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

 

[JayJ20]

What a last quarter. Captain's game

 

[VelvetSledge]

Calling it. Best captain in the league.

 

[windyhill]

Amazes me the shit he cops. Mind boggling.

 

[Old Stuckup]

Does not shirk a contest. Inspirational as always.

 

[eth-dog]

Calling it. Best captain in the league.

Oof. I love Heppell but I'd say Pendlebury would be the best.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Oof. I love Heppell but I'd say Pendlebury would be the best.

Nah **** him. Hep is king

 

[Old Campaigner]

He’s no Shaun Atley though

 

[fairbump_playon]

Great determined contest at centre wing in the last minutes to stop GWS surging up field

 

[brain taylor]

Anyone who says this guy needs a haircut to be taken seriously automatically loses all credibility in football discussion forever.

 

[Lore]

Apparently out? Do we know why?

 

[pepsi]

Apparently out? Do we know why?

Sam Maclure reporting a foot problem. I'm not sure.

 

[Lore]

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Hinted at something last Thursday with his interview with Jobe and Bruce in the rooms after the game. Sounded like an ongoing niggle.

 

[Donakebab]

I don't want to go into hysterical mode, but captains with foot injuries scare the shit out of me. Please be bruising and please don't rush it.

 

[Lore]

Apparently it was sore and he was rested. Let's hope that's all it is...

 

[Lore]

More than 'a bit sore' I think. Still in his moonboot today at the VFL game.

 

[blitzer]

Worsfold seemed pretty bullish that Heppell would be right to go next week. That said foot injuries really worry me. They are either insignificant or they can be career threatening. I'd much rather a calf or a hamstring where at least you have a good idea what to expect.

 

[MiguelM]

Looks doubtful. Managing it for a while.

They haven't stated what it is (unless I missed it). Hoping not a stress fracture?

 

[Old Campaigner]

More than 'a bit sore' I think. Still in his moonboot today at the VFL game.

I had no idea she was so small

 

[Hamez]

Update on Dyson:

Essendon captain Dyson Heppell is a chance to return to the side this week for the Bombers’ important clash with fellow finals contender North Melbourne.

Heppell was a late withdrawal from the team’s 10-point victory over Sydney last week due to a sore foot, but he remains in the mix for selection to take on the Kangaroos on Saturday.

“Dyson has an unfused growth plate in his foot, he also has the same in his other side, which he eventually had pinned a few years ago,” club physical performance manager Justin Crow said on Tuesday.

“From time to time that gets sore. He was at the point at the end of last week where that soreness wasn’t at the point where we were prepared to put him into a game.

“We’ve given him a bit of time in the moon boot to see how much that settles this week and we’ll be testing him towards the end of this week to see whether or not he becomes available to play.”

 

[yodellinhank]

Robot feet?

 

[ghostdog]

Robot feet?

I don't think you've read it properly. It says he has plates growing on his feet.

 

[DERO]

Oof. I love Heppell but I'd say Pendlebury would be the best.

GET OUT

 

[DERO]

Surgery at season's end. He has already had one done. He'll have to play through it for the rest of the year. Marvel surface does not help.

 

[yodellinhank]

Thank christ we've got spongy floors