Outside of Merrett and Hepp probably the best first 50 games at our club.
Gets marked pretty harshly at times but is a young star and has a lot more development to come.
In ten years time the top 3 from that draft will all be considered champs for their respective clubs.
To be fair, no one outside our club knows Saad is the best small defender in the game. Heâs just that guy who goes for a run occasionally.
Defence is boooooooooring.
Wasnât as clean as he usually is but for a game where he made a few mistakes he still managed to contribute in other areas.
A few of his more experienced teammates could learn a few things from him.
Combined really well with Parish a few times in the first half. Still looks like heâs running in gumboots by the last quarter most weeks - Definitely building endurance as a mid.
Continues to be a forth quarter specialist.
I actually thought he was cleaner than he has been in most games this season, despite the rain.
I donât think his defensive traits when he was in back line have translated to midfield. Heâs not alone though they all seem too fatigued to lay a tackle or apply pressure.
Needs to impact games a bit more. Seems a smart footballer. Iâd like him to get to more dangerous spots. He gets a lot of footy defensive side of a pack.
He has a decent leap and I feel like hes a type who can work into the forward line gaps more to create options and goals.
WIth Shiel gone down, this is his moment to impact the game in the middle.
If our shithouse coaching panel were to have the stones to play a midfield this week comprising rotations of all of Parish, D.Clarke, McGrath, Merrett, Langford (changing at HFF), Begley, Mynott I just might muster up the enthusiasm to go and take a look.
As it is, we just know itâll be built around Myers⌠zzzzzâŚ
FWIW - two observations from the coaches votes this weekâŚ
WTF has that got to do with this thread?
Just that it appears McGrathâs contemporaries have shot past him and are becoming elite AFL players.
Personally, I think we should play him in defence, as someone mentioned, heâs got all the tools to be one of the best small defenders in the game and be more valuable to us there but we persist with him in the midfield.
Letâs just appreciate him for what and who he is, instead of constantly comparing him with his draft list.
Yep. I could see the relevance.
You know where you are, ⌠right? 
Edit; Now I think about it, these sort of comparisons are literally everywhere, not just here. Itâs one of the most common things done when talking Footy.
I think you may be being just a bit too sensitive on this one Decks.
Although the juryâs still out on these blokes for a few years yet, ⌠I found it interesting info.
he has been playing more defence in recent weeks.
I do agree though it does hurt to see the other two becoming borderline elite players allready.
I genuinely believe we have a development issue at our club
Play him as the tagger/defensive mid. Let his opponent take him to the contest. Heâll win at least 50% of 1v1. He could actually be a defensive weapon through the middle and around stoppages.
Also, screw Dodoro and his obsession with leadership traits.
Woosha has said playing him in the guts is part of his development. He may not have the same output as he would at half back just yet but itâs about making him a better player in a couple of seasons time.
I think playing him forward with the occasional stint in the midfield would be a good option. Love his creativity when forward.
Not sure if itâs an accurate measurement but SuperCoach stats:
Taranto 14th total points
Mccluggage 46th
McGrath 136th
andy has fallen well behind those two this year unfortunately.
not sure if its because how they are being used compared to how we use andy but yeah.
Tbh ive been dissapointed with him this year, thought he would take the next step.
I hop for the love of god he comes on next year because Mcclugage and Tarranto are both tracking to be elite elite players.