Delisted #41: Cian McBride ☘️ - Not offered a contract for 2024 - 28/8

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2023 (Category B Rookie)
My Boy Draft 2023: Claim here

 

[TheGrizz]

Welcome Cian!
Third Irishman on his way:

Dons sign third Irishman

Gaelic football convert Cian McBride joins the Bombers.

m.essendonfc.com.au

Height: 197cm
Weight: 90kg
Position: who bloody hell knows at this point

Testing at the draft combine:
20 metre sprint: 2.99 seconds
Standing vertical jump: 87cm
2km time trial: 6 minutes 17 seconds

Raw as you get but seems to have plenty of tools to make a go of it. Good luck young fella!

 

[Lore]

Finally official Duckworth And confirmed 2021 contract too.

 

[Donakebab]

Fast, tall and a great running vertical leap. Anyone know what are his skills like?

 

[Keystone agony]

Would be a while since I've seen the athletic traits and results of that quality. Probably not seen before

 

[eth-dog]

Probably starts as a key defender. Hopefully he and BZT can form some chemistry next year.

 

[Atavistic]

Hopefully he and BZT can form some chemistry next year.

I hope they play well together too.

 

[Andronicus]

So how do we pronounce Cian? C-Ian? Cyan? Ki-an? Or as my phone tried to suggest when I wrote that last one, obi-wan.

 

[TDay]

So how do we pronounce Cian? C-Ian? Cyan? Ki-an? Or as my phone tried to suggest when I wrote that last one, obi-wan.

Mc-obi-wan

 

[Vindicater]

He is two years away from being ready in two years.

 

[eth-dog]

So how do we pronounce Cian? C-Ian? Cyan? Ki-an? Or as my phone tried to suggest when I wrote that last one, obi-wan.

I think the Ci is pronounced like Sh. So Sh-ahn

 

[Lore]

I think the Ci is pronounced like Sh. So Sh-ahn

So basically Shaun?

 

[eth-dog]

So basically Shaun?

More of an Ah sound than Aw sound.

 

[Lore]

Google tells me Kee-an if that’s anything to go by, with Kean and Keane as variant spellings.

I also tried YouTube and other people called Cian being interviewed (their name is mentioned in the vid) and it’s Kee-an there too.

 

[Andronicus]

I think the Ci is pronounced like Sh. So Sh-ahn

An Irish friend has just told me it would usually be pronounced KEY-an.

Added that it can be different in different areas though.

 

[eth-dog]

Key-an. Okay. Go with that

 

[DERO]

Irish Shaun is Sean.

Also, I am hoping one of these irish guys is a genuine ranga forward because we will not win a flag without one.

 

[Andronicus]

Being gaelic, it will probably end up being something like Strudel, and BT will just make up another name for him all together.

 

[TheGrizz]

Irish Shaun is Sean.

Also, I am hoping one of these irish guys is a genuine ranga forward because we will not win a flag without one.

Franga? Redman? Phillips?

In all seriousness, i believe the other irish recruit, McQuillan, is a red head

 

[DERO]

Franga? Redman? Phillips?

In all seriousness, i believe the other irish recruit, McQuillan, is a red head

None are genuine ranga forwards.

 

[TheGrizz]

None are genuine ranga forwards.

Ahh right. I missed the forward part.

 

[Lore]

I hope we play all three of our McIrish at the same time, BT would lose the plot. He can’t even get McKenna right, calls him McConnor half the time.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

I hope we play all three of our McIrish at the same time, BT would lose the plot. He can’t even get McKenna right, calls him McConnor half the time.

I legitimately heard a commentator last year call him Connor McGregor.

 

[Lore]

I legitimately heard a commentator last year call him Connor McGregor.

Yep I remember that too. Was it bt or bruce?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Yep I remember that too. Was it bt or bruce?

I think it was BT, but it could have possibly been Hamish/RompingWins.

 

[TheGrizz]

I hope we play all three of our McIrish at the same time, BT would lose the plot. He can’t even get McKenna right, calls him McConnor half the time.

Not to mention McGrath and McKernan.

Mc's are the new 'S' in Essendon recruiting circles so it seems