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Re: AFL Rd 4 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #90 –
Hayward is used to the Sydney system and playing with Gulden and crew lacing him with the ball, at Carlton you have to work way harder for your kicks because quality entries are few and far between.
Even at Sydney he was an eleven possession a game player averaging one goal a game so not exactly a dial mover just a handy accessory at best to the real stars. The other problem with him is what is his man doing?, given most teams run high possession rebounders off half back and look for the easier players to exploit.

Re: AFL Rd 4 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #91 –
Id try him out of the square as a leading FF
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: AFL Rd 4 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #93 –
McKay is a shadow of his former self:
He struggles to take an overhead mark without juggling the ball at least once.
He fails to get separation from a defender on the lead.
Even when he does get some decent foot passes to his advantage, he seems to be unable to use his considerable body size and reach to prevent an opponent from spoiling from behind.
He remains an unreliable kick for goal.

Might as well use him as a back up ruckman to allow him to try and regain some one-grab overhead marking.

Re: AFL Rd 4 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #94 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
Even at their best, the Derksens, Reidys, Haywards etc are never going to be like-for-like replacements, but I think once they settle in they will play good footy for us.

All those trades were players that can lift the floor, but none of them are going to lift the roof.   What A-Graders did Montagna think we could get in?   Ainsworth and Hayward is better than any of the small/medium forwards that we had, but they are known qualities.     Add.   Florent.    All 27-28.   None have upside.   Reidy is a backup ruck that joins the back up ruck merry-go round.

The only one that might have upside is Chesser and given we gave up what ended being pick 42 it's a low-cost play with a low chance of being a smash pick.