WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - BEN KENNEDY

[monoccular 16,513]

4 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Hey, you are the one who stated  We brought him across to give him a consistent shot of games. 

That statement gave me a good laugh as it is patently untrue.

Carry on.

I suspect that this was a poorly expressed thought: it makes us sound like a benevolent home for NQRs.

[binman 39,225]

5 minutes ago, monoccular said:

I suspect that this was a poorly expressed thought: it makes us sound like a benevolent home for NQRs.

Well to be fair, until the last 2-3 years we have been!

[whatwhat say what 19,944]

alongside kent, garlett, and to a lesser degree harmes, he provides genuine frontal pressure.

 

the more we have doing so in our front half, the better.

 

at one stage, he was touted as a likely top 5 pick in his draft year because of his ability at underage level to run and carry, and do something useful with the pill.

 

i remember watching his underage year and he, grundy and toumpas were the classiest players from south australia by far.

 

hopefully he continues along the path he's on now to becoming a regular afl player.

[Deecisive 1,665]

Love the look of Kennedy, his pressure is excellent, our forwards need to put pressure on the opposition backs to hold the ball in and even turn it over.  Too often we have kicked it in to see it rebound out as the opposition runs it down the field to score. 

[jnrmac 19,412]

44 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Good 2nd half against Port. Poor against the Dogs reserves. Which is when I posted that comment. Others were saying he'll end up at Casey. I was saying the coaches will stick with him.

Did they drop him for the Saints game where we fielded pretty much our round 1 team? No. And we were rewarded with 2 good games since.

Clubs recruit players due to their attributes, a role in the team or structure but also due to a perceived developmental advantage to make them better than they had been. Pretty simple concept.

 

Not for you apparently. We recruited him to give him a consistent shot at games.  

[Yossarian 1,808]

Dished out two of the best bumps of my recent memory for the Dees in the last few games. Can't remember when they were now, but both times his opponent's gone spinning 360 like a bowling pin. That's the way footy should be played. 

Love his swagger and hardness and when he's on he's got some real speed and class as well. Pretty excited by what he can produce, with the bonus of it shoving it up the pies when he really comes on.

[JV7 2,339]

I wasn't too keen on the trade when it happened but his NAB form and round 1 performance have him changing my mind. He's got pace and toughness which we lack... His two intercept efforts were enormous, the first resulted in Garletts goal and the second was in the middle of the ground when a GWS player switched it into the middle and Kennedy came from nowhere to spoil and create a turnover at a critical time. It's silly to compare him and Howe because there different players but I doubt we would have seen those 2 efforts from Howe... Having a look through Kennedys previous year stats he was a victim of the sub rule, seems when he played full games he did alright. Looking forward to what else he can produce 

Edited March 30, 2016 by JV7

[Deestroy All 14,262]

7 hours ago, nutbean said:

just watched - it was Salem....

It was Jetta. 

And the chances of someone with no right foot making that pass were slim to none. 

[FarNorthernD 5,848]

Weird tongue thing happening with Ben. Think it helps with his decision making 

[Forest Demon 4,681]

I am trying to be more positive this week after moping around the house all weekend.

And I wanted to start it off by bumping little Benny's thread and giving him a pump up.

I believe in the notion that you look at the players who stand up when the team is losing, rather than the down hill skiers.

We had a couple of players who were ok, like Jones and Vince, but BK was the only winner for the day.

[Skuit 9,382]

Do the Bluey votes still get awarded in that peculiar across the board fashion? Probably the early club-house leader.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,718]

Have to admit I wasn't expecting much from Kennedy, thought he'd be similar to our Michie/Newton pick ups. He has been fantastic especially the last two games. He has added some real pace to the team and he seems to have some mongrel and goal sense about him. He's playing really well and seems to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder with regards to how he was treated at the Pies.

Definitely a much better prospect than Howe who went missing far too often and only knew how to run one way.

Edited April 28, 2016 by Dr. Gonzo

[Demon Jack 6,397]

9 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Have to admit I wasn't expecting much from Kennedy, thought he'd be similar to our Michie/Newton pick ups. He has been fantastic especially the last two games. He has added some real pace to the team and he seems to have some mongrel and goal sense about him. He's playing really well and seems to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder with regards to how he was treated at the Pies.

Definitely a much better prospect than Howe who went missing far too often and only knew how to run one way.

He didn't have the biggest game on Sunday night but he still looked incredibly lively and I don't remember him making many (if any) mistakes. I'll admit I was a tad sceptical about his recruitment but he's been fantastic so far and would easily be in the top five in our Best and Fairest. He also has a bit of pace! Something we've severely lacked over the last few years. Howe was serviceable during his tenure but we've received a significant upgrade here. 

