Toast Pick 28 - Fraser McInnes

[eaglespremiers]

Excellent debut from McInnes.
Led well and, in general, he held some big contested marks.
Just needs to work on his kicking which fluctuated from excellent to a handful of poor kicks.

 

[94_Eagles]

Beast

 

[salo]

great debut. looks like he has good work rate, good fitness for a big unit and nice, sticky hands.

 

[Biggie]

Very good today

 

[Avalor]

Thought he was very good ... want him in team to stay ... mobile and a good mark.

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

Was all round good- good hands, decent at ground level, booming kick and hit the packs with far more authority than you get from most first gamers. There were a number of times him and Kennedy worked very well with each other in contested situations, overall a nice, 7/10, 8/10 type debut.

If he builds on this, it raises some interesting questions about team balance once Darling is back on deck- do you play McInnes as the back up ruckman accepting that you'll get more out of him up forward than Lycett?

 

[kranky al]

why did we wait this long to pull the trigger on him?

 

[tesseract]

why did we wait this long to pull the trigger on him?

WC didn't even wait this long to give Tony utensil sNotte a game.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Good start from Fmac, presented better than I've seen him do in the WAFL. If he did, he would've gotten a game sooner. If it weren't for the injuries, he might have had to wait longer.

 

[Shmiddy15]

Quality bump. Good game from the big fella on debut!

 

[kranky al]

was a lot bigger than i thought - he didnt look out of place size wise at all - be a great redemption for a s**t season if we could get him, duggan, nelson and perhaps lamb or someone else to come in and start to do well

 

[SpaceClef]

Good start from Fmac, presented better than I've seen him do in the WAFL. If he did, he would've gotten a game sooner.

He'd never come up against such poor defenders in the WAFL...

 

[salo]

why did we wait this long to pull the trigger on him?

there's been a fair queue in front of him, even when we were playing 3 rucks (incl. cox) last year.

if he continues to progress though, does it make one out of sinclair, lycett and mcinnes expendable?
(that's presuming nicnat, mcgovern and darling are off-limits.)

 

[kranky al]

He'd never come up against such poor defenders in the WAFL...

i suppose - it did look a bit like the wafl reserves out there today

 

[SpaceClef]

there's been a fair queue in front of him, even when we were playing 3 rucks (incl. cox) last year.

if he continues to progress though, does it make one out of sinclair, lycett and mcinnes expendable?
(that's presuming nicnat, mcgovern and darling are off-limits.)

Probably, but apart from Lycett we wouldn't get much in return, and would be better off keeping them for depth (eg what happens if Kennedy gets a long term injury next week, God forbid, touch wood etc)

 

[Masto]

Only taken the club four years and three knee injuries to play him backward of center.

Still hasn't happened

 

[Retali8]

hes playing better than lycett what a good game today!

 

[Chris who]

I think he is too top heavy and along with lycett we have two players who look like they are on train tracks

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Well played

 

[Patron]

Presented really well, hands where good. Disposal good. As good as we could expect of him.

 

[94_Eagles]

As good as he was, I can't really place the position he is most suited to?

Mid? Fwd?

 

[groga]

As good as he was, I can't really place the position he is most suited to?

Mid? Fwd?

Center half forward that rotates further up the ground, providing a target out of defense. This then allows Kennedy to play the more traditional full forward position and receive more ball inside the fifty. With his extra height he will surely demand the second best defender, which will free up Darling back to the third tall defender.

Think that will work pretty well.

 

[94_Eagles]

Center half forward that rotates further up the ground, providing a target out of defense. This then allows Kennedy to play the more traditional full forward position and receive more ball inside the fifty. With his extra height he will surely demand the second best defender, which will free up Darling back to the third tall defender.

Think that will work pretty well.

Is McInness, JJK, Darling and McLovin too top heavy up forward?

 

[Patron]

Is McInness, JJK, Darling and McLovin too top heavy up forward?

Yeah it is, mcinnes isn't very mobile. Couldn't play lycett if we wanted to setup like that.

 

[groga]

Is McInness, JJK, Darling and McLovin too top heavy up forward?

Yeah, in that situation it's McLovin over McInness.