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    Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Bruce is down, Keath is on his last legs, Jones is a risk, Buzz is 19 years old, JOD is 20.

    We need a tall KPD and Ben is only 25 years old and has shown ability in the past?

    Not sure the cost, but he is out of contract and a restricted free agent at the end of the year.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Bruce is down, Keath is on his last legs, Jones is a risk, Buzz is 19 years old, JOD is 20.

    We need a tall KPD and Ben is only 25 years old and has shown ability in the past?

    Not sure the cost, but he is out of contract and a restricted free agent at the end of the year.
    Going to Essendon.

    I wonder how many concussions Keath has had now? Didn't look much in it, hopefully he is ok but not sure it's worth playing another year for.

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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by kruder View Post
    Going to Essendon.

    I wonder how many concussions Keath has had now? Didn't look much in it, hopefully he is ok but not sure it's worth playing another year for.
    Essendon is speculation and no done deal.

    This is Keath's second concussion this year but not sure about other years.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    One would think that the medical staff would have to recommend that Kieth wears a helmet form now on.

    Firstly they should put the patient first

    Secondly with all the attention on head knocks right now they could leave thongs open for litigation down the track
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    What about McKay have you seen that you think might make him a good fit for us BAD?

    Just on some of your observations:
    Bruce probably wasn't going to get another year. Keath will be more of a back-up. I'm not sensing that Jones is a risk.
    Buss will be better with a full season behind him and so will JOD for that matter.
    Darcy could and probably should be played as a back man next year and we have Gards.

    I think we can find someone better for the short term if we need to and there will also be some decent prospects in the draft.
    The attraction could be that we get McKay for nothing.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Geez we are in serious need of someone like McKay. If jones goes down next year, omg I hate to think.
    But he will end up at one of the big 4
    I will never see #16 the same!!

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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by DOG GOD View Post
    Geez we are in serious need of someone like McKay. If jones goes down next year, omg I hate to think.
    But he will end up at one of the big 4
    Not sure about that. Speculation is he is heading to Essendon
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    Not sure about that. Speculation is he is heading to Essendon
    One thing is for sure, he won’t go to Carlton. Maybe the twins have the same agreement. Won’t play against eachother and won’t play with eachother.

    And if he does go to Essendon he will have to fake 2 injuries a year for when they play the blues.
    I will never see #16 the same!!

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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    What about McKay have you seen that you think might make him a good fit for us BAD?

    Just on some of your observations:
    Bruce probably wasn't going to get another year. Keath will be more of a back-up. I'm not sensing that Jones is a risk.
    Buss will be better with a full season behind him and so will JOD for that matter.
    Darcy could and probably should be played as a back man next year and we have Gards.

    I think we can find someone better for the short term if we need to and there will also be some decent prospects in the draft.
    The attraction could be that we get McKay for nothing.
    We will be relying on very inexperienced players if Jones goes down. Gards can't do it all.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    We will be relying on very inexperienced players if Jones goes down. Gards can't do it all.
    But what about McKay appeals to you?
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    No.

    McKay is bog ordinary.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    But what about McKay appeals to you?
    He is available and a role we need. Can take a decent mark and defend on talls. Was ranked 6th for contested marks last year. Has missed some games this year due to injury and he is the right age, ie not youngand not old either, but just reaching his peak as a tall.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    He is available and a role we need. Can take a decent mark and defend on talls. Was ranked 6th for contested marks last year. Has missed some games this year due to injury and he is the right age, ie not youngand not old either, but just reaching his peak as a tall.
    I've only looked at McKay a few times this year and he was ordinary but it doesn't mean he's like that in all games.
    Is he really a good mark? With the way defenders chip the ball around to each other now looking at the stats can be misleading.
    I think we need a player who can intercept and if that is McKay then great.
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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    He is available and a role we need. Can take a decent mark and defend on talls. Was ranked 6th for contested marks last year. Has missed some games this year due to injury and he is the right age, ie not youngand not old either, but just reaching his peak as a tall.
    I think Ben's a pretty decent key back, and an upgrade on what we have right now outside of L Jones, but some of the media chat has been that he's looking somewhere between 700-800k. Good on him if he can get anywhere near that, but I'd hope we're sensible enough to have priced ourselves out of the conversation if that figure is accurate.

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    Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay

    Quote Originally Posted by lemmon View Post
    I think Ben's a pretty decent key back, and an upgrade on what we have right now outside of L Jones, but some of the media chat has been that he's looking somewhere between 700-800k. Good on him if he can get anywhere near that, but I'd hope we're sensible enough to have priced ourselves out of the conversation if that figure is accurate.
    It's a good point and I might be more enthused if there was a chance a more reasonable financial offer would be sufficient.
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