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

 

[Autobahn]

This is the worst doppelganger I have ever seen.

 

[efcboy]

Friday's intraclub?

The one they played before JLT matches started

 

[Longjohnmire]

I just heard an add on the radio saying he's on the footy show tonight, doubt he has glandular fever if that's the case..

 

[Ambrosia]

I just heard an add on the radio saying he's on the footy show tonight, doubt he has glandular fever if that's the case..

It could be a guerilla operation to infect opposition star players.

 

[threeleggedgoat]

It could be a guerilla operation to infect opposition star players.

SHOCKING NEW ALLEGATIONS - EFC PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF INFECTION SCIENCE

 

[Capt Hindsight]

He's named for JLT3 if he has good output that game he's fine.

 

[DonsRule]

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

If there is a group of players that deserve a premiership more than anyone else it's these guys **** the bulldogs and thier fairy tale flag.

Hopefully it happens in the next few years.

 

[ant555]

Going to say this and it may not be popular but here goes...
Now i have always been a fan but Dyson needs to find a new level as captain. As a young captain he has to be the one driving our on field defense.
It should not be strange to him given he came through TAC Cup at half back and his first season in the AFL at half back although he was the spare man a lot of the time.
Before the suspensions he was one of the number one pointers on the ground. Well Hep the time for pointing is over. If we are to do anything then it is your job not to run around trying to get a kick and being the last bloke to find a man. I have no problem with how hard at it he is but the last two seasons he played his defensive side went backwards.
It is Ok to be the best trainer, the best prepared and to say all the right things but it will count for nothing if he can not find the defensive side of his game.
The JLT for him has been above average without being great which you may expect given how long he has been out but the time is now. We need our leaders doing everything right or close to it. We need our young stars to be improving in all aspects of their games.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Going to say this and it may not be popular but here goes...
Now i have always been a fan but Dyson needs to find a new level as captain. As a young captain he has to be the one driving our on field defense.
It should not be strange to him given he came through TAC Cup at half back and his first season in the AFL at half back although he was the spare man a lot of the time.
Before the suspensions he was one of the number one pointers on the ground. Well Hep the time for pointing is over. If we are to do anything then it is your job not to run around trying to get a kick and being the last bloke to find a man. I have no problem with how hard at it he is but the last two seasons he played his defensive side went backwards.
It is Ok to be the best trainer, the best prepared and to say all the right things but it will count for nothing if he can not find the defensive side of his game.
The JLT for him has been above average without being great which you may expect given how long he has been out but the time is now. We need our leaders doing everything right or close to it. We need our young stars to be improving in all aspects of their games.

Dyson will be fine has the likes of Jobe,Goddard around him for support. I thought his game against the Cats was pretty good will only take him another 1 or 2 games for him to hit his straps.

 

[ant555]

Dyson will be fine has the likes of Jobe,Goddard around him for support. I thought his game against the Cats was pretty good will only take him another 1 or 2 games for him to hit his straps.

Two of the senior blokes who need to lift their defensive efforts......

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Two of the senior blokes who need to lift their defensive efforts......

The only concerns I have going into the season is our fade outs and our inability to get the game back on our terms when the oppo turns up the heat.

 

[ant555]

The only concern I have going into the season is our fade outs and our inability to get the game back on our terms when the oppo turns up the heat.

Which is related to what ???? the lack of ability from our top players to be able to work both ways and shut down their opponent when needed.
Exactly why i said Hep has to take his game to a new level, as does Zack Merritt and Jobe and Zaka and Goddard....

 

[Skipper_]

The only concern I have going into the season is our fade outs and our inability to get the game back on our terms when the oppo turns up the heat.

That also has to their conditioning because of how long they've been out. Same thing was happening early 2015 when they didn't play the pre-season matches.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Which is related to what ???? the lack of ability from our top players to be able to work both ways and shut down their opponent when needed.
Exactly why i said Hep has to take his game to a new level, as does Zack Merritt and Jobe and Zaka and Goddard....

