Dylan Shiel is our most important recruit? Yeh Nah, Its Joey Daniher: At least according to ESPN.
AFL 2019: Every club’s best internal recruit
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Niall Seewang, Jake Michaels and Matt Walsh
Essendon
Joe Daniher. They nabbed Dylan Shiel in the most recent trade period, and brought in some genuine stars in Smith, Saad and Stringer the year before, but the cherry on top of the “Essendon winning a final” cake might just be a player who has been at the club for seven years: Joe Daniher.
The prodigious 200-centimetre key forward will be 25 years of age and beginning to hit the prime years of his career once the 2019 season begins. Despite missing most of last season with a persistent bout of osteitis pubis, the club is confident Daniher will be able to play in Round 1 and make an immediate impression.
For those who have forgotten just what an explosive and impactful player Daniher can be, in 2017 he kicked 65 goals and averaged 15 touches, nearly seven marks and four hit-outs per game.
Shiel will have a massive impact, but I can’t see him time travelling, joining us for the 2018 season and qualifying for us as an “internal” recruit for this article.