AFL Player # 7: Indefatigable Zach Merrett (c) - 5 time Crichton Medallist! 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 10, I Remember Bluey

 

[Rash]

Look, he was good but yoiu'd have gto leave someone out for him. Who do you move out to slot him in?

the selectors were probs debating betwen

Neale, Zerrett, Butters and trelor

if i had to rank them from best to worst this season

Neale, Merrett,Butters trelor

Adam trelor doesnt damage you, just gets a bunch of meanigless touches and hack kicks ect. Zez is one of the best kicks in the comp.

 

[MattyB3150]

Recency bias again. From being touted as possible AA captain to not even making it despite no huge drop off in his output.

Yep 100%

 

[jmoo wan]

the selectors were probs debating betwen

Neale, Zerrett, Butters and trelor

if i had to rank them from worst to best this season

Neale, Merrett,Butters trelor

Adam trelor doesnt damage you, just gets a bunch of meanigless touches and hack kicks ect. Zez is one of the best kicks in the comp.

yet you rank him better than Neale, Merrett and Butters?

your ranking system might need work

 

[Rash]

yet you rank him better than Neale, Merrett and Butters?

your ranking system might need work

sorry mate i meant best to worst. other way around

 

[ghostdog]

Adam Treloar

1

Adam Treloar

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.2

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

15.3

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

30.3

5star

K

16.3

5star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.3

4star

CL

5.8

5star

D

18.0

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

6.8

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.6

4star

> Zach Merrett is amazing to me.

 

[JayJ20]

Yeah I'd have Merrett above Treloar for sure.

 

[fairbump_playon]

As if Joe Menzie and Jayden Laverde

15

Jayden Laverde

Age

28

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.8

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.8

4star

MG

152.8

2star

D

8.8

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

116.5

2star

D

11.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

141.2

3star

didn't already owe Zach Merrett the world

 

[doug85]

All class from Zach

 

[andleanback]

Look, he was good but yoiu'd have gto leave someone out for him. Who do you move out to slot him in?

He had a better year than butters, but port finishing 2nd probably gets butters the spot

 

[raskolnikov]

Disgraceful but not surprising in the least. Selectors have a history of snubbing Essendon players,

 

[Knighta21]

Surely could have got in over Treloar.

 

[ant555]

To be honest the AA side interests me about as much as John Ralph's opinions.

 

[Vander18]

Almost like he has to do too much. I am sure the extra workload he is taking on is having an effect on his disposals as the game goes on.

Agree with this. Add a tag most weeks and I thought he tired a bit as the season wore on. Almost worked himself out of the AA team I reckon.

We will be something different as a team the day someone goes to Merrett’s tagger and gets physical with them. Pushing, blocking …..all those things other teams do when their best player is getting treatment. It never happens.

 

[jannissary]

disappointing but not at all surprising, sadly.

 

[windyhill]

His team falling off the cliff didn’t help, while Treloars team had a very good second half of the season.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

well now can we stop using AA nominations as undeniable proof that X player is elite (not referring to anyone specific )

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Means a lot to the players and that’s a really disappointment for Merrett who deserved a spot

 

[Agronomus]

Agree with this. Add a tag most weeks and I thought he tired a bit as the season wore on. Almost worked himself out of the AA team I reckon.

We will be something different as a team the day someone goes to Merrett’s tagger and gets physical with them. Pushing, blocking …..all those things other teams do when their best player is getting treatment. It never happens.

Shouldn't that be Parish's job when they're played together?

 

[I Remember Bluey]

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[Bunk Moreland]

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All class from Zach

Classy message

… and the fact he even posted it tells you he knows what a ****en disgrace it was that he wasn’t picked.

Perfectly handled

 

[Beerfish]

If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times. AA is a crock of shit.

 

[Beerfish]

And that awards thing is rubbish too.

 

[Vander18]

Shouldn't that be Parish's job when they're played together?

Not sure we’d rely on Parish for that sort of physical presence.

 

[Mercurial89]

To be honest the AA side interests me about as much as John Ralph's opinions.

I don't think you should worry too much about the AA mate, it's not that big of a deal.

 

[JayJ20]

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All class from Zach

It's sad because Zach Merrett does everything he can for a premiership. When we talk about our last 20 years, Zach is the exception. He has been that way from the beginning and worked hard to improve his defence over the last couple of years.

He could have and can easily win a brownlow, a norm smith and so much more.

The club has let him down in so many ways. I hope his teammates see that and try to at least get him some success before he retires.