Toby McLean - Anyone else sick of his free drawing tactics?

[TheRoo32]

Don't get me wrong Toby McLean is a talented young player; however, one thing that has stood out like dogs balls this year is his high tackle drawing tactics. I for one find it incredibly frustrating that the umpires continue to reward him for yanking his arm up and pulling his head back every single time he gets tackled. High contact is there if there is a poor tackle, but the majority of the frees he draws begin as perfectly legitimate tackle but his tactic of ripping his arm straight up and pulling his head back (see video) imo are against the spirit of the game and the umpires should not reward this.

This year he has an astonishing 18 frees for and 0 against record with almost all of them being for high contact. Stop playing for frees Toby and use your talent to focus on how footy should be played before your reputation as a young player gets even worse.

 

[dergert]

Yes, majority of us dogs supporters are. He is a very talented kid, he doesn't need to do this crap.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

inb4 "players just need to learn how to tackle, hurr durr"

 

[quotemokc]

Him, the AFL and the umpires are equally to blame.

But in all fairness, numerous players do this.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

He's not the only one before or after him. Players will do what is allowed of them.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Beveridge thinks it's disgusting that your having digs at him

 

[Super Hans]

Going to be a very good player is young Toby.

 

[theyellowsash]

I would agree with you he exaggerates contact but most of those started as high tackles before he did anything. He does flail like a seagull though

 

[Dennis Trumpet]

An absolute embarrassment to the game. ban him for life.

 

[burningdwarf]

I want to see him try it against Lindsay Thomas.

 

[dergert]

An absolute embarrassment to the game. ban him for life.

*insert essendon supplement scandal and James hird retort here*.

 

[AFDogs]

It's an acquired skill. He does it really well.

 

[Grave Danger]

Is he Joel Selwood/Luke Shuey tier yet?

 

[Taylor]

Allen Christensen will uppercut someone one day doing his version of this.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Him, the AFL and the umpires are equally to blame.

But in all fairness, numerous players do this.

Eventually someone's gonna cop a serious neck injury playing for a free kick and the AFL will have noone to blame but themselves. There is a reason the "too high" rule exists and players putting themselves in danger looking for a free should not be rewarded as it encourages the risky behaviour

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

At least he is good at it, Adelaide players attempts on Friday night were cringeworthy.

 

[Dennis Trumpet]

I want to see him try it against Lindsay Thomas.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

I actually thought Hunter was far worse at this yesterday. Dylan Grimes is also a repeat offender. It's a terrible look for the game and dangerous, the afl should have stamped it out long before it got to this stage .

 

[Bulldog1954]

I don't like it, needs to get it out of his game. Is a very very promising footballer who won't get the attention his play deserves while playing for free kicks as he has been.

 

[Suma Magic]

Don't blame him if they keep rewarding it.

He's hardly alone, Selwood has been doing it for ten years.

 

[A Swallow]

I want to see him try it against Lindsay Thomas.

They'd just flop into each other endlessly until the world couldn't handle it anymore. It would open a Stargate space/time vortex leading to an oval-island world where no one tries to actually win possession, so there is an endless game of football with Hams, Selwood, Shuey, Christensen, Hunter, Grimes and now Thomas and McLean just flopping about the field in a half crouch, one arm in the air whince-face, while the footy sits in the centre circle and Razor Ray runs around frantically trying to pay frees to all of them simultaneously.

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Good Bloke alluded to this tactic on the telecast yesterday. He stopped short of criticizing it but it would suggest opposition players are fully aware him.

I can accept that Selwood's version of this isn't always 100% about winning a free kick, but McLean's is. Needs to be stamped out.

 

[ApplecrossWC]

Wow that's damning. What a scumbag.

He's worse than Thomas

 

[Kickin_Goals]

At least he is good at it, Adelaide players attempts on Friday night were cringeworthy.

Ha did you see Tex's attempt, how shit was that hahahaha HTB fail

 

[Since 2001]

i thought selwood was was bad, but this kid takes it all! good player but ruins his reputation as a player and this is one of the reasons why i stopped watching them play