{"id":191443,"date":"2025-03-27T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=191443"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:25:36","slug":"the-mckay-brothers-are-they-an-overrated-pair-of-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=191443","title":{"rendered":"The McKay brothers are they an overrated pair of players?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are two brothers playing in the AFL Ben and Harry McKay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben McKay<\/a> plays for the Essendon Football Club<\/a> and has not had a fantastic start to the season. Essendon Coach Brad Scott found himself defending the under performing Ben after the clubs shocking second round loss to Adelaide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scott backed high-profile defender Ben McKay to find form after he became a focus of fan ire over the opening weeks of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you look across his career, he’s been under a lot of pressure in the teams he’s played in,” Scott said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve got a lot of faith and confidence in Ben. He’s got a lot of good attributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We put our last-line defenders under enormous pressure on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Criticism’s part of this game and on Saturday we all deserved to get criticised. It’s just the price of admission in this industry and Ben knows that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But he’s a resilient character and my job as coach is not to respond to criticism about any of our players – my job is to coach them.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In Essendon’s game against Adelaide it was hard to image a more unstructured and less effective backline and Ben Mc Kay was an integral part of that backline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben’s twin brother Harry McKay<\/a> plays as a forward for the Carlton Football Club<\/a> and he himself has only played 1 game this season. McKay in that game kicked 1 goal and had 14 possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did not play in round two with Carlton making an announcement today he will not play against the Western Bulldogs in round 3 Friday night. Coach Michael Voss also suggesting McKay may not play in round 4 against Collingwood.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Harry McKay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Carlton forward Harry McKay will miss the Blues\u2019 clash with the Western Bulldogs due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKay is no certainty to return next week for the club\u2019s blockbuster game against Collingwood, with a decision to be made in the days leading into the match.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Unlike his Essendon playing brother Ben, Harry on many occasions struggles to take a contested mark often loosing to the opposition or the ball falling to ground. It is not unusual for Harry McKay to then look to the umpire fr a free kick such is the way be behaves on field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a tall forward but is unable to take a contested mark and when he does there is no guarantee of a goal due to his unorthodox kicking style. Can Carlton remain competitive and get their season back on track without McKay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a betting woman I would say yes hoping of course Charlie Curnow<\/a> plays a better game this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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