The mercurial Mark Mercuri

We all need a bit of a cheer up

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Gee he was very, very good.

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Understatement
He was a true star of the game and not recognised enough by this game.

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Class pure class.

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Hope he’s doing well, he was great for the club.

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Under rated amongst Essendon supporters and football public.

He’s on the same level as Hird IMO.
And his team mates said the same.

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Superstar, my mum(Italian in Perth) became a bombers supporter after seeing those beatiful Italiano’s, Merc, Misiti, Ses and Cara.

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One of my all time favourites.

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Absolute rolls royce in his prime.

And his 93 Prelim goal is still the loudest and most physical noise I’ve heard at a game

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Superstar. And completely underrated outside Essendon supporters.

That qualifying final vs Sydney when he was BOG on the back of a quarter and a half was all time.

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Gun.

Unique.

Would have dominated any era.

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Not enough Italians in Ess team atm!
Caracella’s comes from Irish stock.

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Well there’s Raz but…yeah.

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Lav is Italian too.

He is in my top 5 in my 38 years of a being supporter. So skilled

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Yep… need more!

Anyone know what he’s up to now?

I thought he was a great player and loved to watch him. He wasn’t as good as Hird, but was a champion player in a champion team.

Can’t get much better than that!

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that’s a highlights reel to savour

he certainly knew how to find the goals

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He is a chippy now working on building sites across Melbourne. He is very understated and humble, a good worker by all reports.

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Did a footy clinic with him as a junior, he seemed very reserved and shy. I wondered are they contractually obliged to attend those things, or do they volunteer for maybe a slight bump in pay? Of all of them I attended not many of the pros seemed like they wanted to be there. But then coming down to Ballarat in winter I can hardly blame them. Anyway superb player, his year in '99 was absolutely elite and he should have fared better in the brownlow count.

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