#31 Beau McCreery
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^ I haven't formed a view, either way, about his disposal. That said, in his career, so far, he's had 95 disposals (55 kicks, 40 handballs in 14 games) and 30 of them have been recorded as "clangers". It was only 2 from 13 in round 1, compared with 28 clangers from 82 disposals last year (just under 35%). It's probably a consequence of where he plays and the role he's given - but there are reasons for inxs88 to raise the concern, I think.
This let's you see how he fared relative to others in the team: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/2021.html#4
What you see is that there are plenty of players whose "clangers" were about 1/5 or 1/4 of their total disposals last year - his was that bit higher. I haven't spent time looking at each of the younger players, specifically - but my impression is that - as you'd expect - the more-established players who understand the pace etc of the game tend to have lower counts. Our reigning B&F winner (Crispy) had about 15% clangers.
This let's you see how he fared relative to others in the team: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/2021.html#4
What you see is that there are plenty of players whose "clangers" were about 1/5 or 1/4 of their total disposals last year - his was that bit higher. I haven't spent time looking at each of the younger players, specifically - but my impression is that - as you'd expect - the more-established players who understand the pace etc of the game tend to have lower counts. Our reigning B&F winner (Crispy) had about 15% clangers.
When you’re pick 44 in the 2020 draft, you come with plenty of areas to work on.
It would be smart not go the early crow simply because the sample size is small. I have heard on a number of occasions he’s a seriously hard worker in the track, so that alone will hold him in good stead.
So many times young players who appear to be less than perfect users of the footy are struggling more with the lift in tempo rather than the ability to use the ball well ( Bianco is a classic example ) I would be confident McCreery will continue to improve but his real challenge is to improve at a greater rate than his team mates.
It would be smart not go the early crow simply because the sample size is small. I have heard on a number of occasions he’s a seriously hard worker in the track, so that alone will hold him in good stead.
So many times young players who appear to be less than perfect users of the footy are struggling more with the lift in tempo rather than the ability to use the ball well ( Bianco is a classic example ) I would be confident McCreery will continue to improve but his real challenge is to improve at a greater rate than his team mates.
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