Retired #11: David Zaharakis - Survivin'

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2021
Last Game Played: Round 19, 2021 (omit)
Injury Status: n/a

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Good god he’s soft

 

[fairbump_playon]

Would still be a gun in an easy league where the ball always sits up nice

 

[yaco55]

He was the least of our problems tonight - A solid game to follow up a very good game.

 

[eth-dog]

Was pretty bad but plenty worse than him

 

[CBombers17]

Good god he’s soft

I asked myself what can be said. This covers everything.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

20 touches is a nice way to fill a stat sheet. Probably the least impactful 20 touch game I've ever seen. So many fumbles, so SOFT around the contest, so many bad decisions.

 

[Turnover]

He was the least of our problems tonight - A solid game to follow up a very good game.

Got to be kidding. He and raz are taking the piss and have been for a while.

 

[Turnover]

20 touches is a nice way to fill a stat sheet. Probably the least impactful 20 touch game I've ever seen. So many fumbles, so SOFT around the contest, so many bad decisions.

Always putting our players under pressure with shit handballs, shifting the pressure. Kindly retire please.

 

[The Camel]

Was pretty bad but plenty worse than him

I don't subscribe to this. He's played 200-games. He's a considered a leader. Whether David likes it or not, more is expected of him. He was absent last night, much like the majority of his "career".

Always putting our players under pressure with sh*t handballs, shifting the pressure. Kindly retire please.

Very few players are afforded the luxury of genuinely calling time. It's usually reserved for the superstars, but even then it's no certainty. Most sit in the "forced retirement" category and save face by pulling the pin when they see the writing on the wall. David would consider himself lucky if the club forced him into retirement. His output hasn't deserved that that next to his name.

If he's really the great clubman he proclaims to be, lets see a selfless act (like Hocking and Myers of years gone past) and step aside for the next generation.

 

[yodellinhank]

Played poorly huh? Must've reached an in principal agreement for an extension with the club this week just gone.

 

[Turnover]

I don't subscribe to this. He's played 200-games. He's a considered a leader. Whether David likes it or not, more is expected of him. He was absent last night, much like the majority of his "career".


Very few players are afforded the luxury of genuinely calling time. It's usually reserved for the superstars, but even then it's no certainty. Most sit in the "forced retirement" category and save face by pulling the pin when they see the writing on the wall. David would consider himself lucky if the club forced him into retirement. His output hasn't deserved that that next to his name.

If he's really the great clubman he proclaims to be, lets see a selfless act (like Hocking and Myers of years gone past) and step aside for the next generation.

Well said.

 

[Turnover]

Played poorly huh? Must've reached an in principal agreement for an extension with the club this week just gone.

Surely he can’t get an extension.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Surely he can’t get an extension.

He still has a year on the current contract.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

He still has a year on the current contract.

 

[Turnover]

He still has a year on the current contract.

His manager is a ****ing wizard.

 

[Goat Hird]

With our kicking of late, can't see him being omitted any time soon.

 

[SherbertLemon]

look he wasn't the worst but he's not adding a lot and he's taking up a spot that can be easily filled in the team.

 

[yodellinhank]

He still has a year on the current contract.

Better get in early, he can see the new deal out as the incumbent fat side role mentor and we can have a senior fat side role assistant to share some of the load.

 

[Summer Nights]

Zaka is a pea-heart for mine, which kills me to say because I was a big fan of his in his early years. He epitomises Essendon for the last decade. At times excites with flashes of brilliance but when you need him to stand up and face adversity he prefers to skirt around the edges avoiding the hard ball.

I'd trade him out to Port to join the likes of Angus and Paddy because his on-field character isn't aligned to the culture we should be building.

4 years later and still the same old shit. FMD

 

[SherbertLemon]

Hurting the team.
But will play for the next 2 years apparently...

 

[TheFrenchCut]

 

[JayJ20]

If he isn't dropped, then we aren't serious about winning anything.

 

[Turnover]

4 years later and still the same old sh*t. FMD

4 years is being kind.

 

[andleanback]

Counting down the days until late August 2021 when his retirement is announced. Zaharakis constantly getting a game sums up why the club is where they are.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Said it before but if this guy is meant to be driving the standards at Essendon, well it's no wonder we're ****ing shit.