AFL Player 1: Andrew "Pidge" McGrath (vc) - The skip we didn't know we needed

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2030
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 13, Vindicater

 

[yaco55]

McGrath is very creative by hand more than anything and felt he showed good composure throughout the game and was nailing those forward handballs which we have been trying to execute as a team.

Have no issue with McGrath's ball handling and his handballing is above average - Hoping he can improve his kicking, though history shows it is unlikely.

 

[eDPS]

Have no issue with McGrath's ball handling and his handballing is above average - Hoping he can improve his kicking, though history shows it is unlikely.

Personally think his kicking action is fine but like most in our side when we are in congestion we just get ball to boot without any rhyme or reason. McGrath has shown multiple times when he has time and space he can hit up a leading forward beautifully.

 

[Zach Package]

Suspect the issue is that he’s just light through the leg and doesn’t kick it particularly hard so they tend to hang in the air.

Struggles to get it there quickly but I’d class him as a good, accurate kick.

 

[yaco55]

Suspect the issue is that he’s just light through the leg and doesn’t kick it particularly hard so they tend to hang in the air.

Struggles to get it there quickly but I’d class him as a good, accurate kick.

Actually it's the opposite - He kicks are flattish, lack penetration and don't hit the target enough - Shiel's kicking is criticised nut it's a step above McGrath.

 

[BrunoV]

Looks to me like McGrath kicks it off his instep almost every time. The ball looks like it spins on a tilted axis and it goes pretty flat and pretty hard over about 35m.

He's not a great kick but I don't notice him missing a lot of targets. He's pretty functional and probably slightly better than Heppell who kicks a lot of slow high kicks.

4 mids in Parish, Heppell, Shiel and McGrath range from terrible to not great by foot.

 

[FlyingV]

He’s a really good kick when he has some sort of time. Ie, he marks and then kicks forward of 50 he’s great. He is not good, when under immediate pressure, he throws it on the boot and often kicks it high and 20 meters in front. I mean, he’s not an experienced inside mid, so the pressure he gets in the clinches is much more intense then he gets mopping up as a half back. He’ll grow through it. Overall looks like a star, and once he gets the strength of a Prestia, Ablett, Neale, Kerr, Mitchell type he will flourish in my opinion.

 

[yodellinhank]

I thought he only ever handballed?

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

For those stuck behind the paywall:
4 days per week he is doing 5-12km running sessions with Ridley.

He realises he is lucky to have a job when so many people have lost theirs due to shutdowns.

Apparently he was born in Canada

Football comes second for Bombers' No.1

The No.1 pick is happy to cool his heels while the community gets on top of COVID-19 but he will be ready to fire when the ball bounces again.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Bjchan13]

For those stuck behind the paywall:
4 days per week he is doing 5-12km running sessions with Ridley.

He realises he is lucky to have a job when so many people have lost theirs due to shutdowns.

Apparently he was born in Canada

Football comes second for Bombers' No.1

The No.1 pick is happy to cool his heels while the community gets on top of COVID-19 but he will be ready to fire when the ball bounces again.

www.theage.com.au

Very happy he is an Essendon player

 

[12Chill]

Andrew McGrath highlights for season 2019



Enjoy.

 

[ghostdog]

For those stuck behind the paywall:
4 days per week he is doing 5-12km running sessions with Ridley.

He realises he is lucky to have a job when so many people have lost theirs due to shutdowns.

Apparently he was born in Canada

Football comes second for Bombers' No.1

The No.1 pick is happy to cool his heels while the community gets on top of COVID-19 but he will be ready to fire when the ball bounces again.

www.theage.com.au

McGrath is so classy. He speaks and conducts himself like a leader of the club. I wish I was that mature at 21.

 

[yodellinhank]

McGrath is so classy. He speaks and conducts himself like a leader of the club. I wish I was that mature at 21.

I just wish i was 21

 

[andleanback]

McGrath is so classy. He speaks and conducts himself like a leader of the club. I wish I was that mature at 21.

Our next premiership captain

 

[fairbump_playon]

I just wish i was 21

Yep.

 

[ghostdog]

I just wish i was 21

Not so classy then?

 

[yodellinhank]

Not so classy then?

Nor mature

 

[Milanista28]

Gun

 

[ghostdog]

Essington #1

...very angry.

 

[Beerfish]

very angry

Looks more confused to me

 

[yodellinhank]

I'm angry and confused about my receding hairline too.

 

[Ambrosia]

Essington #1
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...very angry.

He’s lucky he’s an athlete. Crooked Jaw and a rough hair line for a 21 year old

 

[Drummer_19]

It looks like a bad AFL Live face scan.

 

[Nifft]

It looks like a bad AFL Live face scan.

Looks like a Skyrim face.

 

[Mr Bultitude]

Looks like a Skyrim face.

Need something?

 

[fairbump_playon]

Looks more confused to me

quizzical?