That grubber pass resulted in a goal. Can hardly count it as a negative.
People on here are misunderstanding McBean. There's a lot of 'body strength' this, 'making a contest' that. McBean's strength is not his strength. It's his brain. He thinks like a forward, and moves like a midfielder. Because he's a step ahead of the game, and skilful enough to make use of that.
He's very Jacklike in the way he moves the ball to advantage. He knows where the dangerous space is, and moves quickly to get it there. That grubber pass came off the boot messily, but it's because he saw a dangerous spot, and knew he had to jab quickly to get the ball there. He put the ball out in front of one of our players, who would then have space to use it.
That sort of forward play creates goals. It's his reading of player movement, ball flight and his game sense that is the reason he's kicked so many goals in the VFL and created a forward line out of nothing. The fact that he's 202 cm is a bonus. It means he has potential over and above what he can already do. The speccies, the pack marks, are what will eventually make him unstoppable. He hasn't mastered those yet, but the sheer height, once he develops a 25-26 year old body will allow him to.
Right now his smarts, goal sense, creativity and kicking skills are all assets that will increase the scoring power of our team. The experience he gains from that will turn him from a very effective forward line player into a 100 goal a year forward. Eventually.
