Wanganeen leaving was far worse than Draper leaving.
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I didnāt like Joe Dan the most.
Danihers were/are special to Essendon. And he made it pretty clear he didnāt like the dons anymore
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Not even in the same universe.
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Weird take.
we poach one of Ports best.
He wins a Brownlow and a flag with/for us.
And it sucks for him going back home to live out his days at Port - to captain their club.
Heās always been an Adelaide boy
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Thereās an element of ārepay the faith ā with Draper.
he didnāt play footy as a kid afaik. The clubs built him up over 6 years.
heās really only just and I mean just showing what he can do to be worth that much development.
Then walks, turning his back on a 5 year multi million dollar deal.
Thanks Sam.
Need a fresh start eh you Prick
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Still hurts
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Should be third rounder obviously.
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Finals teams are chasing Draper because heās a UFA and he does have a body of work behind him. Additionally, Draper has shown he has versatility to play up forward, which is INCREDIBLY valuable. Bryan has VFL and a handful of AFL games, and at this stage has not shown any capacity to play forward. That doesnāt mean heās not performing as well or better than Draper in the ruck role. It means heās more of a risk, not as easy to get (just salary cap) and doesnāt have the positional flexibility of Draper.
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I mean, if you compare Draper to his same draft cohort he is sooo far behind the others it isnāt funny. Draper has 78 games and performance wise would be behind: English (154 games, elite ruck and around the ground), Sean Darcy (127 games, top ruck), Darcy Cameron (119 games, quality ruck), Rowan Marshall (156 games, probably not as good a ruck), and Oscar McInerney (162 games, top ruck). All drafted in 2016.
Probably only Marshall is clearly not as good in the ruck as Draper, but all of them have a much longer body of work establishing them as reliable, quality rucks who perform at the top level year after year. Then there is Draper who canāt stay on the park, and then often has relatively low time in the ruck (when first ruck).
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Potential good news is that with Merrett potentially leaving, the AFL may be more likely to secret herbs us band 1 compo
Why are you bothering me with this?
There is no club in the league that would choose to play Bryan in the seniors and Draper in the magoos on their current skill level, and thatās fine because of the age difference.
I really donāt need to hear your cope of pretending any differently.
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Yeah Drapes is a very good player and a good get for Brisbane or Adelaide.
He also signed a contract through to free agency for this exact reason.
Whilst I get why he left, I also donāt entirely get why he didnāt stay. Heās as marquee as a player gets for us. He will lose a bit of that heading north.
I guess thatās another reason he left his decision as late as he did. It wasnāt a TDK situation where everyone knew 6 months ago. I think he genuinely was very torn.
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Our club doesnāt see anything ahead of time. Couldnāt even see its captain wanting to jump ship despite meeting with him the night before.
Meets up with a rival coach behind the clubs back Brad wasnāt happy about that last night.
And donāt give me that crap that Merret has every right to chase success else after the service heās given us the bloke is being selfish right now and as a captain of a club thatās just poor form
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No one did.
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Drapers conduct of leaving looks half decent compared to Merrett. Even left a nice message for the supporters. I donāt think Merrett will do the same.
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Heād better turn the ā ā ā ā ā ā ā comments off the little prick.
Well yeah heās a free agent.
The thing I didnāt like about Drapes and itās probably only only a valid criticism if he made his mind up a while ago.
Is that he kept doing a lot of socials and public work for the club. Really was still a public face for us.
I take it on face value that he was massively torn and made a last minute decision.
But it probably isnāt like that.
Reckon #2 and #7 are two of the most popular numbers for kids to pop on their back at Essendon.
Thatās one hellava rough offseason for young fans.
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Yep no one deserves success.
Someone might go full Lloydy v Sewell on him
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Iām just really really sad.
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