He continues his weekly top five player reviews below.
The opinions below are those of McKay and not necessarily the club.
Macca’s Top Five
Travis Boak
Wow. As good as any player in the AFL. As influential as any captain in the AFL. He's been a star the last two years but this game has shot him into the stratosphere. That's as good a game as you will ever see from a captain in final. His inside work was miles ahead of anyone else on the ground, he found so much space on the outside to continuously deliver the ball with class. He snuck forward and kicked a goal. He set goals up. He did it all. One of the nicest guys to ever walk into our football club and he deserves all the success and plaudits he gets. Superstar.
Tom Jonas
Just about BOG again for the second time in three weeks. Was just stunning across half back. I’m not sure there is a Port supporter out there that wouldn’t love TJ. Port Adelaide football seeps from his pores. He'd fit into our footy club in any era. He'd have been a star in the Fos era, the Jack era, the Choco era. He is Port Adelaide football. They just had no answer to him. They put players on him, TJ thrashed them. He played loose, he probably had as many score involvements as anyone on the ground. Stunner.
Jake Neade
Our Jakey Neade. He nearly brought me to tears with his game today. Even if you take away the three ridiculous goals he kicked, he was close to best on with his insane pressure and tackling the absolute hallmark of the day. He set up our first goal with that great tackle and it didn’t stop from there. His pressure was first class. A brilliant game.
Kane Cornes
Kane strikes again in an important game shutting down Cotchin. This guy deserves more credit than he gets for not just his season but also his career. He is as good a stopper as there has ever been in the AFL. Not only that but he was great with the ball again. Deserved a goal today. Has had a super, super season and will deservedly finish high up in the B&F once again. Fantastic Port Adelaide footballer.
Brad Ebert
BANG. Best game he has played in three months. What I liked was Ken throwing him forward for a quarter and he dominated the third in some sort of style. Found a lot of space on the spread to receive the ball and his kicking inside 50 was great I thought. The two goals he kicked were special. An Ebert, playing in the prison bars, dominating was something else. Was great to see him play so well again.
