McKenzie has overachieved for us. Doesn’t make him a star but earns some respect.
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We must be watching different games.
He's an honest tryer and did his best but could be had like the town bike with the right matchup.
IIRC, it was the Geelong game where he was killed in the 1st quarter and had 4 goals as a result of his lack of athleticism and the game is pretty much over.
And it was very good coaching by Scott to go through our weakest link down back. And not the best from Hinkley.
He's an honest tryer and did his best but could be had like the town bike with the right matchup.
IIRC, it was the Geelong game where he was killed in the 1st quarter and had 4 goals as a result of his lack of athleticism and the game is pretty much over.
And it was very good coaching by Scott to go through our weakest link down back. And not the best from Hinkley.
Yep, opponents with speed kill him (think it was Rohan that time)
Where is this idea coming from that McKenzie is slow? Dude is one of if not the fastest on our list and holds records for top speed in games.
His deficiencies have always been height related being 191cm.
He is old, and injuries have crept in and bzt will absolutely get first crack, and I wouldn’t bet on McKenzie staying fit long enough to challenge him, but if he did stay on the park, yeah.. they’re arguably 50/50 for that spot in the back end of the year.
But as I said, it’s very unlikely McKenzie stays on the park week in week out to make it a contest and bzt playing behind Alir and esava will be pretty protected so likely going to look better anyway.
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If you could put McKenzie's ability into BZT's body you'd have a player. Unfortunately one isn't big enough and the other isn't good enough.
Maybe top speed.. Not sure how quick he is off the mark when an opponent has the drop on him
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Watching btz and mcntee hugging hinkley after a 2 goal win against a bottom for team at home , I'm going to imagine you just losing your s**t
Always been excellent off the mark.
The issue has been bigger kfs getting silver service either exploiting his size or they’ve just pushed him off then ran at the ball before he can recover.
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Any key defender can look slow if their opponent makes a lead and the delivery is good, it's just a hazard of the job.
The only defenders this doesn't apply to are ones playing Port Adelaide because it's hard to get made to look slow when every kick inside 50 is high and wide and long.
The only defenders this doesn't apply to are ones playing Port Adelaide because it's hard to get made to look slow when every kick inside 50 is high and wide and long.
IIRC, in the 1st quarter, Rohan kicked 3 on him and he also was on Cameron and he lost him in traffic for the other.
Interestingly, he was our full back all year and in that game, Bergman took Cameron which shows you how good of a full back he is.
It wouldn't surprise me if his stats for losing contested marks were good because a fair whack of time he didn't even make the contest.
Rubbish. You can add McKenzie to that list.
McKenzie will benefit from the added depth meaning he wont have to play on one leg.
In theory BZT should be reaching the peak of his career which means he should get first crack. Saying that we are talking about Hinkley so McKenzie will probably get first crack and play injured.
McKenzie is quick, our problem is we don't know how often he plays injured because there were a few times you could tell he shouldn't have been on the ground. He's been very good when you consider he's undersized and is pretty much cooked since playing injured. Another career sacrificed to the temple of Hinkley - in this case we resurrected him in the first place
McKenzie is quick, our problem is we don't know how often he plays injured because there were a few times you could tell he shouldn't have been on the ground. He's been very good when you consider he's undersized and is pretty much cooked since playing injured. Another career sacrificed to the temple of Hinkley - in this case we resurrected him in the first place
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Apart from Rat & Alir, that lineup is way too short.
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The intel from the guys who have seen training is that Bergman is training with the backs.
If we had Ratugolea, Aliir and Zerk-Thatcher as our talls with Bergman as one of the medium backs that would super tall down back but I think it would work.
If we had Ratugolea, Aliir and Zerk-Thatcher as our talls with Bergman as one of the medium backs that would super tall down back but I think it would work.
Will Hinkley s**t the bed the first time Burgoyne has a quiet game on the wing?
I hope not.
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Honestly dont think this guy is what we needed, expecting him to be servicable at best.
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He’s just a slightly bigger Boner.
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For all Mackenzie’s deficiencies his courage and ability to play under duress can’t be questioned.
A fit McKenzie will put pressure on the backline.. I like him more as a 3rd tall option.
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I hope they play burton on the wing
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