Former #30 B. Zerk-Thatcher

I thought Ozario was eaten by a dingo as a baby.

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Yeah, but then he ate his way out of the dingo. Finishes fights.

Love his work as Chief Wiggum

This pick has so much of Cale Hooker about it.

A few similaritiesā€¦

  • Taken a year after they were draft eligible
  • Taken late in the draft
  • Skinny tall bean poles
  • Ridiculed on BBlitz when drafted
  • Can Clunk.

I will be watching Zerks first few years with real intrigue. Can see him taking up a Key Defence role in 3-4 years.

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SANFL grand final with Houlihan and BZK.

https://youtu.be/bJDZOZ3XYm0

From a HS articleā€¦

The 195cm Bomber was originally a ruck-forward, but Essendonā€™s recruiters were the ones who suggested he move into defence early last year, with great success

This is fascinating

Wonder what the rationale was there ā€¦ genuinely thought he might be better as a defender or trying to have him slip perhaps as fwd/rucks seen as more valuable.

In any case the fact he can play both ends & pinch hit in ruck an added bonus

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Love that he is not a random pick but someone weā€™ve watched closely

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Canā€™t wait for the forward or back arguments.

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BZERKER WITH EXTRA CHEESE PLEASE.

He was the selection we took the least time in making aswell, fair to say we rated him a lot higher than 66

But not higher than 49ā€¦

Why do you hate Jordan Houlahan so much?

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Or possibly we did rate him higher than 49, but were confident nobody else rated him higher than 66.

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Welcome Zerkel

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There are no ā€˜random picksā€™

195cm is questionable based on that neck.

Think Langford might have a run for his money.

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McNernan make Langford look like Gladstone Small by comparison.

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Oh yeah, bring it Zerk!!

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Zerk: Whoooaaah dude, thatā€™s excellent!!!

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Looks like we will actually be developing him as a key forward

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