#7 Zerrett - could double his Crichton/Trevor Barkers by 2027

seriously though, how many times do you recall clubs tagging parish instead of merrett?

maybe a handful at best over the last 5 or 6 years?

Poor bloke is getting tagged.

Durham and Caldwell need support doing all the heavy lifting need Parish back

Having a tagger isnā€™t the reason he had 8 possessions in a row in the 3rd quarter that were ineffective or turnovers. He more than any other player cost us the game in the 3rd quarter.

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Merret has credits in the bank he had a down game just like every other elite mid that has one it happens.

Merret will bounce back against Pies and get 30 plus and be best on ground for us thatā€™s the type of player he is

Parish was a late bloomer though. 2022 was his major breakout.
Tagging wasnā€™t as prevalent last year as this year. It was more ā€˜run withā€™ than tag.
Thatā€™s where the opposition have a choice. Either put more time into Merrett or Parish. One is bound to get off the chain. If they try and tag both, then they are relying on he other midfielder to cause their damage at the contest.
Having Parish there definitely helps take attention away from him than Perkins, Caldwell, Durham and Stringer do.

Just to top off the weekend merrett fined .

What for?
Hope it was for paying out on the umps.

Itā€™ll be for a chest hit on some Geelong player after kicking a goal.

Reckon Zac would have been the only one upset in the rooms after the game he would have smashed some pretzels

Book him for BOG against the Pies bloke hates losing

You obviously didnā€™t see Caldwell after the match. He is one competitive beast. Never seen anyone as filthy as he was walking back into the rooms.

If only his attitude would rub off on the rest of the team. If we got beaten it wouldnā€™t be for lack of effort.

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Just saw the chest shove. Surely they are taking the ā– ā– ā– ā– . That happens a dozen times a game. Iā€™ve never heard of anyone being fined for that before. AFL topping up their Xmas party fund?
Edit And they conveniently didnā€™t notice how often Zach was elbowed in the back at stoppages?

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This guy has just put in one of the better halves of the season by anyone in the league and itā€™s just the Zach weā€™ve come to expect.

Heā€™s an absolute champion.

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Heā€™s elite elite. Top 2 or 3 players in the league

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Put a video of his game in the archive at Windy Hill.
One of the genuinely great games tonight. What a star.

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You canā€™t keep a champion down. One bad game in a long time last week and hit back hard tonight.

That was Hird like. Carried the team to win.

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The apoil then he knocked it forward then chasden4 different players

Fark me thatā€™s what champions do

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Farkin huge

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I think he broke the pressure stats calculator on the AFL app. They lost count I think

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Yeah Iā€™m expecting some crazy stat once they load them in

He was just immense on the chase

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