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

 

[The Donners]

One too many.

Will make it 3 too many in total.

 

[Don Won]

Thinking about it, Heppell getting a couple of years coaching at the club isn’t too bad. It’s probably going to be ‘player development’ or something light anyway. Could be good for relationship continuity (I think he’s good behind the scenes with the young fellas, certainly cares). But then he needs to **** off for his own good and the good of the team.

 

[jmoo wan]

he could be elocution coach.

 

[Kong]

Must’ve had his lucky jocks on for this one.

 

[brain taylor]

certainly can play a role as experienced depth, only a problem if he remains an automatic selection.

 

[bombreys]

On one hand - can't believe what I'm reading. On the other - it lines up perfectly with how this club's been run for 2 decades.

The one year playing deal is understandable enough - IF he's been informed he'll only be playing seniors based on form, not for what his name is (like he was this year). But the country club/boys club deal thrown in is hard to cop. We're just never going to learn, are we?

 

[Oraaaaazio]

Never was one.

There certainly was and at one point he looked like going

Feel he should've packed it up and we don't gain much by giving him another year but really what benefit is there in the alternative of throwing a dart at another pick 70 getting another bloke like McDonagh or similar who adds nothing at all - maybe a 5% chance to get a role player with a pick that late and keeping some experienced depth can be useful for development/coaching if he plays 2s and there had been nobody even tapping at the door for his spot let alone knocking it down. If he hands over the captaincy and isn't an automatic selection there's no problem keeping him IMO so hopefully that's the case. A strong club with strong culture, plenty of experience and leadership probably makes the call to cut him but we don't have it and aren't that situation as it stands. A good person, formerly a good footballer and happy to see he will retire a one club player.

 

[Lore]

Another ep of Grounded, this time it’s Heppell

 

[ant555]

Good to hear he is in the best shape he has been for years.

 

[Godzke]

Good to hear he is in the best shape he has been for years.

I wonder why...

 

[VelvetSledge]

Finally!

 

[fairbump_playon]

Finally!

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The stress of proposing has ruined 3 years of his footy

He should be cherry ripe now

 

[The Prosecutor]

Took him long enough.

 

[EnolaGay]

Onya Dois!

 

[Kong]

Must have had the lucky jocks on

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Must have had the lucky jocks on

Or none

 

[dank420_]

HUN reporting he will be replaced as captain "in 2023"

 

[yodellinhank]

HUN reporting he will be replaced as captain "in 2023"

Which month?

 

[dank420_]

Which month?

I'm betting November.

 

[ghostdog]

Pls step down.
Thx.
GD.

 

[Vindicater]

I reckon he will be a much better player this year without the leadership role

 

[brain taylor]

I reckon he will be a much better player this year without the leadership role

he'd surely benefit from not having to play every game

 

[ant555]

Tipping he will have a decent year playing wing. He is totally injury free right now and in the best shape he has been pre season since 2015 according to my track watcher .

 

[MightyDon]

I reckon he will be a much better player this year without the leadership role

Is he a chance of winning our VFL B&F?

 

[MightyDon]

Tipping he will have a decent year playing wing. He is totally injury free right now and in the best shape he has been pre season since 2015 according to my track watcher .

Injury-free skipper enjoying full tilt at pre-season

Dyson Heppell is fit and firing ahead of 2022.

www.essendonfc.com.au

I’d love for him to be back playing good footy but the game went past him mach 1 two years ago