Player Watch Max Michalanney

[baldandbroke]

Hasn’t your thoughts been they’ve coached the flair out of him.
You think the best thing for him is to do a tagging job?

I think there is a play on words going on - but I've missed it too ...

 

[cleanhands]

Hasn’t your thoughts been they’ve coached the flair out of him.
You think the best thing for him is to do a tagging job?

But he has a defence first drummed into him

 

[FR0GGY]

But he has a defence first drummed into him

Genuine question, you think that’s his go now, or just get him into the team to start.

 

[cleanhands]

Genuine question, you think that’s his go now, or just get him into the team to start.

Really I’m not 100% sure, I just think he has the speed a toughness for Picket, I just like to give on more chance

 

[Mutineer]

Really I’m not 100% sure, I just think he has the speed a toughness for Picket, I just like to give on more chance

Chayce is also very quick which will come in handy for whoever tags Pickett. ASlso has the tank to follow Pickett whether in the midfield or forward. Not an outlandish suggestion at all.

 

[baldandbroke]

Really I’m not 100% sure, I just think he has the speed a toughness for Picket, I just like to give on more chance

Maybe ... he has the grunt and the speed, not sure he has the guile though? Could see him giving away a heap of frees.

Unfortunately we seem to have taken the best of Mr Jones' instincts and flushed them away into the ether somewhere :-(

 

[whattagun07]

wasted as a lock down defender.
He is almost a complete player.
Can play anywhere - lock down def, attacking def, lock down mid, attacking mid, lock down fwd, attacking fwd.
Shouldn't be pigeon-holed as a defender when he can play as a mid or forward (both attacking and defensive minded)

 

[jirkago1975]

No Max is a gun defender.

Leave him there!

Play players to their strengths.

Did we play Hart much in the midfield or up forward successfully?

Not sure whose call it was but I like the fact we are playing players like Max in different positions, especially when we are winning. I remember the Blight years and we had so many players with flexibility, it will give us options in the finals if things aren’t going our way.

I do agree though that he could be an absolute gun defender though

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Not sure whose call it was but I like the fact we are playing players like Max in different positions, especially when we are winning. I remember the Blight years and we had so many players with flexibility, it will give us options in the finals if things aren’t going our way.

I do agree though that he could be an absolute gun defender though

No issue using Max in a role to negate a gun defender, but otherwise imo he is a defender.

 

[cmndstab]

The benefit of playing Michalanney forward against Richmond is that it lets us know he has that string to his bow, should we ever need it. But his home is down back, and that's where he should play most of the time.

 

[Carn The Texan]

No issue using Max in a role to negate a gun defender, but otherwise imo he is a defender.

Shouldn't we be using Pedlar in those "Tom Stewart negating" type roles??

 

[WeeBlake]

wasted as a lock down defender.
He is almost a complete player.
Can play anywhere - lock down def, attacking def, lock down mid, attacking mid, lock down fwd, attacking fwd.
Shouldn't be pigeon-holed as a defender when he can play as a mid or forward (both attacking and defensive minded)

He has had very little time as a mid at AFL level and didn’t shoot the lights out. Maybe that will change in the future. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

The dilemma will come when playing a team like Collingwood. Do you send Max forward to negate Jeremy Howe

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Jeremy Howe

Age

35

Ht

190cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

21.5

5star

K

16.5

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

6.5

5star

T

2.0

3star

MG

433.3

5star

D

15.2

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

or back to negate Elliott or Hill.

Has to play back IMO with flexibility to go forward if a player like Howe is off the chain.

 

[LC40]

Shouldn't we be using Pedlar in those "Tom Stewart negating" type roles??

Michalanney is a far better option than Pedlar, he's stronger in the air, more disciplined, reads the drop of the ball well and his height matches up better with Stewart. Michalanney has a good turn of pace and in this small sample at least demonstrated he has a sense of forward craft.
The Crows may have just stumbled upon a great option for certain matchups to negate attacking defenders and make them accountable.
It's not a tactic for every game as MM is an superb defender but we do have alternative options to cover his absence back down in Edwards, Ryan and Bond.

