AFL Player #20: Peter Wright

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent (?) 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 21, TheGrizz

 

[Milanista28]

Needs to spend the offseason practicing flailing about for free kicks and looking with sadness and shock at the umpire that he's been infringed so offensively in every marking contest.

Some of the free kicks I have seen Curnow and Max King get recently, oof

 

[TurnOnTheBrightLights]

The weekends game was the first time in a while that he has at least failed to bring the ball to ground. Even if he doesn't clunk them (yes I know I know he hasn't looked like it this year) hes generally caused a spillage. I think we have to learn to work with what we have until we can draft or trade for a genuine big lunk with sticky mits. This is who Pete is. All things considered for a 4th rd pick were up

 

[MiguelM]

 

[Lore]

haha he was playing with a plantar fascia injury at the end of last year. Christ.

Expecting a modified start to the preseason.

Peter Wright managed a plantar fascia injury in his foot towards the end of the season and although he will have a potentially modified start of the pre-season, that period is expected to be short

Dons pair to resume full training in January after injury-hit years

Essendon's head of performance Daniel McPherson has provided an update on several players.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Squeaky]

haha he was playing with a plantar fascia injury at the end of last year. Christ.

Expecting a modified start to the preseason.

Dons pair to resume full training in January after injury-hit years

Essendon's head of performance Daniel McPherson has provided an update on several players.

www.essendonfc.com.au

I swear the hanger is built on an ancient burial ground or something... cursed

 

[Kong]

"We'll only play players when fully fit".

 

[ant555]

"We'll only play players when fully fit".

Except when they are not

 

[Lore]

"We'll only play players when fully fit".

*when we have a choice at the start of the season

 

[yodellinhank]

"We'll only play players when fully fit".

How's your arm? Great, take this note to the umpire...

#forfeit #sackwhosejobitistokeepthemfit

 

[Lore]

Currently on a modified running program and will re-join main training in the coming weeks, recovering from plantar fascia injury.

Injury update: Star defenders make full recovery, new recruits to resume full training in coming weeks

A full pre-season report on the Bombers' injury list.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[boncer34]

That's a holiday

 

[Vindicater]

That's a holiday

Two weeks I reckon

 

[fishardansin]

That's a holiday

Unfortunate. He had his eyes on the ball and it was a chest mark, but it looked terrible when he turned his body.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Caddy might be in a bit earlier than we thought

 

[fishardansin]

Much better than last week all across the ground, but were still amateur with the turnovers and not defending the corridor properly when they switch.

If we can keep pushing up and moving the ball quick but remove those turnovers we're looking good here. Are all of their scores from turnovers?

 

[ant555]

Looks like a 2 or 3 . Would have been better to just go full unco at the footy and not brace for contact.

 

[boncer34]

Much better than last week all across the ground, but were still amateur with the turnovers and not defending the corridor properly when they switch.

If we can keep pushing up and moving the ball quick but remove those turnovers we're looking good here. Are all of their scores from turnovers?

New match thread

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

All he had to do was pretend to try and mark because he was in the contest.

 

[carnthedons]

All he had to do was pretend to try and mark because he was in the contest.

This is the thing, he takes them as chest marks all the time, that’s his preferred option, unfortunate in this case it looks like he’s tried to clean the bloke up

 

[Highly Evolved]

Unfortunate. He had his eyes on the ball and it was a chest mark, but it looked terrible when he turned his body.

I don't really know what else he could've done. I feel like he needed to protect himself in this situation as Cunningham was coming in on an angle.

Shocked that it's 2MP on the tribunal watch though - not exactly an aggressor.

 

[Mootsy]

Last second braced himself, would have looked better just going for the mark. But it’s hard to gauge when you’re not the player on the ground.

 

[ghostdog]

I saw a guy trying to take a mark. Never took his eyes off the ball. I reckon we can appeal if he's cited.

 

[fishardansin]

New match thread

Whoops!

 

[fishardansin]

I don't really know what else he could've done. I feel like he needed to protect himself in this situation as Cunningham was coming in on an angle.

Shocked that it's 2MP on the tribunal watch though - not exactly an aggressor.

Yep, the Sydney guy is definitely in the wrong. Front on contact.

 

[fishardansin]

Last second braced himself, would have looked better just going for the mark. But it’s hard to gauge when you’re not the player on the ground.

He was going to jump and take a chest mark in his stomach anyhow.

Had someone saying "he shouldn't have hit him so hard". So I asked this guy, "does that mean he shouldn't lead so hard?" ... perhaps we can insist that defenders don't fight so hard for front position so a forward doesn't have to lead so hard to beat them to the ball? lol