 

[DeeSpencer 23,569]

37 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

He didn't have the biggest game on Sunday night but he still looked incredibly lively and I don't remember him making many (if any) mistakes. I'll admit I was a tad sceptical about his recruitment but he's been fantastic so far and would easily be in the top five in our Best and Fairest. He also has a bit of pace! Something we've severely lacked over the last few years. Howe was serviceable during his tenure but we've received a significant upgrade here. 

 

Floated kick in to Kent up forward. Silly handball to Viney in the middle. He made a couple of mistakes. I think the grind of AFL footy is starting to slow him down a bit after a great first few weeks, but the good news is he's still playing his role and he might pick up again soon. If he has to go back to Casey at some stage that'll be ok too. 

His ability to get to good spots has been his highlight the last couple of weeks. Just knows where to go to find the footy/be an option for team mates. When you combine that with speed it opens up the ground for everyone else.

[Skuit 9,382]

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Have to admit I wasn't expecting much from Kennedy, thought he'd be similar to our Michie/Newton pick ups. He has been fantastic especially the last two games.

I suspect you've thrown some bait in here but I'll take it. Without having watched the replays, I felt he'd been down a bit in the past two games after an exceptional start to the season . . .

[Dr. Gonzo 22,718]

21 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Floated kick in to Kent up forward. Silly handball to Viney in the middle. He made a couple of mistakes.

Yeah well, nobody's perfect

[mo64 5,273]

25 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Floated kick in to Kent up forward. Silly handball to Viney in the middle. He made a couple of mistakes. I think the grind of AFL footy is starting to slow him down a bit after a great first few weeks, but the good news is he's still playing his role and he might pick up again soon. If he has to go back to Casey at some stage that'll be ok too. 

His ability to get to good spots has been his highlight the last couple of weeks. Just knows where to go to find the footy/be an option for team mates. When you combine that with speed it opens up the ground for everyone else.

Yeah, I thought he was fumbly when under pressure, and offered nothing when moved into the centre for ball-ups. Didn't think he did much against Collingwood  either.

I had Kennedy down as a candidate to get dropped if Petracca and Oliver were included. Assuming he doesn't play, I think we'll miss Oliver's clearance work, as I've got know doubt that the Saints will come up with a plan to nullify Gawn.

[praha 10,453]

12 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Yeah, I thought he was fumbly when under pressure, and offered nothing when moved into the centre for ball-ups. Didn't think he did much against Collingwood  either.

I had Kennedy down as a candidate to get dropped if Petracca and Oliver were included. Assuming he doesn't play, I think we'll miss Oliver's clearance work, as I've got know doubt that the Saints will come up with a plan to nullify Gawn.

And they have the cattle and experience to do it. 

[dazzledavey36 49,582]

Do you know whats really really funny? Collingwood gave up 2 second round draft picks for James Aish yet pretty much got rid of Kennedy for practically nothing. Massive LOLs!

Aish is now spudding it up and struggling to get more then 10 disposals a game while also looking extremely soft.

And Jeremy Howe playing in defence yesterday made me Lol big time considering he pretty much whinged that he wanted to play up forward when he went to the pies.

 

[rpfc 27,662]

To those that didn't understand the decision to move on Howe an replace him with someone like Kennedy - Howe finds it extremely difficult to find the footy from the forward line unless he is sitting on shoulders. Kennedy is a point of difference in that forward line because;

1. he can get kicks up the ground,

2. he can fight for the footy in a scrum in the forward line,

3. and get it at the feet when the ball is directed toward Watts and Hogan.

I was really worried going into this year about who could help Garlett but Kennedy and Kent have played some excellent games this year. They have gone missing for times but playing small in the forward line is very tough. Adding Petracca to those three will be very interesting. They can all do damage offensively but are very hungry defensively.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

See ball,  disregard own safety to get ball.  A bull at the contest,  just goes about it in the Viney fashion.  His goal where he extracted it from the pack and just rolled it through was just from wanting it more.  Also he is nearly impossible to knock over and has a knack for sneaking them through from angles.  Tough little barstard,  a little under appreciated but his inclusion with Bugg and what Oliver's been able to do is a big reason why we have turned it around to be number 1 for contested possessions this year. 

[Ted Lasso 17,206]

I really think Kennedy is going to develop into a very good B plus grade player, i can't see him being a star, but i reckon the boys just love having him out there, he just goes in hard no matter the state of the game.

[beelzebub 22,582]

He's been handed a role and doing it OK some days, not so well sometimes and occasionally very well. As he settles and ups his games he'll be quite valuable

[Sir Why You Little 35,223]

Still stoked we got Kennedy. I knew he would be good. Roosy is a master at giving players a 2nd chance...

[Demon Jack 6,397]

Can take a contested mark as well. Fantastic one on one player.