Player Watch #10: Colby McKercher

[Chip Scab1]

The one time he played in the guys last year, he got 7 or 8 tackles.

Correct.

Is quick, deadly in front of goals, a genuine POD compared to our other mids.

I'd rather him on Stephens' or Simpkins wing, I don't understand the reasoning for moving him and keeping the SSJumbo in winnable games.

Good to finally play a team not welcoming back Zuperstars. It's been about a month, cost us last week and Brisbane game.

****ing Bullshit.

 

[tazaa]

I am expecting him to bounce back this week.
Have his best game for the season.

Just reckon Geelong will prioritise others and Kerch can get off the leash.

 

[Ischenko]

Play him off half back and give him license to run and gun. Simple.
He is the type of player you adjust the team around, not the other way. Get the mix right back there and let him break lines. He can of course work harder defensively but he is an offensive weapon, use him as one: Clarko is not Brad Scott and surely doesn’t want to turn him into a role player.
If he gets sat on then we have a plan b and a plan c and others can get off the leash.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Play him off half back and give him license to run and gun. Simple.
He is the type of player you adjust the team around, not the other way. Get the mix right back there and let him break lines. He can of course work harder defensively but he is an offensive weapon, use him as one: Clarko is not Brad Scott and surely doesn’t want to turn him into a role player.
If he gets sat on then we have a plan b and a plan c and others can get off the leash.

spot on...though Clarko is not shy reminding him that he has defensive priorities in some situations too !

 

[StiffArm]

The one time he played in the guts last year, he got 7 or 8 tackles.

Yeah but you don't want to break him before his body is ready for it.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Thinking about Kerch’s most effective position on field, until he is big and strong enough, I think we need to play him…as a roaming CHB. Obviously, he won’t be lining up on the second opposition forward, but structurally, give him free reign to use the centre square as his playground, launching scores at will and accumulating bounces to his heart’s content.

Obviously you would want to play some athletic stopper/rebounders at HB along side him, but giving him his own launching pad and space to tear teams to shreds on the rebound without having to subject him prematurely on the guts, could increase those blazing runs that break zones and generate scores.

He is such a weapon running into HF, playing him across HF doesn’t give him the space he requires to break lines.

HB: Hardeman McKercher Parker
C: Stephens FOS Simpkin
HF: Sheezel Larkey Duursma