Player Watch #4: Judd McVee – Round 18 Rising Star

[SackLunch]

Welcome to the Melbourne Football Club, Judd Mcvee.

Judd was chosen at pick 18 (due to Melbourne winning the 2021 AFL Premiership) in the 2021 rookie draft. Judd is yet another player from the great city of Perth, Western Australia.

A rebounding half-back, Judd has the distinct advantage that when you type his name into google he is the number 1 search result. His surname also reminds the author of the name of the street he grew up on: Mcfees road, Dandenong. That is not a good thing.

Nevertheless, good luck Judd. You join a team of champions.

 

[pjfairbairn]

Love that last sentence!

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

He played even better than I thought, so composed, very neat kick. Gotta stay in the team

 

[Tulip]

That run down the wing...oof.

 

[markm106]

I think we’ve found one here. Has some great poise. Defensively sound and can attack as well.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Dory_77 please update number, change Mcvee to McVee, and add "better than Salem" to the header.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

How sneaky good has #41 been btw. Frank Adams, Dogga Brown, Nathan Carroll

Nathan Carroll

Age

43

Ht

191cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.4

4star

, Jay Lockhart

41

Jay Lockhart

Age

28

Ht

177cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.9

4star

MG

154.2

2star

D

8.4

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.2

3star

M

2.2

2star

T

1.8

3star

MG

90.0

2star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.2

5star

MG

196.8

4star

, Darren Jolly

Darren Jolly

Age

42

Ht

200cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.4

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

4.2

3star

CL

2.3

4star

HO

21.0

5star

No current season stats available

D

3.2

1star

K

1.6

1star

HB

1.6

2star

HO

3.2

5star

, Peter Rhode, Alex Georgiou

 

[Daemon]

Yes, he seems better than Salem. But hey, I don't rate Salem at all, he's lazy and takes the easy options.

 

[stEdy]

Has all the intangibles you want from a half back.

Balanced, doesn't panic, makes good decisions quickly, reliable kick and off a small sample size he seems a decent 1 on 1 defender.

Bowey and Rivers back in form and McVee into the team and performing makes us a much better team than 2022 where we had Hunt, out of form/injured Salem and Rivers, ageing Hibberd in the team.

 

[Crusty Demon]

ah, no. Cmon. He was ok, but surely we can't be saying he's better than Salem after 1 senior game? 14 touches is good but not great. Looked poised enough with ball and defensively. Let's see more of a sample size before we go throwing Salem out the door.

Salem has the tools to be elite yet makes safe and boring choices by foot. If he comes back in and is more daring with his possessions, then Salem can be a real weapon. Judd still raw really. I want to see how he goes against the top sides. Next 2 weeks a massive test if he plays. Looks good though. Loved his first practice game. Looked very good watching him at practice in the offseason as well. Seemed to get more involved as the game went on against the Dogs. His fitness looks solid. Good replacement for Hunt maybe. I can see both McVee and Salem in the same side.

 

[Meds]

Salo's best (2021 Anzac Eve) is very, very good but we don't see it nearly enough. Just never know if we're gonna get the tough, aggressive, positive Salem or the soft, passive, cautious one.

Also, McVee moves like someone, but I can't figure out who it is just yet. I'll keep you updated as this story develops...

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Also, McVee moves like someone, but I can't figure out who it is just yet. I'll keep you updated as this story develops...

Being trying to decipher this myself, been doing my head in all weekend. It's someone from another team I think, might be even be a former player.

 

[schmuttt]

Being trying to decipher this myself, been doing my head in all weekend. It's someone from another team I think, might be even be a former player.

Weird because I’ve had the exact same thing lol. Something about the kicking action.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

Salo's best (2021 Anzac Eve) is very, very good but we don't see it nearly enough. Just never know if we're gonna get the tough, aggressive, positive Salem or the soft, passive, cautious one.

Also, McVee moves like someone, but I can't figure out who it is just yet. I'll keep you updated as this story develops...

I see a fair bit of Nev Jetta in his play. Scraps, defence first, does the basics well, keeps it simple and finds a target. Maybe gains more meters but could be a bit of our shiny new game style in that.

 

[Toump Ass]

Showed plenty of that intangible #demonspirit, you could just feel it whenever he had the ball.
#demonspirit

 

[mrmonkey]

Judd's better purely on the fact he doesn't have peroxide through his hair.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Sticks out for getting the game straight away like Bowey did. ******* great pick

 

[Headless]

How sneaky good has #41 been btw. Frank Adams, Dogga Brown, Nathan Carroll, Jay Lockhart, Darren Jolly, Peter Rhode, Alex Georgiou

Rohan Bail, Troy Davis.

Very many of my absolute favourites.

 

[Tulip]

Rohan Bail, Troy Davis.

Very many of my absolute favourites.

“#41 my boy” IIRC?

 

[Headless]

“#41 my boy” IIRC?

Great memory!

 

[PerfectFooty]

Liked him, gives us some much needed dare and flair in the backline. Something Riv had when he started but has kinda changed in him

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I see a fair bit of Nev Jetta in his play. Scraps, defence first, does the basics well, keeps it simple and finds a target. Maybe gains more meters but could be a bit of our shiny new game style in that.

Plays more like Daniel Ward than Nev from an ex Dees perspective. Ward isn't the player he reminds me of however, still doing my head in trying to work it out.

 

[Headless]

Plays more like Daniel Ward than Nev from an ex Dees perspective. Ward isn't the player he reminds me of however, still doing my head in trying to work it out.

Perhaps we could turn this into a LEGENDARY guessing game.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Perhaps we could turn this into a LEGENDARY guessing game.

Longest player thread in BF history by the time we get to the bottom of it I reckon.

 

[Headless]

Longest player thread in BF history by the time we get to the bottom of it I reckon.

No doubt you'll make your way across to this VERY SUCCESSFUL Headless thread.

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