27 year old that has yet to re-sign at the Bombers. Has some line breaking pace that could push him past Stretch, Bugg and others in the pecking order. Averages 21 disposals a game over his career and 23 this year. If he still has his pace, he seems like a decent upgrade and maybe could come due to the Goodwin factor. Much rather Zak Jones due to his massive upside, but if he stays in Sydney and speedy midfielders are sparse in the trade period, why not target Zaharakis?

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Zaharakis.html

What does DL think?

Edited July 12, 20178 yr by DominatrixTyson

Soft and goes missing way too often.

2 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Soft and goes missing way too often.

He averages 6 contested possessions per game and 4.2 tackles over his career. Doesn't sound like he's overly soft. Maybe on the scale of 0-Oliver he inlines that way.

Edited July 12, 20178 yr by DominatrixTyson

Just now, DominatrixTyson said:

He averages 6 contested possessions per game and 4.2 tackles. Doesn't sound like he's overly soft. Maybe on the scale of 0-Oliver he inlines that way.

So you don't want to know what other posters think ?

Then don't ask.

Just now, ProDee said:

So you don't want to know what other posters think ?

Then don't ask.

Oh, you don't want to have a discussion and just want to state your opinion as fact?

Btw, 6 contested possessions per game ?

Snigger.

It's a no from me!

 

He's in an okay patch of form but Bomber supporters have bemoaned his lack of consistency for years. He'll have the odd very good game but the body of work isn't that impressive. 

As depth you'd consider him but I certainly wouldn't be jumping out of my skin.

Nope. Too old.

No way. Redundant to needs

IMO he has very little to offer beyond what we already have on our list.  I'd rather use the list space on a 'smokey'in the draft.

Would rather pay twice as much for Zak than go after Zaka.

27 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Soft and goes missing way too often.

Wouldn't call him soft but definitely very inconsistent. Not high on my list.

Edited July 12, 20178 yr by Luther

Not a bad idea for mine. We got plenty of hard nuts so don't really mind if he's not ferocious at the footy. He does go in when needed though?

I love Billy and hope he comes on even more (still very skinny - will keep developing no doubt). But that outside silky ball user would be ideal. I think Joel Smith could be that player in time as well. Hunt on the other wing.. 

 

Would love another deadly line-breaker!

This off season we should only be looking at players who will either be best 22, or add some depth on the cheap.  Zaharakis is neither.  We don't need to be looking at players like him.

38 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

27 year old that has yet to re-sign at the Bombers. Has some line breaking pace that could push him past Stretch, Bugg and others in the pecking order. Averages 21 disposals a game over his career and 23 this year. If he still has his pace, he seems like a decent upgrade and maybe could come due to the Goodwin factor. Much rather Zak Jones due to his massive upside, but if he stays in Sydney and speedy midfielders are sparse in the trade period, why not target Zaharakis?

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Zaharakis.html

What does DL think?

I want to add as well - if you don't know much about him other than his stats, which you show by asking his he still has his pace, why would you suggest he is worth targeting?  It makes little sense to me.  It's as if you've seen an article that says he is out of contract and decided he is worth looking at even though you don't know a whole lot about his current abilities outside of how many possessions he averages.  Strange.

31 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

He averages 6 contested possessions per game and 4.2 tackles over his career. Doesn't sound like he's overly soft. Maybe on the scale of 0-Oliver he inlines that way.

If you rely so heavily on others to get you the footy - you better have amazing skills.

I didn't know that he only averaged 6 CPs a game but that is not a great stat for him. 

So, yeah, nah.

5 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I want to add as well - if you don't know much about him other than his stats, which you show by asking his he still has his pace, why would you suggest he is worth targeting?  It makes little sense to me.  It's as if you've seen an article that says he is out of contract and decided he is worth looking at even though you don't know a whole lot about his current abilities outside of how many possessions he averages.  Strange.

I'm sure you've seen Zaharakis play over the years and play very well on occasion. I admit to not watching Essendon much this year and sparsely over the years (Why would I want to really?) - But I do recall that he has scintillating speed and even tore us a new one in our Salem-match winner game. "If he still has speed" pertains to whether he'd still be a fast line-breaker from the age of 28-31 if he was offered a three year incentivised contract

Edited July 12, 20178 yr by DominatrixTyson

Just now, DominatrixTyson said:

I'm sure you've seen Zaharakis play over the years and play well. I admit to not watching Essendon much this year and sparsely over the years, but I do recall that he has scintillating speed and even tore us a new one in our Salem-match winner game. If he still has speed pertains to whether he'd still be a fast line-breaker from the age of 28-31 if he was offered a three year incentivised contract

Just as I'm sure many of us have seen him play poorly over the years as well.  Too inconsistent and brings little to our current midfield.  

38 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

He averages 6 contested possessions per game and 4.2 tackles over his career. Doesn't sound like he's overly soft. Maybe on the scale of 0-Oliver he inlines that way.

Six contested possessions per match is hardly a ringing endorsement for a midfielder. 

2 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Six contested possessions per match is hardly a ringing endorsement for a midfielder. 

well he is predominately an outside mid which many here say is what we need, so avg 6 tackles per game is not bad

i'm not saying yeah as i haven't followed him closely but an outside mid with good skills would be nice

No thank you.

Just not what we need.

Let me put Zaharakis' 6 contested possessions in context.

Jimmy Toumpas was let go by the MFC on the back of him not being able to win contested footy.  Jimmy averages a woeful 27.7% of his footy as CP.  Juniors with low percentage CP often fail to get drafted for this reason alone.

Zaharakis averages 25.3% of his footy as CP.  Worse than Jimmy.

It's a damning stat and not the current brand of the MFC.

Edited July 12, 20178 yr by ProDee

he's had an absolutely outstanding last 10 or so weeks

he's got a helluva lot more contested football in that time, and is using it well into the bargain

is he restricted or unrestricted?

3 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

he's had an absolutely outstanding last 10 or so weeks

he's got a helluva lot more contested football in that time, and is using it well into the bargain

is he restricted or unrestricted?

Over his last 10 weeks he is averaging 7.7 contested possessions so, no, he is not getting a 'helluva' lot more.  As PD says above, he is not the type of player the new Melbourne needs.