Thanks Heath, I remember we won against an undefeated Geelong in 2011, the wheels had fallen off our season, Jobe was out injured and you took over in the middle, you were immense.
Your end of year games in 2015 was a cause for optimism. Sorry that you were robbed by the Saga of a year where you would have better form.
This has been a very tough year for most of the players coming back other than the AA 3, no simple thing being deprived of contact with your club and can’t even participate as much as an injured player and keep up with how the game and game plan is evolving.
Anyway, glad you got one more game in round 23, it was great to see you out there again.
One of my favourites. A Heath Hocking in his prime is essentially what our midfield lacks right now. Good luck to him, hopefully the club provide him with opportunities to stick around. Great Essendon person.
I love the guys who support us as kids and then grow up to play for the club. It is a special kind of Essendon person.
Heater gave his all every time he took the field. Tough as any player I can remember to represent the club.
I recall watching him close up playing VFL for Bendigo at Frankston (together with TBell and Myers) before any of them had graduated to the seniors (can’t remember which year), and even then you could see he was as hard and tough as they come.
Also, it was a special moment when he was the first to re-sign after the ASADA crap.
I have loved watching him play, and admire his career. Great clubman. Great Essendon man.
Fkg love this guy. Epitomises hard work & unconditional commitment. Feel like he could’ve offered us something at times when we were getting smacked around contests & clearances. Actually felt like he offered something in the middle against Freo a few weeks ago when he went in the middle.
A great Essendon person & wish him every success in his future. Sincerely hope someone picks him up & he can have some success. If not, I’d love for him to keep playing for our VFL side.
One tough ■■■■■■. Would have fitted in nicely with Solomon, Hardwick, Johnson back in the days.
When he was out there I was confident no one would ■■■■ with our players.
Unfortunatelty we have no one on our list like that now and everyone can push us around. (Maybe Hurley).