AFL Player 32: Ben "Buckets" McKay

[VelvetSledge]

Contract: Unrestricted Free Agent 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 30, Dave

 

[windyhill]

That doesn't make him a unique footballer, it makes him just one of half a dozen or so bigfooty whipping boys on the list

Six isn’t huge, which makes him a rarity.

 

[windyhill]

Pretty much exclusively positive comments over the last couple of pages…

Which backs my point up.

 

[Yoda_]

 

[VelvetSledge]

We may never win again at this rate. Did we ever get anyone in to check for cursed burial grounds on the site of the Hangar?

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Damn jannissary you were right

 

[jannissary]

Damn jannissary you were right

i am the ultimate nostradumbass

 

[Lore]

Apparently the technical term for a bruised toe is "plantar plate rupture". Moonboot and everything. Actually looks kinda weird if you google it

Injury news: Ben McKay update

Extent of key defender’s injury confirmed.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[VelvetSledge]

Have this horrible feeling that he's done for the year, just quietly.

 

[Donflicted]

Have this horrible feeling that he's done for the year, just quietly.

Texted my Dad when the injury happened and we were told what it was and said the same thing from memory

 

[Lore]

Turns out it was 4.8m over 6 years, so averages to 800k per year (but not indexed to CBA increases afaik).

1.4m last year, 1.1m this year, 1m next year, and ~500k per year for the rest of the contract. By the time he's on 500k it'll be a very average wage.

Essendon signed Ben McKay

32

Ben Mckay

Age

28

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

on a six-year $4.8 million deal but paid him $1.4 million in his first year, $1.1 million or so this year, around $1 million next year and then somewhere under $500,000 in his last three seasons.

That deal will save them as much as $1 million of total cap space in the 2026-28 seasons if a Harley Reid type does come calling.

It will help McKay pay his mortgage off early and give the club a chance to get aggressive when they are in flag contention.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/footys-salary-cap-explained-and-which-clubs-are-ready-to-strike-this-offseason/news-story/c6dcefd0e645fb0532ba1a10a7b8328f?amp&nk=b4df13d54fce7409d89c69aa7b81f70f-1753069038

 

[VelvetSledge]

Turns out it was 4.8m over 6 years, so averages to 800k per year (but not indexed to CBA increases afaik).

1.4m last year, 1.1m this year, 1m next year, and ~500k per year for the rest of the contract. By the time he's on 500k it'll be a very average wage.


https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/footys-salary-cap-explained-and-which-clubs-are-ready-to-strike-this-offseason/news-story/c6dcefd0e645fb0532ba1a10a7b8328f?amp&nk=b4df13d54fce7409d89c69aa7b81f70f-1753069038

"when they are in flag contention."

 

[Roadrunner]

We win this trade

 

[Skipper_]

We win this trade

Agreed, you fleeced us with this ‘trade.’

Getting pick 3 and using it on Zane Duursma was an absolute masterstroke.

From all reports, he is loving it at North and looks keen to stay long-term.

 

[Call Me Cake]

We win this trade

Trade

Pick 3 for Pick 30, now that's a trade!

 

[joey_jo_jo]

lol the poor guy has got no bites after an hour on the main board so decided to repost here.

 

[MattyB3150]

He was great in the first half of last season. He is definitely the whipping boy but if we can get the defense settled around him I would love to see him get back to that form.

 

[Call Me Cake]

He was great in the first half of last season. He is definitely the whipping boy but if we can get the defense settled around him I would love to see him get back to that form.

He started slow this year and was bronx cheered as a result (disgusting) around the time his brother was out on mental health grounds but many forget that he improved after/was intercept marking everything until he went down injured.

 

[Don Won]

Had his kicking issue diagnosed. Hopefully this pays off

 

[Maxabillions]

Had his kicking issue diagnosed. Hopefully this pays off

They fix his handballing?

 

[Duckworth]

They fix his handballing?

Bring back Dylan Clarke and give him a tune-up.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Just quietly, thought he was real good and amongst our best.

 

[srobbo]

This bloke plays a lot better when he has Reid in front of him.

 

[boncer34]

Thought he did well considering the ease with which it came in.

 

[andleanback]

Thought he played well tonight for what he was faced with. Looks a lot fitter

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Looked okay, really hard to judge any of the backline when the ball is coming in like that.

One thing that I always notice with him is I don’t think he’s the player we thought he was. I reckon we recruited him as a gorilla defender (given his size) but despite his size, that’s actually not what he is. He’s not that great one-on-one. He doesn’t really know how to use his size that well.

What he actually is, is a taller Ridley. Much better at playing off a man and intercepting, he seems to read it pretty well.