AFL Player # 1: Andrew "Pidge" McGrath (Vice-Captain)

[Beerfish]

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

 

[DapperJong]

Will move back to the middle once Irish returns.

Hope not. I like him back there for the minute. Mckenna can replace Bags.

 

[daffo]

Really looking forward to see how we play him now with McKenna back.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

...Didn't mind a handball, did he.

 

[yaco55]

Played on Smith in the first half and did a good job - Seemed to be moved off Smith for the second half.

 

[Seb78]

Anyone know the severity of this blokes injury? Or why he didn't play?

 

[fairbump_playon]

McGrath for Clarke - I'm happy with that.

Does it mean Langford needs to step up even further as our guy inside?

 

[eDPS]

Could we play him forward please? Would like to see him give Heath Shaw a bath

 

[eth-dog]

Could we play him forward please? Would like to see him give Heath Shaw a bath

Baguley's job.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Been ordinary all year bar 1 or 2 games. At this stage I'm thinking we've made another mistake with a top draft pick.

Yes, yes he won the rising playing in the back line but we want a midfielder.

Needs to go back to VFL and learn to play with more intensity. Someone needs to put a rocket up him right now before it becomes epidemic.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Oh FFS.

 

[eDPS]

Not sure what the deal is he has completely changed everything good about his game last year.

I still think we should be trying him up forward more because I don’t think he is ready for a full time midfield/wing role and he could hopefully take the pressure of Tippa and Fantasia to continually be our main pressure players up forward, you could even move those guys on to the wing for periods and even Laverde.

 

[Vindicater]

Been ordinary all year bar 1 or 2 games. At this stage I'm thinking we've made another mistake with a top draft pick.

Yes, yes he won the rising playing in the back line but we want a midfielder.

Needs to go back to VFL and learn to play with more intensity. Someone needs to put a rocket up him right now before it becomes epidemic.

Do you have a positive thought ever?

 

[boncer34]

Think we can all agree he was sub par last night.

15 touches at 73% but 5 turn overs?

Hows that work?

 

[Dons4days]

He should either be in the backline or a pressure forward at his stage in his career. Clearly not ready to be a mid just yet.

 

[Runk]

Play him back. The ball will come down to him. He will find it. Gain form.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Keep playing him mid, its impossible to learn to drive without getting behind the wheel.

 

[Zach Package]

This reads as Hooker forward all over again, moving a gun defender to another part of the ground to compensate for a deficiency. The issue is that Hooker was 30 and established and McGrath literally turned 20 yesterday.

It's a great learning curve for him because he will need to rotate through there at times but defence is where he should largely stay for the next decade

 

[Yoda_]

Been ordinary all year bar 1 or 2 games. At this stage I'm thinking we've made another mistake with a top draft pick.

Yes, yes he won the rising playing in the back line but we want a midfielder.

Needs to go back to VFL and learn to play with more intensity. Someone needs to put a rocket up him right now before it becomes epidemic.

oh dear..

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

2nd year blues.

 

[Kakkle]

2nd year blues.

Or maybe he isn't a first choice midfielder?

 

[Highly Evolved]

Or maybe he isn't a first choice midfielder?

I really think that too. He seems such a natural back.

 

[madrigal]

I really think that too. He seems such a natural back.

McGrath back, Hurley into the midfield.

 

[yaco55]

Many a player has treaded water in their second year - My observations are that McGrath is effectively playing as a defensive midfielder and has done a decent job on his opponents - We need to let him off the chain and adopt a more attacking mind-set

 

[boncer34]

McGrath back, Hurley into the midfield.

Underrated post

 

[MightyDons4]

Not sure what the deal is he has completely changed everything good about his game last year.

I still think we should be trying him up forward more because I don’t think he is ready for a full time midfield/wing role and he could hopefully take the pressure of Tippa and Fantasia to continually be our main pressure players up forward, you could even move those guys on to the wing for periods and even Laverde.

It would be a waste of his talents to use him as a pressure forward. Put him down back where he has always played his best footy.