Retired #21: Dyson Heppell - Goodnight, sweet prince. What a legend! 🤙 - 24/8

[Lore]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 27, Highly Evolved

 

[Lore]

He missed the competitive nature Beerfish

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2016-11-17/heppells-first-impression

 

[astrowizzle]

Was watching the stoppage work they were doing at training on the Ess web site.
FMD the dude is a gun and he reads the ball as well as anyone i have seen in my 40+ years of watching it

 

[onthemove77]

Was watching the stoppage work they were doing at training on the Ess web site.
FMD the dude is a gun and he reads the ball as well as anyone i have seen in my 40+ years of watching it

Pumped after watching that, bring it on!

 

[Kakkle]

So i will prefix this with he is an absolute jet. He does lack any penetration by foot and this will be the only thing that stops him elevating to "Hird" tier

The only thing? Heppell is no where near as damaging as Hird was with his disposal, be it by foot or hand.

 

[table tennis]

Im going to politely disagree. Hird was far from elite by foot

 

[rumply]

Was watching the stoppage work they were doing at training on the Ess web site.
FMD the dude is a gun and he reads the ball as well as anyone i have seen in my 40+ years of watching it

did Bluey really use the word 'minutia' twice?? no wonder he got the arse from GC

 

[Kakkle]

Im going to politely disagree. Hird was far from elite by foot

Not saying Hird is elite by foot, he was just a far more damaging player than Heppell.

You bought up the point that the only thing in your opinion thats stops Heppell from elevating himself to 'Hird Tier' is that he lacks penetration by foot. I think there are way more obvious ones than that (overhead marking/scoreboard impact)

 

[Lore]

did Bluey really use the word 'minutia' twice?? no wonder he got the arse from GC

I was watching/reading an interview somewhere a while ago, apparently he has a lot of Bluey-isms. They spend more time trying to figure out what he wants than actually doing it

 

[boncer34]

Im going to politely disagree. Hird was far from elite by foot

I actually agree with you I just really like that video

 

[astrowizzle]

James hird was god to watch. Was like he was in the box watching from above rather than being out there in the midst of it. Could see the game unfold around him. Pure class

 

[table tennis]

Heppell has a similar ability to know where the ball is going in traffic. He just hasnt developed the genius around the packs that Hird had. Easier back then when there was less players around the footy too.
Thats not to say he will or wont, but he can get the footy from nowhere Dyson. Theres only limited number of players who have that ability to do that regularly.

So on that Hird "tier" there are a few players in the conversation, all with differing qualities.

My argument is if he had penetration in his kicking and was adding 10-15 goals more per year because he could launch from 60m on the run, then there would be very little reasons why Dyson wouldn't be in those conversations for generational type players.

 

[Kakkle]

My argument is if he had penetration in his kicking and was adding 10-15 goals more per year because he could launch from 60m on the run, then there would be very little reasons why Dyson wouldn't be in those conversations for generational type players.

Out of curiosity, would you have Robbie Gray as a generational player by your definition?

 

[table tennis]

Out of curiosity, would you have Robbie Gray as a generational player by your definition?

Not quite yet. But i didnt have hird at the end of 98'

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Fyfe reminds me a lot of Hird.

 

[table tennis]

Fyfe reminds me a lot of Hird.

Most similar i have seen anyway.

 

[Jade]

Unit.

 

[Yoda_]

My boy for 2017

 

[eDPS]

Fit and firing and will be spending some time forward and play a more attacking style of footy, could we see his best season yet this year?

 

[HirdyLannister]

Might be worth to throw some money on him for the brownlow, what's his odds?

 

[Shane Hird]

Might be worth to throw some money on him for the brownlow, what's his odds?

He's at $51 on sports bet...you got me thinking now

 

[Beerfish]

Might be worth to throw some money on him for the brownlow, what's his odds?

Taking into account the Essendon player modifier probably 1000 to 1.

 

[eDPS]

Might be worth to throw some money on him for the brownlow, what's his odds?

You suggesting he will share the Brownlow with Zerrett? Any team ever done that?

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

"Good on ya knackers"

 

[Shane Hird]

Is that what you call 1% body fat?

It looks like hs guts and torso have shrunk to the size of 12b lead pencil.

 

[Lore]

Is that what you call 1% body fat?

It looks like hs guts and torso have shrunk to the size of 12b lead pencil.

Definitely a Dys size guernsey that one. I think he always gets a size too small though?