As Essendon once again lose Zach Reid to a potential season ending injury, the talk about who the club should target to fix their defensive issues grows.
North Melbourne free agent Ben McKay is the solution that’s been thrown around in the media this week. The Footy Talk team have assessed if that would be the best decision, and who else might be a better option.
On Tuesday’s episode of Footy Talk Joey Montagna and Nick Riewoldt debated whether if Essendon could hypothetically only have one, should they be choosing midfielder Darcy Parish or defender Ben McKay?
HEAR WHY JOEY PICKS BEN MCKAY, BUT WHY ROOEY HAS DOUBTS:
(from 19:23)
On Wednesday’s episode, former Bomber David Zaharakis and stats guru Ethan Meldrum added a few other names to the conversation who they think would be a better option to McKay.
HEAR WHO ZACKA THINK’S IS THE SOLUTION FOR ESSENDON’S DEFENCE:
(from 23:33)
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