

There’s one thing I just want to point out when it comes to mental illness. Which is, from the outside nobody can really know what’s causing all the mental burden except for the unwell person and his mental health professional. As observers, we are only seeing a snapshot of his external issues.

Regarding McAsey, it would be very easy to put it as a case of homesickness or the lack of AFL opportunities. However, I would predict there’s much more issues than that. Issues that none of us fans or even the club might fully be aware of.

First thing is that I hope he gets his mental state right, just like any player with a long term injury - hope they rest up and recover.
Next thing is that I hope he can come back hungrier (and healthier), and he gets a few AFL games in 2023. At least see what he has to show if he comes back as McAsey version 2.0.

McAsey’s interest in his mental wellbeing should be far greater than our interest in seeing him kick a football, in an AFL game or otherwise.

I’m not sure there is a version 2.0