Spot on Taz. Lots of clubs have had the opportunity to take him after us & none have. Says plenty.
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Liam McBean
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Or maybe a lot of clubs have asked him & he told them that he was very happy where he is. We don't know. But I will say that I seriously doubt he'd move back to the AFL at 30 yrs old, disrupting his family, career situation etc for a possible couple of years.
Good luck to him & it's fantastic that he's doing so well.
7 goals at State level is a clear level below AFL.
The legend of McJesus grows the longer he's out of the AFL system.
Interested in what "all" is.
I give a toss about levels, otherwise I'd be spruiking for Mervyn 'Slim Shady' McCavendishson who kicked 13 for Tyntynda in last week's GF.*
* I made that up. But my Dad did play a season for Tyntynda, along with Ballan (won the seniors league goalkicking as a 5'9" 17yo FP), Waubra, East Ballarat, Mirboo North, Golden Square.
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Marty McGrath kicked 5 goals in his 1st game in the AFL, doesnt mean he was guaranteed to make it
anyone with Riewoldt level footy IQ is a rare beast, disagree that Liam is such a beast
It's not just 7 goals at state level. It's 4 goals in a prelim, 7 goals in a grand final while captaining against the best opposition at state level.
I wonder whether Liam may have been kept on the list if the club had know that Ben Griffiths was only going to play two more games and retire after Liam was delisted.
We ended up going with the small forward line which was probably partly out of necessity due to a lack of tall forwards.
We ended up going with the small forward line which was probably partly out of necessity due to a lack of tall forwards.
To single handedly lift his team over the line in a grand final in front of 35,000 people takes enormous mental strength. Not to mention technique and skill.
Whether he would have been an AFL career if given another chance - Leysy is very confident at another time and/or club he would have.
End of the day none of us know what different sliding doors would have led to.
What we do know, our clubs leadership program at the time didn't support him ( and others) to give him anywhere near the best opportunity to succeed. And at just 21 he was desisted.
Jack and no doubt Trent would one million percent agree with that.
We also know he's been the best key forward outside the AFL over the past 5 years and is a SA state and Glenelg football club legend.
Regardless of any conjecture he's made a lucrative and successful career at Glenelg that has helped set his life up and will have him spoken about for many many years to come.
Good on him.
Whether he would have been an AFL career if given another chance - Leysy is very confident at another time and/or club he would have.
End of the day none of us know what different sliding doors would have led to.
What we do know, our clubs leadership program at the time didn't support him ( and others) to give him anywhere near the best opportunity to succeed. And at just 21 he was desisted.
Jack and no doubt Trent would one million percent agree with that.
We also know he's been the best key forward outside the AFL over the past 5 years and is a SA state and Glenelg football club legend.
Regardless of any conjecture he's made a lucrative and successful career at Glenelg that has helped set his life up and will have him spoken about for many many years to come.
Good on him.
Agree with the comments McBean is a great state league footballer.
Congrats to him, great to see him doing well for the Tigers.
Congrats to him, great to see him doing well for the Tigers.
"all" is McBean doing his best
yeah? that's where he kicked them
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I went to Coburg as well in those days. Saw him kick lots of goals easy as you like.
But ultimately I don’t think he had the frame for AFL.
We joked about it at the time - no ass.
It matters. When you’re that tall you can be pushed off the line if you can’t use your hips.
It’s the difference. Reckon the club handled him alright.
But ultimately I don’t think he had the frame for AFL.
We joked about it at the time - no ass.
It matters. When you’re that tall you can be pushed off the line if you can’t use your hips.
It’s the difference. Reckon the club handled him alright.
