#3 Darcy "Darcy Parish" Parish - Shiel can play forward pocket instead

Yes, … if anyone in the side deserves the nickname Pigeon, …

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this guy is the handball king
has amazing hands

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100% midfield against the Suns.
Just for giggles swap Parish and Merrett roles and see what happens. Parish will have 30 plus and 10 clearances, Merrett will have 10 inside 50’s and set up 5 plus goals.

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Not much being said about this guy but when you watch the replay he is in everything and plays a very important role in our dominance in the end.

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My favourite piece of play from him was at the start of the last deep in our forward line where he laid a big tackle and then on his hands and knees pinched it off the deck from Sloan and then dished to Merrett for the check side goal.

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Why I actually gave him votes - unobtrusively excellent

That is strange. He’s one of our fittest.

Anyone know why?

Sloane much better aerially, Parish quicker

My guess is that there is some sort of load management going on. He certainly doesn’t look injured. Will be interesting to see if it’s back up this week.

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I wonder if the tank of Mitch Brown adds more value to the team by allowing our more naturally talented players to get more breaks and have higher impact when on the ground.

Mitch spent 94% of the time on the ground.

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Has re-signed for two more years. Happened last Thursday.

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To be announced on the Tuesday following Essendons next loss.

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They need to announce it this year though, but hard if we go undefeated.

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Any idea if any of the other uncontracted guys also have?

We already knew this, … right? :thinking:

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He is a Star!

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Cheers for the heads up.

Much appreciated.

Suddenly the gap to Oliver seems a hell of a lot smaller…

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Oh god… we’re not gonna have another pointless# Parish vs Oliver comparison, are we?

#pointless because, you know, Melbourne picked Oliver before us…

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No, but I’m sure some will still have a meltdown at the thought of it…

Also the comparison of players is actually the valid part, it’s the wishing things had turned out differently that is pointless.