Re: AFLW R8 - Carlton vs Gold Coast @Metricon - Fri 5:10pm
Reply #25 –
I wonder if McKay is carrying an injury. She had been playing so well but the past 2 weeks she has looked very slow and has been repeatedly caught with the ball.
Probably suffering a bit form the absence of Mimi Hill, she is getting one of the fastest / strongest opposition taggers now week after week. Before Mimi Hill got injured she was probably 3rd or 4th in the pecking order behind Prespakis, Egan and Hill.
If Brooke Walker or Jess Hosking revert to a bit more of the on-ball roles she might get some relief.
I notice too that clubs have switched tactic on Prespakis, they no longer go with a small fast opponent to run off her, they are using bigger heavy bodies as pure negative players and it's had an impact. I suppose they have realised Prespakis hurts them on turnovers too much to let her get possessions in free space. But standing a bigger body on Prespakis releases yet another faster /stronger type to go to someone like McKay.