Yeh im happy thus far with the pick. Mcclugage has class but you don’t find many with the speed, agility and skills of McGrath.
Danger didn’t hit his straps until 4th year or so. Comparing coz i reckon he and McGrath are similar in their speed, agility etc. Might need a few preseasons to get the fitness base to repeatedly perform at the level
it seems what set them apart from each other after their interviews with the club was what was between the ears. From what i heard, Dodoro was blown away by the kid. GWS apparently had the same thoughts on him.
McGrath is obviously a different player to all the below but it shows some players I think he shares some characteristics with.
I’ve chosen 6 midfielders of similar size, Zerret, Judd, Murphy, Shiel, Neale and Ablett. Murphys younger years were actually fantastic. Ablett obviously spent more time fwd and McG more time back than others.
Selwood started at half back and at the time was probably considered to have played the best first 50 games of the last 15 years.
May be repeating what has already been said, but he needs to clean up his kicking in a big way IMO. Some of his kicks were pretty inexcusable. Apart from that he is going pretty well