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I don’t care about Dermie, is this kid any good?
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Of course not
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He potentially slots in a bit more ready made than Gerryn.
kicked 4 goals against us last year in VFL and was talked about as a potential MSD pick at the time
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I would have liked to have seen Dermie on “reaction cam” when his name was called out.
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Good sizzzzeeeee
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That’s good reading.
Contested marker we sure need up front
Clunk away!
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Big unit
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Clunkers
So saying May has charges pending ?
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Big bodied forward
2mp to be shopped around?
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Fark Collingwood.
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Dermie tormented the Bombers for years, now his partner’s son will don the red and black
By Peter Ryan and Michael Gleeson
Updated May 28, 2025 — 8.38pmfirst published at 6.44pm
Injury ravaged Essendon plunged on key forwards and a ruckman in the mid-season rookie draft, taking the son of Dermott Brereton’s partner as well as Carlton’s VFL captain, who was once drafted to Collingwood, among their haul of tall reinforcements.
With 10 players 190cm or above on their injury list, the Bombers needed urgent back-up to get through the season, so they took 198cm tall forward Archer May with their first pick. May’s mother, Julie, is the long-term partner of Brereton, who through his storied career with Hawthorn was the long-term tormentor of their arch-rivals, the Bombers.
Archer May has landed at Essendon, a club his mother’s partner, Hawthorn great Dermott Brereton (inset), long tormented in the 1980s. Credit:X / Getty
The Bombers also took ready-to-play 203 cm tall ruckman Lachlan Blakiston, who has been playing for East Fremantle in the WAFL with their second pick. They took medium/tall forward Oskar Smartt from their VFL program and, with their last pick, selected Liam McMahon, who is co-captain of Carlton’s VFL team. He has kicked 24 goals for the Blues in the VFL this season.
McMahon was taken by Collingwood with pick 31 in the 2020 national draft and lasted two years on the Magpies’ list. Given the injuries the Bombers are carrying, he could even now find himself playing against the Blues as soon as next round.
Blakiston, a mature-age recruit, is expected to fill the holes left by injuries to Sam Draper and Nick Bryan. He is almost certain to make his debut with the Bombers next month as they will need to give veteran Todd Goldstein a break. Smartt has shown the Bombers he is an accurate goalkicking forward has a good leap in his time playing VFL for the club.
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If Dermie comes into our rooms, I hope he tells us to draw a line in the sand
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I have met Dermie surfing a couple times. He’s a lovely bloke.
Would welcome him anytime down at the club.
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I don’t mind Derm tbf. They need to get him down into the rooms even for ■■■■■ and giggles.
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Do we play Hwthorn again? There’s his debut right there. It’d be hilarious.
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