 

[Carn The Texan]

Michalanney is a far better option than Pedlar, he's stronger in the air, more disciplined, reads the drop of the ball well and his height matches up better with Stewart. Michalanney has a good turn of pace and in this small sample at least demonstrated he has a sense of forward craft.
The Crows may have just stumbled upon a great option for certain matchups to negate attacking defenders and make them accountable.
It's not a tactic for every game as MM is an superb defender but we do have alternative options to cover his absence back down in Edwards, Ryan and Bond.

Sorry, it was a joke about how disastrously that plan went for us in 2024

 

[BRL121]

Sorry, it was a joke about how disastrously that plan went for us in 2024

Yeah, he fell in.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

The dilemma will come when playing a team like Collingwood. Do you send Max forward to negate Jeremy Howe or back to negate Elliott or Hill.

Has to play back IMO with flexibility to go forward if a player like Howe is off the chain.

It's a shame Milera, Laird and Smith all aren't realistic options to play on an opposition's dangerous small/mediums forwards.

Robs us of flexibility.

We need Max for Shai Bolton, Jordan DeGoey, Petracca, Charlie Cameron etc.

 

[Golumless]

The dilemma will come when playing a team like Collingwood. Do you send Max forward to negate Jeremy Howe or back to negate Elliott or Hill.

Has to play back IMO with flexibility to go forward if a player like Howe is off the chain.

Nah, that's not a dilemma. We have no one else to negate Elliot, and small forwards are the players you have to be wary of.

I think this week was more of it's a fun idea, and lets Max learn off one of the best in the business in a low-impact sort of way then a realistic option moving forward.

 

[Crow till I die]

wasted as a lock down defender.
He is almost a complete player.
Can play anywhere - lock down def, attacking def, lock down mid, attacking mid, lock down fwd, attacking fwd.
Shouldn't be pigeon-holed as a defender when he can play as a mid or forward (both attacking and defensive minded)

He is still most valuable to us as a (A+ grade) playmaking medium defender - shuts down his man and sets us up off halfback.

 

[davos44]

Michalanney is a far better option than Pedlar, he's stronger in the air, more disciplined, reads the drop of the ball well and his height matches up better with Stewart. Michalanney has a good turn of pace and in this small sample at least demonstrated he has a sense of forward craft.
The Crows may have just stumbled upon a great option for certain matchups to negate attacking defenders and make them accountable.
It's not a tactic for every game as MM is an superb defender but we do have alternative options to cover his absence back down in Edwards, Ryan and Bond.

Michalanney on Stewart looks far better on paper (and in reality) than Pedlar on Stewart

 

[spenze]

It's a shame Milera, Laird and Smith all aren't realistic options to play on an opposition's dangerous small/mediums forwards.

Robs us of flexibility.

We need Max for Shai Bolton, Jordan DeGoey, Petracca, Charlie Cameron etc.

Given how important run is off half back, you have to wonder at the genius using it as a last chance saloon for a bunch of guys

 

[NSolis]

It's a shame Milera, Laird and Smith all aren't realistic options to play on an opposition's dangerous small/mediums forwards.

Robs us of flexibility.

We need Max for Shai Bolton, Jordan DeGoey, Petracca, Charlie Cameron etc.

Milera played on Hill during the last game against Collingwood and did a good job. Against teams with multiple small and medium threats he'll play those sorts of roles.

But yeah Max is certainly our go to for small forwards. I doubt that's going to change this season, though I could see Max moving into the middle later in his career potentially.

 

[Cleric]

To give you an idea how criminally under rated Max is, Fox Footy did their best 22 under 22, and Max didn't make it. Let that sink in

 

[spenze]

To give you an idea how criminally under rated Max is, Fox Footy did their best 22 under 22, and Max didn't make it. Let that sink in

Fox Footy can be more incestuous than the Habsburgs, though. They actually need to attend all interstate games to realise there is an "Interstate"

 

[radiojake]

Fox Footy can be more incestuous than the Habsburgs, though. They actually need to attend all interstate games to realise there is an "Interstate"

Non-Victorian

When we refer to is as interstate we are reinforcing the bias