Toast Eric MacKenzie is Beast

[Pottering]

Thank God that ball bounced up into his hands at the end for the winning goal because he traditionally fumbles if he has to pick it up off the deck.

His long shot on goal was great, he is actually quite a good long kick, but he's still a diabolical short kick. Unfortunately I'm sure he's under instructions not to kick unless he has no other option which only makes him hesitant and that no doubt contributes to his poor short kicking, which requires finesse that long kicking doesn't. A good example was in the 2nd quarter when received the kick in, had about 30 metres clear ahead of him did not know what to do (no doubt thinking to himself, "I've got to get rid it, I've got to get rid of it, I'm not supposed to be the guy who kicks out of defence") and ended up running too far and then giving a dodgy handpass to a guy under pressure. They need to back him in because he can kick the ball and he'll only improve if he's given more licence to be proactive.

 

[lewigie]

He was a forward when he was drafted IIRC.

 

[EagleCanival]

i thought he missed that last goal, from the angle i was sitting and the direction he kicked the ball nearly gave me a mild heart attack

 

[EaglesVille]

love the bigE ... bitches be drippin!

 

[tek87]

great to see an excellent defensive player with a questionable skill level kick 2 crunch goals. was inspirational to his team and good to see he really enjoyed it

 

[Shupe]

I guess you could say he's a beast...​

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[The Falcon Strike]

He is the AA full-back at the moment for mine, at the very least should be leading our B & F. Don't think he's been beaten all year

<3

Luke McPharlin would have AA sewn up

 

[flamingEMBERS]

I guess we got a good glimpse at life post Glass today, and to be honest Brown and eMac did very well. Brown is looking more and more comfortable as he strings some games together.

 

[Adam Selwood]

Luke McPharlin would have AA sewn up

FB isn't as difficult when you're playing in a side with a defensive structure like the Dockers

EMac has been immense this year despite our midfield being pantsed week after week. Hopefully he starts getting some recognition this week

 

[QS]

did you do the gif in your hotel room? awesome thing to do when drunk, if so

Nah mate 2011 game when we lost on the fri (or sat?) night there n

 

[QS]

I guess we got a good glimpse at life post Glass today, and to be honest Brown and eMac did very well. Brown is looking more and more comfortable as he strings some games together.

I was thinking that about Brown too. He has some toe too

 

[Marlin01]

I thought he'd missed his running snap and did anyone else swear when they realised it was Emac lining up for that setshot?

 

[ausbacker]

FB isn't as difficult when you're playing in a side with a defensive structure like the Dockers

EMac has been immense this year despite our midfield being pantsed week after week. Hopefully he starts getting some recognition this week

There's no doubt that Lyon's insistence on having a spare player floating in front of the Full Back in his system is a considerable help but McPharlin has been magnificent this season. Regarding Mackenzie, it's nice to see people take notice and begin to award him some plaudits. He's been developing quite nicely next to Glass for some time now.

 

[Marlin01]

There's no doubt that Lyon's insistence on having a spare player floating in front of the Full Back in his system is a considerable help but McPharlin has been magnificent this season. Regarding Mackenzie, it's nice to see people take notice and begin to award him some plaudits. He's been developing quite nicely next to Glass for some time now.

TBF, I think Mackenzie can take a fair bit of praise for Glass' AA last year.

 

[ShaunWCEFC]

I thought he'd missed his running snap and did anyone else swear when they realised it was Emac lining up for that setshot?

Before that i was saying the coaches shouldn't let him kick because he is poor at kicking, then he goes and kicks that beauty from 50 out. Shut me up.

 

[ausbacker]

TBF, I think Mackenzie can take a fair bit of praise for Glass' AA last year.

There's a whole host of things that need to align for a player to gain representative awards Marlin01. The first is to have a selector in love with your performances, the second to play in a system that encourages your skills and the third, your performance and that of those around you. There are glaring omissions every season from lower rung teams in favour of players from those further up the ladder.

In 2012, West Coast had a good defensive structure that encouraged peak performance from the unit. This season, that's gone missing and I'm not surprised given the performance of the midfield has dropped off exposing some problems in defence. It's ironic that two of our fastest defenders are key position players and they're rarely used to rebound.

 

[Marlin01]

Before that i was saying the coaches shouldn't let him kick because he is poor at kicking, then he goes and kicks that beauty from 50 out. Shut me up.

It was a really towering kick too.

 

[Biggie]

did anyone else swear when they realised it was Emac lining up for that setshot?

Absolutely.

Missus then told me to sit the **** and back our boys.

I had no answer at that time....

 

[nefarious]

Can't forget Rosa's brilliant kick (may/may not have been intentional) to MacKenzie's advantage - that being said, I don't think he'd have a problem with a 1 on 1 vs. Maister.

 

[eaglespremiers]

He was a forward when he was drafted IIRC.

Nah, he played predominantly full back at U18 level (well, certainly in the Championships).

 

[Agent93]

TBH, with the angle Easy kicked it, for a moment I thought he missed.

 

[ioppolo]

I don't know if anyone else thought this, but it looked as though he missed it at first.

 

[QS]

I stayed there

Nice convenient hotel hey. Watched the pregame on tv, then wandered across just as the game was about to start

 

[Tiff]

Nice convenient hotel hey. Watched the pregame on tv, then wandered across just as the game was about to start

Can't remember the name of it, but pretty sure I posted a thread here asking where to stay. Must have been you that told me.

We may have wanked in the same bed. Hawt.

 

[QS]

Can't remember the name of it, but pretty sure I posted a thread here asking where to stay. Must have been you that told me.

We may have wanked in the same bed. Hawt.

Nah mate, called a girl in. Wanted a fatogram.