McKenzie has overachieved for us. Doesn’t make him a star but earns some respect.
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We must be watching different games.
He's an honest tryer and did his best but could be had like the town bike with the right matchup.
IIRC, it was the Geelong game where he was killed in the 1st quarter and had 4 goals as a result of his lack of athleticism and the game is pretty much over.
And it was very good coaching by Scott to go through our weakest link down back. And not the best from Hinkley.
McKenzie is old, slow and usually cooked.
He only improves our side by way of structure. Not personal ability.
Bzt should keep him out the side
McKenzie seems to be a bit of favourite on this forum but I am not a big fan and he can be had with athleticism or speed.
There is a reason we traded for two readymade Key Position Defenders in the off season.
Esava is more of a direct swap for McKenzie than Zerk-Thatcher but I will be happy to see the back of him in a Stephen Paxman kinda way.
Agreed that McKenzie is not a KPD, but he can do it in a pinch and is likely a better 3rd tall when fit than BZT.
Regardless I hope we line up with a defence of:
FB Williams Ratugolea Burton
HB Houston Aliir Farrell
Int: Jones
McKenzie and BZT would be depth for Burton / Ratugolea.
Where is this idea coming from that McKenzie is slow? Dude is one of if not the fastest on our list and holds records for top speed in games.
His deficiencies have always been height related being 191cm.
He is old, and injuries have crept in and bzt will absolutely get first crack, and I wouldn’t bet on McKenzie staying fit long enough to challenge him, but if he did stay on the park, yeah.. they’re arguably 50/50 for that spot in the back end of the year.
But as I said, it’s very unlikely McKenzie stays on the park week in week out to make it a contest and bzt playing behind Alir and esava will be pretty protected so likely going to look better anyway.
If you could put McKenzie's ability into BZT's body you'd have a player. Unfortunately one isn't big enough and the other isn't good enough.
Maybe top speed.. Not sure how quick he is off the mark when an opponent has the drop on him
IIRC, in the 1st quarter, Rohan kicked 3 on him and he also was on Cameron and he lost him in traffic for the other.Yep, opponents with speed kill him (think it was Rohan that time)
Rubbish. You can add McKenzie to that list.We went for 2 key defenders because Jonas, Clurey and Pasini are all not good enough.
Agreed that McKenzie is not a KPD, but he can do it in a pinch and is likely a better 3rd tall when fit than BZT.
Regardless I hope we line up with a defence of:
FB Williams Ratugolea Burton
HB Houston Aliir Farrell
Int: Jones
McKenzie and BZT would be depth for Burton / Ratugolea.
Will Hinkley s**t the bed the first time Burgoyne has a quiet game on the wing?The intel from the guys who have seen training is that Bergman is training with the backs.
If we had Ratugolea, Aliir and Zerk-Thatcher as our talls with Bergman as one of the medium backs that would super tall down back but I think it would work.
I hope not.Will Hinkley s**t the bed the first time Burgoyne has a quiet game on the wing?
For all Mackenzie’s deficiencies his courage and ability to play under duress can’t be questioned.If you could put McKenzie's ability into BZT's body you'd have a player. Unfortunately one isn't big enough and the other isn't good enough.
I hope they play burton on the wingWould like to see McKenzie play on a wing this year
That's harsh.He’s just a slightly bigger Boner.