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Richmond youngster Matt McDonough has a simple goal for the 2014 season – play more senior football.
“As a small forward, I just have to be tackling all day, and at training I have to be standing out in that regard,” McDonough told Roar Vision.
“You watch Jake King and his defensive work inside 50. That’s what I have to get to if I want to play that position.
“If you don’t tackle, you don’t play these days.”
Read more at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2014-01-08/mcdonough-eyes-senior-spot
geez i hope the kid isnt useing king as a role model.
ive really gotta ask what tackles does kingy lay in a game.
i understand the love for toughness and aggresion but it has to be backed up with something tangible. surely all forwards today have to tackle well and apply pressure by simply chasing and harassing.
what i dont understand is why we persist with players like king who are just plain poor outside of the two things mentioned.
even the things hes supposed to do well hes over rated. tackling for instance. he laid just 2.2 tackles a game which is deplorable for a bloke who barely touches the ball 10 times a game and whose sole role in fact the only role he can perform is as a defensive sml forward.
i havent compared him to other sml forwards but i would bet nearly every other club has small/med forward who kicks more goals on ave. lays more tackles and wins more ball. id say most other sml forwards at other clubs are flexible enough even rotate thru the middle of the ground.
kingy is not only a very limited player but limits the team in many ways.
while we all love the way he goes about it and he is one of few who will stand up for his mates we just have to be better than jake. we must find forwards who will tackle and chase etc that should be a given. but we need forwards who have good skills a bit of class and are flexible.
