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

 

[Nifft]

Apart from a leg apparently growing out of Bag's head, everything's fine.

Bag's head or Dell's crotch?

 

[BrunoV]

In Heppell's case he actually had a 30 possesion half...just sayin.....it doesn't happen that often.

Thought he was clearly the key to our second half revival. Without looking at the replay to confirm I remember actually being impressed at his compusure and ball-use when the heat was on.....one thing I'm certain of, his ballhandling under pressure was extraordinary.

Just watched the replay of the second half to go with the first which I watched last night.

Baguley, Myers, Zaharakis and Colyer were Essendon's best and most influential players by a long way. Winderlich did a bit. Heppell would struggle to make my top 5.

 

[rines]

Grrr.. just as we were starting to see our midfield come back together..

Let's hope the club isn't lying and it is just the one week. Need this bloke firing.

Makes the GC game even more of a risk..

 

[Lord Nicholson]

We most definitely cannot.

Oh ye of little faith.

 

[yaco55]

Let's do our best to avoid training injuries

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Sucks, but kinda works for us a little bit, been thinking for a while we're going to struggle to play Goddard, Myers, Watson and Heppell in the one midfield and pretty much every time they've all been fit; Myers gets relegated back or Goddard forward. Move Goddard to the middle and bring Carlisle in.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Apart from a leg apparently growing out of Bag's head, everything's fine.

 

[rines]

At least it was picked up quickly at training.. and the assessment and surgery done within hours.. it could have been one of those things that was a bit sore.. and then player goes home and the swelling doesn't go down for a couple of days and then they discover the small fracture.

There is a real chance he could play with a guard this week if they wanted to take the chance.. but I think they will go safety first and let it heal up.

Hepp's weapon is his 'touch' and clean hands.. so I hope it doesn't cause too much grief... either way at least he won't lose fitness or match conditioning..

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Turns out that St.Kilda troll was right, two crunch games before finals and Heppell has gone missing.

 

[daffo]

I hope he plays against the blues. Finals footy is different and you don't want him to come back without playing for the past couple of weeks.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Will be on The Footy Show tonight.

 

[vaughany]

Will be on The Footy Show tonight.

Gaz: The big news how is the hand Dyson?
Hepp: Nah its all good Gaz.. she will be alright, just had to chuck a plate in her and I will be back next week

 

[lysp]

Gaz: The big news how is the hand Dyson?
Hepp: Nah its all good Gaz.. she will be alright, just had to chuck a plate in her and I will be back next week

Here's his warm up for tonight:

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/2014-08-21/btv-dyson-heppell-injury-update-august-21-2014

 

[vaughany]

Here's his warm up for tonight:

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/2014-08-21/btv-dyson-heppell-injury-update-august-21-2014

Haha I love his laid back style. "No worries" attitude is great

 

[Lance Uppercut]

paging bulletride

 

[oddsok]

Haha I love his laid back style. "No worries" attitude is great

No worries, thanks goise.

 

[simoro1]

No worries, thanks goise.

yeah nah not playing this week but yeah no worries, thanks goise.

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[Kakkle]

Back into $10 after yesterday. Will he get votes?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Back into $10 after yesterday. Will he get votes?

Didn't think he was that good and Judd should get the 3. Heppell might get 1. I had Ryder BOG

 

[yaco55]

Hope he plays in the midfield this week.

 

[Doss]

Hope he plays in the midfield this week.

Almost certainly the only reason he didn't against Carlton was to be cautious because of his hand.

 

[daffo]

For me, he didn't actually play one of his better games on the weekend. I think it was very important to get a game in before the finals and we'll see him return to form on Saturday night.

 

[beechy12345]

Would love to see Heppell, Jobe and Myers smash north from the inside

 

[eth-dog]

Would love to see Heppell, Jobe and Myers smash north from the inside

Going to be hard to do. For all their faults, North are a ****ing good contested ball winning side

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

The only worry i have is their forward line has more scoring options mid,backs are pretty much even.