Disagree about Zack I always see Zack chasing and harassing the player with the ball the kid is a competitive little bull

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

That also has to their conditioning because of how long they've been out. Same thing was happening early 2015 when they didn't play the pre-season matches.

Yeah I hope you're right.

 

[Mr_McBoogerBalls]

Which is related to what ???? the lack of ability from our top players to be able to work both ways and shut down their opponent when needed.
Exactly why i said Hep has to take his game to a new level, as does Zack Merritt and Jobe and Zaka and Goddard....

Zach Merrett needs to take his game to a new level? I'd say the level he's performing at for a 21yr old is exceeding expectations, put the angry pills away mate.

As for Heppell, he's always given it his all and I have no doubt that he would agree with you, he would want to set a really good example.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Zach Merrett needs to take his game to a new level? I'd say the level he's performing at for a 21yr old is exceeding expectations, put the angry pills away mate.

As for Heppell, he's always given it his all and I have no doubt that he would agree with you, he would want to set a really good example.

With guys like Heppel and Jobe back watch Zac Merrit hit the score board more.

 

[ant555]

Zach Merrett needs to take his game to a new level? I'd say the level he's performing at for a 21yr old is exceeding expectations, put the angry pills away mate.

As for Heppell, he's always given it his all and I have no doubt that he would agree with you, he would want to set a really good example.

No angry pills involved. Zak has to find a new level just like anyone else. Why is it when someone makes a reasonable observation other have to come in with the usual "he is going ok for a bloke his age " ? That is fine but as a supporter i prefer to see the blokes improving every year. Reason the Bulldogs won a flag ? their players added a new defensive edge to their game.
No one is saying it can not happen but is has to happen sooner rather than later.

 

[ant555]

Disagree about Zack I always see Zack chasing and harassing the player with the ball the kid is a competitive little bull

Completely different aspect of the game.
Maybe one day you will see how the game unfolds and see who are the players out of position more often than not when the opposition is streaming up the ground with the ball. His positioning in the "team" defense needs work. Anyway this is about Dyson and leading the way as captain.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

No angry pills involved. Zak has to find a new level just like anyone else. Why is it when someone makes a reasonable observation other have to come in with the usual "he is going ok for a bloke his age " ? That is fine but as a supporter i prefer to see the blokes improving every year. Reason the Bulldogs won a flag ? their players added a new defensive edge to their game.
No one is saying it can not happen but is has to happen sooner rather than later.

Yes and no.

I think the Dogs caught the comp off guard with their quick handballs around the contest teams would have done their home work over the pre season to shut that down.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Completely different aspect of the game.
Maybe one day you will see how the game unfolds and see who are the players out of position more often than not when the opposition is streaming up the ground with the ball. His positioning in the "team" defense needs work. Anyway this is about Dyson and leading the way as captain.

I agree our team seems to lack 2 way running but I'm just hoping it's because the players have missed 12 months.

 

[ant555]

Yes and no.

I think the Dogs caught the comp off guard with their quick handballs around the contest teams would have done their home work over the pre season to shut that down.

No yes and no involved. The Dogs already had the quick game. Just look at their 2015 season. After being knocked out by the Crows they knew they had to put some time into defense as they could not just keep running the ball at all costs.

 

[ant555]

I agree our team seems to lack 2 way running but I'm just hoping it's because the players have missed 12 months.

So you are happy with what the same players produced from 2012 to 2015 before they where rubbed out ? It has nothing to do with this years JLT series. It has been a serious flaw in our game for at least 10 seasons. You can hope all you want. I am just stating a fact, unless it happens we will just be another middle of the road side wasting the talent we have. And it runs through the side. New players coming in are hardly going to do something their leaders will not do.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

So you are happy with what the same players produced from 2012 to 2015 before they where rubbed out ? It has nothing to do with this years JLT series. It has been a serious flaw in our game for at least 10 seasons. You can hope all you want. I am just stating a fact, unless it happens we will just be another middle of the road side wasting the talent we have. And it runs through the side. New players coming in are hardly going to do something their leaders will not do.

Sadly I agree.