showed alot more flexibility than last time he played
He is a great replacement for Hooker in the coming years. I hope we can keep him around that long.
Hooker should be rested this week.
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Just a beautiful kick. Love Hurley, but this guys disposal is a big upside and a major offensive weapon. If heās overcome the opponent scragging element of his game when the ball hurtles toward a one on one, heāll be a keeper for sure.
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To stay in the side we probably need to play 3 key forwards (Hooker, Brown and Smack).
Not sure if Woosha will do this even though Hooker forward is nearly a must given how successful it has been
Great kick of the footy, distance with no efforting.
That is (was?) just such a major, major downside to his game. Always been able to clunk, always been a beautiful kick but that scragging was infuriating. Hopefully itās kept to a minimum because if it rears itās ugly head again he can go back to the VFL.
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There was a photo together with Jenkinsās comment about how they couldnāt stop usā¦Harts had a massive hold on Jenkinsās guernsey.
I notice Hartley seems to be a ābig brotherā figure for many of the younger players. They seem to be a close-knit bunch and Hartley seems to be at the heart of it. I hope we can keep him around. Not only does he provide good depth but also helps develop our club culture.
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I canāt remember who, but Someone said that Zerk-Thatcher has been living with the Hartleyās.
Unfortunately Hartley goes back to VFL unless we rest Hooker. Itās sad to see a bloke who is in form omitted but thatās just the result of having a team in form.
Thereās no way you have Hartley in the team if all of Ambrose, Francis, Hooker, McKernan, Brown and a ruckman are in the team. One more and it just gets way too top heavy.
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Was it Instagram?
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Nonsense. 3 tall forwards, 3 tall backs and 1 Ruckman. QED.
Sounds like the title of a sit-com.
(Although no apostrophe required).
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Wtf this ā ā ā ā ā cooked 
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Lol at Bags with ridiculous Bags tan. Surfer. 
gotta be more to it otherwise what the hell hahahah, who wants to be a biscuit.
Would be a poor list decision to let him go. Hartley is durable, whereas the other 3 down there are missing stretches of games for one reason or another. Heās the youngest of the 3 by a couple of years too and is a great role player with some serious weapons. I guess Essendon wonāt let him go if they really want him. Feels like Hartley is a pretty loyal bloke and is forever indebted to the EFC for giving him a second chance and may very well say to Dodoro (providing the club want him) heās happy to bide his time. If so, he could very well be holding down CHB / FB in Essendonās 150th year celebrations / premiership year in 2022. Itās not beyond the realms this selling point is being used by Dodoro in player retention or trade?
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Imagine GC offer him 250K, or 400K if you bring Tippaā¦
We all love Hooker, Hurls and all the backs, but at times tall opposition forwards get hold of us. I think Harts will develop into a really effective stopper of big forwards given his spoiling ability, at AFL level.
I want to see him play on 3mpeter.
He might be our 5th element.
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Canāt believe he is not named in the starting 18ā¦WTAF
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