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Player Watch Ben Keays - Signs on til 2027
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I prefer to see him as a Greenwood upgrade.
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He is in some ways, others not so much.
Both hard tackling, averaging kicking left footers. Keays better out in the open, Hugh a better mark in contested auitations.
Crows premiership drought still ongoing. Bionic Dave Mackay gearing up for a record breaking 200 000 game milestone.
Age wise Keays definitely fits better, we're very bare in that age bracket, but both Greenwood and Lyons would help with our current stoppage clearances issues. Greenwood is 5th in the league at 4.1, Lyons 6th on 4.0, Keays is 49th in the league at 2.5, though hopefully Sloane back (who is 2nd in the league at 4.7) can fix that up so it's less of an issue and Keays can be freed up a bit more.
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Keays will only look better when he is the 3rd or 4th midfielder instead of the 1st.
He's not the guy you want getting it 30 times. But having someone winning it is a start.
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BREAKING: Delisted free agent has flaws in his game
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Age - upgrade
Output - comparable
Overall losing Greenwood and picking up Keays we have come out in front.
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Hugh... when he played for us anyway... went missing for entire quarters, sometimes halves, of footy at a time. And it happened in pretty much every single game.
keays doesnt.
hughs foot skills are better.. but not by much.
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Hey Crows fans,
At FTP, we provide weekly analysis on developments in the AFL including game style trends and player performances.
One of our talking points this week was Ben Keays and his improvement as a player this year. He has been a steal for Adelaide and is has shown really good signs all year. We are critical of some aspects of his game but ultimately he has been a great find
https://footytalkingpoints.com.au/2021/05/12/ftp-8/
Would love to hear your thoughts
At FTP, we provide weekly analysis on developments in the AFL including game style trends and player performances.
One of our talking points this week was Ben Keays and his improvement as a player this year. He has been a steal for Adelaide and is has shown really good signs all year. We are critical of some aspects of his game but ultimately he has been a great find
https://footytalkingpoints.com.au/2021/05/12/ftp-8/
Would love to hear your thoughts
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Absolute credit to himself, this bloke. Might lack a little polish, but makes up for it with his incessant effort, hardness and undying will to never give up.
Might not be the long term solution once we draft some midfielders with elite skills, but in the interim it has been an absolute pleasure watching him elevate his game since he arrived at the AFC.
A credit to himself and was instrumental in a team building win for the ages tonight.
Well done Ben.
Might not be the long term solution once we draft some midfielders with elite skills, but in the interim it has been an absolute pleasure watching him elevate his game since he arrived at the AFC.
A credit to himself and was instrumental in a team building win for the ages tonight.
Well done Ben.
If we give him away its the exact same as Lyon all over again
That's an odd thing to say. No one is even contemplating giving him away. He'll play out his prime at the crows and rightly so. Might even earn a gold jacket on this year's form.
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is this the bloke that got caught holding the ball in the last minute but the ump didn't have the courage to call it against a home crowd? Is it that Ben Keays?
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Took that game by the scruff of the neck as much as anyone on the field for us
It really is an unbelievable story. Unwanted by Brisbane, picked up by us in the rookie draft, now averaging 28 disposals a game. I've never seen anything like it
It really is an unbelievable story. Unwanted by Brisbane, picked up by us in the rookie draft, now averaging 28 disposals a game. I've never seen anything like it
It's absolutely mental how how good of a story this is.
At this stage of our rebuild, I honestly don't care if he shanks a few kicks and makes a few weird decisions. He's the type of bloke that's going to lead us through it and him + Laird are carrying the midfield at the moment. Got a weird feeling he might go high in the brownlow.
Also, I really love his CR7 celebration when he slots a goal.
At this stage of our rebuild, I honestly don't care if he shanks a few kicks and makes a few weird decisions. He's the type of bloke that's going to lead us through it and him + Laird are carrying the midfield at the moment. Got a weird feeling he might go high in the brownlow.
Also, I really love his CR7 celebration when he slots a goal.
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He's the guy that span one of your players around 4 times without getting called.
You just need players like Keays, who will put absolutely everything into playing. He will always provide something based on effort alone, and when it clicks like last night he is absolutely capable of top shelf performances.
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People crapping on in recent weeks about Keays being gone once we improve simply don't know what they are talking about. When we develop better midfielders Keays just goes from the 1st choice mid to the 3rd of 4th and he is a damn ******* good 3rd or 4th mid.
People knock his kicks out of contests, but once we have some good receivers in the middle he won't be doing it on his own.
People knock his kicks out of contests, but once we have some good receivers in the middle he won't be doing it on his own.
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