Here's some FACTS which need to be considered amongst all the FACTS referred to to prove we are better off without Harry.
Some Facts are not measured by AFL Fantasy or Champion, but by intangibles which also need to be considered. Such as the coach's opinion, Charlies opinion, the eye test, the game plan, and how the empirical facts may be skewed by one game.
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Just like Batman is stronger with Robin by his side, Charlie Curnow is a better player with Harry McKay on the park.
Carlton coach Michael Voss scoffs at suggestions that Harry McKay is not in the club’s best 22, which reared their head again on the weekend.
“I get somewhat bemused by some of the commentary around Harry,” Voss said on Saturday.
“If we are to take that next step, he’s important to it. So if he’s available, he will be playing.”
Curnow describes playing with McKay as a “treat”, as the pair prepare to team up for Carlton’s preliminary final clash against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba on Saturday night.
McKay might have missed two goals from close range that he should have kicked before he was concussed in the Blues’ elimination final win over Sydney.
However, Curnow missed his fellow key forward in last week’s semi-final win over Melbourne.
Are the Blues a better side with Harry McKay?
No way
Yes - Charlie is the man
Going toe-to-toe with Melbourne defender Steven May, Curnow had his second-lowest rated game of the year against the Demons with just nine disposals, five marks and one goal.
It has been somewhat of a trend for Curnow across the five matches that McKay has missed in the second half of this year.
With McKay in the side this season, Curnow has averaged 14.1 disposals, 7.5 marks, 8.4 score involvements and 3 goals.
From those five matches without McKay, Curnow averages 13.6 disposals, 6.1 marks, 6.5 score involvements and 3.6 goals.
One of the matches without McKay was Curnow’s 10-goal haul against West Coast in round 19, which skews the goals tally more than a little.
“The role doesn’t really change. It stays the same,” Curnow said on Monday when asked about McKay’s planned return.
“But it obviously helps me out heaps having ‘H’ back in as another tall forward target that can draw defenders and it helps the whole team.
“You can work off each other and I don’t have to run to as many contests, which is nice. You kind of share loads a bit.
“He’s been out a few times and I’ve been out a few times (in previous seasons), so it’s always a treat when we get to play together.”
The pillars are ours for the next 6-7 years.
You need to move on from this, Bondi.
The only fact is he’ll be sh!+ until he plays for someone else, at which point he’ll be the gun we traded for speculative draft picks.
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