Yep…like a dog with a bone 
I’m just re-watching the Freo game.
Darcy’s thread deserves to stay in the top 3 active threads at all times this week.
Exactly.
How can we have faith in them when every single Essendon fan knew to play parish full time in the guts besides woosha and truck
Not every fan. Some of us saw his development as preparing for what now is, a dynamic and effective midfielder on a consistent basis. Darcy’s preparation has been good and the coaches need credit. At 23 he has now reached that stage and is being released and will give us another 8-10 years of fantastic service which will keep us Top 8 / Top 4 for many years to come. Releasing players too early can burn them out when their bodies, and sometimes emotional capacity, are not mature enough to handle it. I’m glad they held him back and thrilled that now, all the potential that we saw, can now be released and unleashed for the next exciting phase of his development. Patience is a virtue!
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ftfy
Which would be fine except the only reason he’s getting the midfield time he is is because Shiel and Caldwell are injured
They didn’t decide “ok Darce we think you’re ready”. It was forced upon them.
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LOL…and Zac has been playing on the ball since day dot, so there goes your coaching touchy feely bs…na, Darcy didn’t fit their mould of a fast running on ball machine that can run forever…which is moronic, as every team has and needs “the extractor”…we tried to turn Merrett, McGrath & Shiel into “everything” when they are natural outside runners…we had the best extractor drumming his fingers on the bench or trying to be a pressure forward…serious blinkered thinking.
The coaching staff were wrong…And I 100% blame Worsfold, and hopefully the rest of the coaching staff have been taught a very valuable lesson, with Parish, Lav & Francis all showing that the “learnings” includes the coaches, when you have blinkers on and pigeon hole where players should be played…lack of vision.
Worsfold set most players back years…and should be blamed for the mini exodus of Daniher & co…which IMO will end up being the thing that puts us on the rails to being a successful club again.
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Worsfold was not all bad. Just mostly.
My assessment is that he was never emotionally invested in the Essendon football team per se. It was a totally transactional professional contract to him, and as such he bore a professional duty of care to the players. Thats it.
I suspect there was another matter, and this was alluded to by Darce himself between seasons, say 2 years ago. He lacked the tank to get from contest to contest until recently. In addition he lacked the hardness to take the hits and punishment. The physical toll increases proportionately as the number of contests increases. At stoppages many contested possessions involve a gang tackle and being dumped on the ground and landed on. I think he had the skills but not the endurance or hardness required to back it up week after week until 2021. Now taggers will go to him. Lets see how he handles that.
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No, Blitz knows better than the coaching staff - enough of this logic and evidence
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But specifically he wasn’t ready until round 3 of his sixth year when the 20 year old with a history of hamstring injuries who was put immediately into full time midfield duties injured his hamstring. It’s a very precise timing.
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Playing as a mid/fwd isn’t somehow a lesser position… e.g. Dusty.
Agree with the point in the first paragraph, Wishywashy is at fault over the stalled development of DP.
I would have phrased the second paragraph differently. Some on here might interpret that as Woosha being the one to set up for future success, whereas l think you mean any future success will be despite his efforts, not because of them.
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Yes…despite his “learnings” and the molly coddling of the saga boys…we will get back on track…he has been a anchor on many young players development, a D U D whose main aim was NOT building success.
I backed Worsfold in the beginning when many wanted him gone…I was wrong and now agree his expiry date had past.
Lets hope he farks the Blues up too.
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It is if your a smaller type thats main skills are as a coal face rover.
Just saying that Parish lining up in the first two rounds as a mid fwd was understandable when the alternative was playing Shiel or Caldwell in that position. Parish has a much better eye for goal than those two… don’t know that the coaching staff thought he wasn’t as good onball, just that he had another string that the other two dont
Hopefully they now realise what they actually have when Darcy Parish is roving on the ball
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Started on the bench in Rd1 while a couple of imports were taking the opening bounce, i guess people can make their own judgements on what they think of that.
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You are absolutely right as is @Bomber1408. Parish was neglected and yes he only has the opportunity because of the absence of others, but that still doesn’t take away from the fact, IMO, that he is a much better player for the slower build up he’s had. His strength and use of the ball now is so much more superior than it was in his first few years and he will really be a dominant player for us for the next 8 years or so. Woosha probably didn’t see his potential, but many of us did and are now thrilled to see his potential becoming reality. It adds a new and stronger dimension to our midfield which will only be stronger when Draper, Shiel and Caldwell come back in. Caldwell will still need a year or two to live up to the hype but in Rutten I believe we have the sort of coach that will get him there.
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