#1 Andy McGrath loves finals football (Part 1)

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In 2020 McGrath is in the league top 5 for clangers and 368th for disposal efficiency.

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McGrath’s a beauty. Still plenty of scope to improve mind you as mentioned. Needs to be calmer with ball in hand.

But he’s an absolute beauty and seems to have a winners mentality.

Who knows what will become of this current playing list build- which I agree looks increasingly fragile as per the sentiments across multiple threads- but I reckon McGrath, Draper and Ridley will be around to see the next launch if the club decide to finally push the red button on a rebuild.

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McGrath, Tarranto and, McCluggage are all fine players. Only one of them has the unfortunate affiliation of Essington.

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Please explain. At half time Pidge had about 19 touches. At the final siren he had about 20 touches. Did the wheels fall off, did de Boer go to him?
If the wheels fell off he needs to be managed this week.

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De Boer didn’t play.

Probably ran out of gas.

But having said that, the midfield was pitiful for about 80% of the night and McGrath is a decent contributor to that.

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Merrett has 19 at HT, Pidge had 11

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McGrath only had 1 touch in the last quarter and that was a intercepted handball

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Was really really disappointed by him on the weekend.

That game honestly made me question if he will ever be an A grade mid.

Just looks so vanilla atm.

There is hope though. Our whole team looks like crap with the way we are playing at the moment. I truly suspect that if Mcgrath were playing for a more organised team then he would like much better.

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You wouldn’t be saying that if he was playing for another club. It is this club and the way we play that is the problem, without injuries and with them. In another team he would be amassing votes. If we do not change and improve as a club, he will leave. Why would he bother staying? Simple deduction.

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I swear you have a crack at me for saying these things.

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I agree and if things don’t change, why on earth would he bother staying. He will go.

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Is he out of contract this year?

If so, it’ll be interesting to see what happens over the next few months. I’d love him to stay, but could he be the one that gets moved on to add another dimension to the midfield?

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Merret is another who would probably leave if he doesn’t see success coming.

We need to finish the season off strong other wise some of the younger players may question if their future is with us imo.

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I had McGrath 1, Taranto 2, Brodie 3, McCluggage 4
So what do I know.

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Ive seen the light Km.
Well actually its more of a depressing darkness but yeah.

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I recon we need to trade one of our smaller mids regardless.

I cant see success with Mcgrath Parish Merrett and Shiel.

We could potentially get a bigger guy in without trading one but we’ll then just have the problem of playing guys out of position.

I just dont think we have the right mixture for success currently.

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Funny thing, stats, and how people use them to their advantage.

Top 20 Avg Clangers 2020:

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|8|Andrew McGrath|Bombers|4.11|
|9|Michael Walters|Dockers|4|
|9|Adam Treloar|Magpies|4|
|9|Dion Prestia|Tigers|4|
|12|David Swallow|Suns|3.89|
|13|Patrick Cripps|Blues|3.78|
|14|Matthew Kennedy|Blues|3.75|
|15|Gary Ablett|Cats|3.71|
|15|Trent Cotchin|Tigers|3.71|
|17|Luke Parker|Swans|3.7|
|18|Josh P. Kennedy|Swans|3.67|
|18|Ben Ronke|Swans|3.67|
|20|Joel Selwood|Cats|3.62|

Players with worse DE than McGrath:

