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I watch alot of Essendon as the wife barracks for them. He is a high quality accumulator but that is all. Does not get them in damaging positions. Does not have great execution. Has no better than average pace. I could not see how you would play him and Brayshaw in the same midfield mix. The investment in $$$ and tenure I doubt would fit our needs. 

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    I love the apathy on here for this bloke. Are people insane? 

    All Australian and 5th in the brownlow, inside outside runner who racks them up. Not a great kick ? so you dont rate Clarry, Brayshaw and Petracca then.

    Has averaged over 30 possies last 3 years in his prime at only 26 years old. 

    The only argument is around balance. He is absolutely a quality midfielder. 

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    1 hour ago, roy11 said:

    Out - Harmes? Jordon? Dunstan?

    In - Parish?

    if we lose two (or 3) of above then that would work.

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    I don’t admit to watching too much of Essendon but surely with the holes they have, losing him is suicide?

     

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    Can replace Dunstan at casey, i'll pass

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    43 minutes ago, Bay Riffin said:

    I love the apathy on here for this bloke. Are people insane? 

    All Australian and 5th in the brownlow, inside outside runner who racks them up. Not a great kick ? so you dont rate Clarry, Brayshaw and Petracca then.

    Has averaged over 30 possies last 3 years in his prime at only 26 years old. 

    The only argument is around balance. He is absolutely a quality midfielder. 

    Do you think we should invest $650-700k annually and 5-6 years in him? Where would you rate him against  our starting midfield of Oliver, Trac and Viney. Would you even put him ahead of Brayshaw or what other role would he play for us?

     

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    1 hour ago, roy11 said:

    Out - Harmes? Jordon? Dunstan?

    In - Parish?

    That is an interesting way to think of it. The problem from his perspective is that none of those 3 are permanent fixtures in the 22.

    I'd think there are better players gettable that would fetch the amount covered by those 3 combined (or less)

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    Would take him… but not at 700k. He’s a good midfielder who finds a lot of ball, but he’s not a game breaker and we’ve got enough of an issue fitting all our guns into the salary cap in coming years. If we’re going to spend that sort of coin, it needs to be on a key forward or game breaker.

    Decent pay cut to play in a side fighting for flags or it’s a pass.

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    he is a dud no thanks - they had a stat awhile ago showing he goes to water against the top 8 and murders the bottom teams. 

    Also i thought we had a thing for competitive beasts so that should also rule him out

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    55 minutes ago, BW511 said:

    I don’t admit to watching too much of Essendon but surely with the holes they have, losing him is suicide?

     

    Maybe, maybe not. Depends on how they rate their current list - if they realistically think can get anywhere within a 4 to 5 year timeframe? If not then they want to be able to invest more heavily in this draft.

    Whatever the do, I hope they stuff it up.

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    Darcy Parish | AFL - Essendon Football Club

    Despite this, the elite midfielder still averaged 31.3 disposals and 6.1 clearances – both ranked elite amongst the AFL. 
     
     
     
    Season Num MT Team K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T
    2023 3 17 Essendon 258 15.2 268 15.8 526 30.9 74 4.4 0 0 68
    2022 3 16 Essendon 221 13.8 280 17.5 501 31.3 59 3.7 0 0 52
    2021 3 23 Essendon 341 14.8 360 15.7 701 30.5 96 4.2 0 0 90

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    Club might be concerned about our lack of midfield depth, particularly if all of Dunstan, Harmes amd Jordon all move on.

    I dont mind him as a player but cant help but feel there would be better ways to use 5x6-700k

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    14 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    He looks like a man-child. It’s a no for me. 

    Are you sure you didn't mean child-man?

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    1 hour ago, BW511 said:

    I don’t admit to watching too much of Essendon but surely with the holes they have, losing him is suicide?

     

    There’s a fair argument the Dons would be better off giving the midfield minutes to Hobbs, Caldwell, Perkins, Tsatas and banking the extra pick than keeping Parish. Even if that means taking a step backwards.

    Similar to Hawthorn moving on Mitchell and O’Meara 

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    I'd have him if he fell into our lap, but I'm not splurging to get him.

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    One of those rarer cases where he’d probably be on more if he stayed at Essendon. I can’t see any club matching or bettering what Essendon have (allegedly) tabled. 

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    If you're looking at a slight gamechanging tweak to get a player to the next level (ala Clarry pre 2021) it's Merrett who is the more likely out of those two in my opinion.

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    Maybe we're looking to play Harley Reid on a flank  😁

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    His value to us is much less than what Essendon are prepared to pay. To join us he would have to take a sizable pay cut which i doubt will happen.

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    4 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

    I don't know how we afford him?

    Adrian Dodoro will make sure we can't.
    Pretty certain he'll be worth two 1st round picks, and some change. :D

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