#1 Andy McGrath loves finals football (Part 1)

Lonewanderer · April 25, 2019, 8:51am

Ive been saying this for a few weeks,

I love andy but he is actually really soft

mdso · April 25, 2019, 8:56am

And a 400 metre state champion.

Nocturnal · April 25, 2019, 8:57am

I think they are putting some time into him off the ball physically.

Laverde2Langford · April 25, 2019, 9:00am

Hopefully he learns some lessons today.

barnz · April 25, 2019, 9:01am

400 metre hurdles isn’t long distance.

Sydontheroad · April 25, 2019, 9:14am

Poor today and couldn’t work his way into it. Needs to get harder.

Maxx · April 25, 2019, 10:21am

I agree to a point, he struggles a lot stopping someone with ball in hand and a touch of momentum. I don’t want to single people out but McGrath and parish are sloppy tacklers. They’ve come into the game knowing tackling is vital and are very poor at it.

yaco55 · April 25, 2019, 10:52am

Was outclassed today - Struggled to have any impact on the contest.

nickh32 · April 25, 2019, 10:55am

Most athletes will tell you 400m whether hurdles or a normal run is the hardest distance as it is an all sprint. It’s why so many school comps don’t allow it as it’s not safe.

need4speed · April 25, 2019, 12:45pm

Seemed to have a bit of the Colyers today.

Stallion · April 25, 2019, 1:02pm

100%, very slightly built mind you but they’re 2 players I dont even bother calling ball when they look like making a tackle half the time.

Cant question there attack on the ball though, both hard at it from that regard especially McGrath.

Allblack · April 25, 2019, 1:03pm

For you maybe. Looks a long way from my couch

Maxx · April 25, 2019, 1:12pm

We gotta get that martial arts guy from
Richmond that improved their tackling immensely immediately. Look at at how their slight frame players hold a tackle and body an opposition.

Stallion · April 25, 2019, 1:13pm

Yep, if guys like Higgins, Castagna and Edwards can hold tackles, there is hope for any skinny ■■■■■■■ in our team.

SplitRound · April 25, 2019, 11:24pm

The AFL would make our players register their hands as lethal weapons and then say they can’t bring them into the stadium.

j_w · April 25, 2019, 11:26pm

Huge fan of the guy but his knack at the moment for hand-balling to a teammate about to get tackled is exemplary.

Bomber93 · April 26, 2019, 12:11am

It was very noticeable yesterday that a lot of the tackles we laid, Pies players would still have 2 hands free to get a clear handball away. Get some NRL redneck down at the club and teach these boys how lay a fierce tackle

Henry_s_Angry_Pills · April 26, 2019, 12:21am

McGrath 6 tackles (equal 3rd for the game) 23 pressure acts (6th on ground)
Blitz “soft and can’t tackle”

Henry_s_Angry_Pills · April 26, 2019, 12:25am

EFC had 73 tackles.

Pies had 71.

73 is a lot.

The top tackling teams are around 67 a game.

Not exactly a shock that a few guys had some missed tackles. Nor cause for alarm.

Killer_Mike · April 26, 2019, 12:47am

Can’t work out why we would want more tackles. It was a contested game and that’s exactly how the pies wanted it.