374 Jaidyn Stephenson Magpies 64.73
375 Billy Frampton Crows 64.71
375 Elliott Himmelberg Crows 64.71
377 Darcy Macpherson Suns 64.7
378 Chayce Jones Crows 64.63
379 Bradley Close Cats 64.57
380 Charlie Cameron Lions 64.44
381 Tim Kelly Eagles 64.42
382 Jacob Hopper Giants 64.4
383 Jarryd Lyons Lions 64.37
384 Bayley Fritsch Demons 64.31
385 Zak Jones Saints 64.27
386 Patrick Ryder Saints 64.25
387 James Harmes Demons 64.12
388 Jeremy Finlayson Giants 64.1
389 Daniel Hannebery Saints 64.04
390 Charlie Dixon Power 64
390 Jaeger O’Meara Hawks 64
392 Mason Wood Kangaroos 63.99
393 Daniel Butler Saints 63.87
394 Angus Brayshaw Demons 63.85
395 Bailey Banfield Dockers 63.83
396 Jye Caldwell Giants 63.77
397 Sam Simpson Cats 63.51
398 Levi Casboult Blues 63.45
399 Stephen Coniglio Giants 63.43
400 Jack Scrimshaw Hawks 63.33
401 Marcus Bontempelli Bulldogs 63.32
402 Todd Marshall Power 63.29
403 Jarrod Brander Eagles 63.27
404 Zach Tuohy Cats 63.24
405 Dylan Shiel Bombers 63.08
406 Dayne Zorko Lions 63.04
407 Brad Crouch Crows 62.96
408 Jeremy Cameron Giants 62.86
408 Adam Tomlinson Demons 62.86
410 Trent Cotchin Tigers 62.78
411 Sam Walsh Blues 62.64
412 Tom Hawkins Cats 62.6
413 Mabior Chol Tigers 62.54
414 Reilly O’Brien Crows 62.5
415 Jayden Hunt Demons 62.48
415 Jack Silvagni Blues 62.48
417 Nicholas Naitanui Eagles 62.47
418 Marlion Pickett Tigers 62.46
419 Gary Ablett Cats 62.42
420 Brad Ebert Power 62.38
421 Eric Hipwood Lions 62.36
422 Izak Rankine Suns 62.3
423 Lachlan Weller Suns 62.28
424 Shane McAdam Crows 62.27
425 Max King Saints 62.16
425 Rory Atkins Crows 62.16
427 Patrick Dangerfield Cats 62.15
428 Luke Parker Swans 62.04
429 Elliot Yeo Eagles 62
429 Hayden Young Dockers 62
431 Ryan Clarke Swans 61.9
431 Jarrod Cameron Eagles 61.9
433 James Worpel Hawks 61.87
434 Ed Richards Bulldogs 61.86
435 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Bombers 61.78
436 Joshua Kennedy Eagles 61.77
437 Eddie Betts Blues 61.76
437 Paul Puopolo Hawks 61.76
439 Noah Anderson Suns 61.64
440 Rory Lobb Dockers 61.64
441 Lachlan Fogarty Cats 60.94
442 Tim Taranto Giants 60.92
443 Matthew Taberner Dockers 60.86
444 Nathan Jones Demons 60.78
445 James Bell Swans 60.77
446 Jonathon Marsh Saints 60.61
447 Chad Wingard Hawks 60.6
448 Ben King Suns 60.56
449 Jake Melksham Demons 60.46
450 Jack Gunston Hawks 60.43
451 Hayden McLean Swans 60
452 Jack Petruccelle Eagles 59.97
453 Jared Polec Kangaroos 59.78
454 Toby Greene Giants 59.46
455 Jamie Cripps Eagles 59.33
456 Jamie Elliott Magpies 59.29
457 Jade Gresham Saints 59.22
458 Edward Curnow Blues 59.17
459 Nick Blakey Swans 58.94
460 Oscar McInerney Lions 58.92
461 Harry McKay Blues 58.92
462 Oliver Florent Swans 58.89
463 Mitchell Lewis Hawks 58.82
464 Tom Papley Swans 58.77
465 Ned Cahill Bombers 58.73
466 Michael Gibbons Blues 58.71
467 Ben Ronke Swans 58.63
468 Hugh Greenwood Suns 58.29
469 Jacob Townsend Bombers 58.27
470 David Swallow Suns 58.21
471 Jesse Hogan Dockers 58.08
472 Josh Morris Hawks 57.98
473 Liam Ryan Eagles 57.8
474 Jack Ziebell Kangaroos 57.5
475 Billy Gowers Bulldogs 57.14
476 Lachlan Schultz Dockers 57.13
477 Kysaiah Pickett Demons 57.13
478 Jack Riewoldt Tigers 56.88
479 Jordan De Goey Magpies 56.85
480 Devon Smith Bombers 56.84
481 Ben Brown Kangaroos 56.46
482 Paul Ahern Kangaroos 56.41
483 Adam Treloar Magpies 56.26
484 Brandan Parfitt Cats 56.05
485 Alex Sexton Suns 55.95
486 Dylan Stephens Swans 55.81
487 Cody Weightman Bulldogs 55.5
488 Tom Scully Hawks 55.39
489 Taylor Walker Crows 54.84
490 Minairo Frederick Dockers 54.57
491 Matthew Ling Swans 53.86
492 Thomas Berry Lions 53.73
493 Lewis Taylor Swans 53.46
494 Oliver Hanrahan Hawks 53.19
495 Stefan Martin Lions 53.13
496 Jack Lonie Saints 52.01
497 Andrew Phillips Bombers 51.98
498 Shaun McKernan Bombers 51.69
499 Zac Langdon Giants 51.19
500 Elijah Taylor Swans 48.39
501 Brandon Matera Dockers 45.16
502 Jake Stringer Bombers 44.12

Any other stats you want to spin?

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Thats actually a really good argument you just made.

Lots of big name players on that list below Pidge.

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Gotta look at kicking efficiency instead of DE

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Don’t give up on him just yet.

I think he’s still tracking well but he does have some deficiencies.

Personally I think they need to mix up his role a bit. Keep him in the middle for 70% but maybe forward or back for the rest. He gets plenty of outside ball so he definitely should do better with the ball but he looks like a player lacking in confidence with his disposal.

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