Heppell is not a very good captain, but the sad thing is that there’s absolutely no-one among the other players who is an obvious replacement. A good captain is not necessarily the best player on the team, or even one of the best; but it’s a player who always does his job, especially when the going gets tough, and who stands up straight and tall while he’s doing it.
Just to clarify, you don’t think he has turned it over a lot this year and that Blitz just made it up?
That fact that Devon Smith hasn’t got the most votes from our coaches, is further proof why we are in the state that we are in.
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Mate they’re votes from both coaching panels, not just EFC
Clangers =/= turnovers, but:
And i agree that he has had problems with his disposal, but yeah I think the idea that he is having problems with turning it over heaps is a blitzmeme. My opinion is that it’s a function of his role of clearing it quickly from traffic.
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Patrick Cripps is more of a turnover merchant than David Myers CONFIRMED
Thanks mate, understand that, i would have been clearer if I’d put it like ‘leaders out of Essendon players in the aflca voting’ or something like that (clearer but super inelegant).
Bullshit. It’s where & how you turn the ball over. He’s a specialist at going inboard with little to no pressure and turning it over. It’s not a meme, I’m Stupid enough to be at the ■■■■■■■ games seeing it with my own damn eyes.
It’s the same as Zaka. If you look at his stats it’s says his efficiency by foot is good. It’s not taking into consideration where he turns it over and the direct scores conceded to the opposition team in the process.
No being a ■■■■ is bashing a guy about something that isn’t correct.
I like Zaka but so many times he wins the ball in the corridor and misses a simple pass on a lead inside 50
Every farking week
I think Dys and Zaka have been cruelled by our gameplan.
Zaka is an outside/spread mid or wing/forward player that is devastating in the fwd half. Stop trying to turn him into a defensive mid or inside clearance player or half back.
And Dys is a creative goal kicking mid with great vision and silky skills - he and the rest of the team have had no one leading nullifiying him. Dys is not a lockdown defensive mid FFS!!
In particular most of our players were walking vs Carlton instead of leading, creating space etc when we had the ball across the wing/centre. It was embarrassing.
Coaches: frigging drop Stringer & play a small fast fwd line. I would much rather Long than Stringer.
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Zaka is needed inside because he can cover ground as well as win clearances.
He’s actually a good tackler.
Ideally he would be used outside but we have to many one paced plodders and he offers something different.
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Mate, 2 years ago was 2016. Heppell was not the captain. Also Murphy is in a team going through a rebuild.
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So are we.
Ok mr statistics. You know I was saying Heppell is a garbage kick most of the time, which is true this season, but if you want to banter over something trivial of a point I was making go right ahead and be a d*ckhead.
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To be fair, Dys is not and never has been a goal kicking mid. Does lots of other things very well at his best, but never kicked too many goals compared to the real goal kicking mids.
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If you are going to make a point then at least be factual. It isn’t trivial because most people on here will continue with this talk that isn’t actually correct. While his disposal has let him down it isn’t anywhere near as bad as people are making out and your post was over the top and wrong.
So if me defending the captain of the team is being a ■■■■■■■■, then I will happily wear that title.
Just like we demand of the players, I would like to see more of the supporters come in to back up their team instead of constantly attacking them with falsehoods.
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im sure wob was only joking, chillax.
At least Dys can kick a set shot goal.
Good to see the little yappy dog is trying to follow me around nipping at my heals. You really don’t do it as well as Barnz, maybe consider getting a different hobby, like chasing parked cars?
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gets you every time hahaha