Joel is better played on the wing where his clangers do not hurt us and chip/backwards kicks can not be utilized as much. Tigermonk - he just seems to be too slow now days and is too easily exploited by his opponent. He can only play unaccountable footy while at least McMahon has the pace to be defensive and stick with his direct opponent.
Stripes
since when has McMahon ever stuck to his direct opponant Stripes, all the games l watched him play his never near his man & always running back when its too late. Seems to be a bit like Joel in his method the way his chipping it sometimes.
Does not surprised me that Joel has lost some pace after being played in a role of his career that required him to put his body on the line backing into his bigger opponants because Richmond wouldnot replace KPP in the backline were we required height & a bigger body. No-one can deny Bowden has not served that club proudly by being played as a undersized KPP when he should have always been played up the wing /HFF as a damaging player he can be. Yes he has his bad days like any footballer does but McMahon has not fixed our backline problems or our foot skills & turnover rate.
McMahon does alot of good things, dont get me wrong he can play football but its a combination of things that need fixing.
That being whos around him not talking (captain pee pee) & Newman who needs to talk & tighten up, Shulzs, King, Raines who need to lift to the next level & we could have a premiership backline in the making, of course in saying that you need to have your forwards & midfielders defending as well there areas
1 more thing about Joel is his very smart & you cant denie his in the right spot at the right time most times
Port Adelaide dying seconds & if we had him playing against the Bulldogs when the coach ordered the shutdown he would have been great to have around, but in saying that & not taking anything away from those 22 that day, had he played we might have played differently & not been in that winning position. But the Coach is responsible for the wrong call that day & Joel was being punished that day
thats why he was at Coburg