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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
BZT is the only half decent tallish defender who is gettable and he's certainly not a no 1 KPD.
I do like him as a footballer though.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
Mofra
BZT is the only half decent tallish defender who is gettable and he's certainly not a no 1 KPD.
I do like him as a footballer though.
Thats interesting and out of all the players being mentioned he is the one Id be interested in.
I just checked his stats on Footywire and it confirms he has some ability.
Would we need him as a number 1 defender with us anyway?
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
Mofra
BZT is the only half decent tallish defender who is gettable and he's certainly not a no 1 KPD.
I do like him as a footballer though.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
hujsh
Big Zom Tampbell?
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher
Is he available?
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Is he available?
There is plenty of speculation that he's looking to make a move from Essendon and that Port are interested.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
Mofra
BZT is the only half decent tallish defender who is gettable and he's certainly not a no 1 KPD.
I do like him as a footballer though.
And he's not very good. Did you watch the Swans game? Yikes.
But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Ben is very well sought after at the moment:
Hawthorn has entered the race for North Melbourne free agent Ben McKay. Club is chasing key defensive depth and also has interest in Esava Ratugolea.
Essendon, Sydney and Port Adelaide are also eyeing potential moves for McKay, who is one of the last remaining restricted free agents on the market.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Ben is very well sought after at the moment:
He's an okay defender and at the right price I can understand clubs being interested in but I doubt he is going to be a difference maker for many teams. North and the AFL would be hoping there is a club that would be willing to pay him overs so it can trigger an early compensation for him.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
He's an okay defender and at the right price I can understand clubs being interested in but I doubt he is going to be a difference maker for many teams. North and the AFL would be hoping there is a club that would be willing to pay him overs so it can trigger an early compensation for him.
The talk is around 800k x 3 years will be required to trigger band 1 compo and Sydney may be willing to come to the party at that price. Not sure about the others. If Parish leaves via free agency that would rule Essendon out as they won't want to dilute their compo.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
800k for a slightly above average key defender is crazy money. If Naughton was a key defender he'd be worth North of a million a season.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
No thanks to Ben. I hope our focus at the trade table and draft time is adding fast midfielders that know how to use the ball and can defend. Really not asking for much.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
800k for a slightly above average key defender is crazy money. If Naughton was a key defender he'd be worth North of a million a season.
Hmmmm, sounds like he would be worth more as a defender than as a forward
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
I'm more on the 'sign Marty Hore' for interceptor depth while Buss develops, back in JOD for the no 2 KPD spot and have Gardner & Keath as the competing types for 'next in' in the event of injury or form issues.
I'd be happy to just draft a KPD and have them develop at Footscray,. And let TOB go with a thank you and good luck.
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Re: Should we make a play for Ben Mckay
Originally Posted by
Mofra
I'm more on the 'sign Marty Hore' for interceptor depth while Buss develops, back in JOD for the no 2 KPD spot and have Gardner & Keath as the competing types for 'next in' in the event of injury or form issues.
I'd be happy to just draft a KPD and have them develop at Footscray,. And let TOB go with a thank you and good luck.
Mofra what positions do you think we need to focus on?
GWS, Adelaide, Fremantle all have a good track record in identify key defender talent from the mid point of the draft onwards.
More of an In Bruges guy?