AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent 2028 or 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 18, doug85

 

[citizen-erased]

there was too much give and go (to grass) and hot potato handballing today from the entire team

Darcy wasn't the handballing to grass culprit, but I'm just not sure that's how we want to be/should be playing.

i know the days of "just kick it" are gone, but geez, i found myself wishing for some more longer kicks today.

Thing is while we dick around with it, teams set up their defence and bring their half forwards up. Then we turn it over and they a run past our midfield.

Doesnt help we have too few marking targets and forward movement. So we kick to 3 on 1/4 on 2 contests

 

[Blind Turn]

At the game I was amazed at how often he’d surface from congestion with the ball. Those saying that metres gained were a defining factor in judging his performance aren’t taking into account the desperate need that we have for someone who can get the ball cleanly in the midfield heat. If he had the fumbly Colyer hands he’d have touched the ball 44 times but had half the possessions. That makes a huge difference

 

[bacon buster]

yep. the quick handballing gameplan can work. if you can stick your handballs under pressure consistently. we can't and don't.

other teams know that's our Plan A and work hard to make it hard for us, and if we have a Plan B(?), it's no good.

 

[bacon buster]

At the game I was amazed at how often he’d surface from congestion with the ball. Those saying that metres gained were a defining factor in judging his performance aren’t taking into account the desperate need that we have for someone who can get the ball cleanly in the midfield heat. If he had the fumbly Colyer hands he’d have touched the ball 44 times but had half the possessions. That makes a huge difference

he was good. i don't think a 13K to 31 HB ratio is ideal though.

 

[quotemokc]

Give him another decent outlet player to get the ball to and it won't matter that he doesn't go long with it.

One of the reasons Jobe was so good was that he always found a teammate in space around the pack to give the ball off to.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

He was very good but gee he over-handballs and sells a lot of players into trouble. Needs to back himself more and take the kick on.

Ginnivan was BOG for mine then probably Parish/Howe.

 

[bacon buster]

Give him another decent outlet player to get the ball to and it won't matter that he doesn't go long with it.

One of the reasons Jobe was so good was that he always found a teammate in space around the pack to give the ball off to.

Jobe was also able to hold onto the ball to let the play unfold. he was then able to find a play who was in a better position than he, by either handballing OR kicking.

Darcy is not there yet, he's very quick to get rid of it, not always to a player in a better position

 

[Bunk Moreland]

15 contested touches and 12 clearances. Gee whiz I wish we had blokes playing as poorly as him.

 

[MiguelM]

Hope the ankle comes up ok. Didn't look too bad.

 

[Flash10]

I hope so as well. It looked like a syndesmosis type sprain but I’m hoping I’m wrong. He wasn’t the same when he came back on.

 

[faible]

He was good, but it was one of the less impressive 44 disposal games I've seen.

Last year was 42 disposals - 6 marks - 2 goals - 7 i50s - 9 clearances and 619m gained.

This year was 44 disposals - 1 mark - 0 goals - 3 i50s - 12 clearances and 310m gained.

 

[citizen-erased]

He was good, but it was one of the less impressive 44 disposal games I've seen.

Last year was 42 disposals - 6 marks - 2 goals - 7 i50s - 9 clearances and 619m gained.

This year was 44 disposals - 1 mark - 0 goals - 3 i50s - 12 clearances and 310m gained.

metres gained stat ignores that any territory we made up, the Pies were using as a launchpad to score. I don't mind the 310m when you think he was probably avoiding a turnover.

HF seems to be where we break down. We could be preserving the ball, pressing the backs up and running our opponents zone around the ground. but the lack of HF marking targets hurts.
Cox and/or Jones up there would be handy.

 

[faible]

metres gained stat ignores that any territory we made up, the Pies were using as a launchpad to score. I don't mind the 310m when you think he was probably avoiding a turnover.

HF seems to be where we break down. We could be preserving the ball, pressing the backs up and running our opponents zone around the ground. but the lack of HF marking targets hurts.
Cox and/or Jones up there would be handy.

He was significantly more damaging last year, basically, on every metric we have available.

It was a good game, not a great game. Unlike last year.

 

[Darealrath]

I thought he had a great game. Played like an absolute madman and just kept winning the footy when it was in dispute. Great sign given last week was the most criticism he's ever copped from the media.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

 

[scottmclaren]

Just saw him in a moon boot @ Olympic Park Imaging

 

[eth-dog]

Moon boots by themselves don't say anything. He could be right for this week or be out for the year.

 

[Dave]

Moon boots by themselves don't say anything. He could be right for this week or be out for the yeardecade.

FTFY.

 

[scottmclaren]

yeah he looked like he was walking on it without pain. My daughter was very disappointed though!

I told her "he will still be able to handball" ;p

 

[Lore]

He came back on and played with it whatever it was, must have been pretty innocuous at the time.

 

[andleanback]

Suspected syndesmosis

 

[Nifft]

Suspected syndesmosis

Just do the same thing they did with Zach...

 

[Lore]

Suspected syndesmosis

Well at least we know the club has reached god tier on rehabbing that particular injury...

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Well at least we know the club has reached god tier on rehabbing that particular injury...

 

[Hamez]

Cleared of any structural damage!