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

 

[threeleggedgoat]

does anyone have an idea of how the voting system works for the mvp? from memory fyfe won with 900-odd votes and doise polled 200-odd in 4th place. just be interested to know how that works

 

[eth-dog]

does anyone have an idea of how the voting system works for the mvp? from memory fyfe won with 900-odd votes and doise polled 200-odd in 4th place. just be interested to know how that works

Pretty sure all players from neutral clubs do a 3-2-1

 

[Despair]

Atley

Atley



Atley.....

 

[rines]

So first stage is all club players vote 3-2-1 for their CLUB selections only. The top 3 from this vote go to the 'second stage'. From memory the EFC listed players nominated Heppell, Hooker and Goddard.

So once each club has selected their 3 nominee's..

The second stage is where every player votes 3-2-1 from the first stage club nominees to find a winner. *A player is NOT allowed to vote for the players from their own club.*

So it makes it pretty unique because you can get guys that are highly rated internally being thrown in the mix.. also shows you who players respect from teams. I think it is telling that a guy like Selwood went down the list.. can't help but wonder if the 'shrugging over the shoulder' effect is starting to wear a little thin with his peers...

 

[rines]

Atley

Atley



Atley.....

Ahhhh so jealous.. to think we could have had Atley.

I guess we will just have to put up with our spud until we can trade him out...

 

[Despair]

Ahhhh so jealous.. to think we could have had Atley.

I guess we will just have to put up with our spud until we can trade him out...

I heard that every night Dodoro wakes up pouring in sweat after nightmares of Atley swooping off the half-back, picking up his 13th and final uncontested possession for the game.

 

[rines]

I heard that every night Dodoro wakes up pouring in sweat after nightmares of Atley swooping off the half-back, picking up his 13th and final uncontested possession for the game.

#sackdodoro

 

[carnthedons]

Ahhhh so jealous.. to think we could have had Atley.

I guess we will just have to put up with our spud until we can trade him out...

Nope. DFA breach of contract clearly

 

[Halftimehero]

Any chance we can get Dyson to do an interview for winning the Essendon BigFooty MVP??

"yeah goise how are ya's? yeah na bit of bigfooty yeah na thanks goise good on ya's yeah na"

 

[Childish Gambino]

Atley

Atley



Atley.....

I think this has officially lost its humour after he carved us up off half back Saturday night. Obviously Heppell will be the better player but North will be very happy with Atley.

 

[Kakkle]

Was going hard in the mosh at Kanye West last night.

 

[Andronicus]

Hopefully now we will be able to focus on him and the great career ahead rather than Atley.

So old now.

 

[Yoda_]

I think this has officially lost its humour after he carved us up off half back Saturday night. Obviously Heppell will be the better player but North will be very happy with Atley.

Heppell plays 4 quarters. Atley plays 1.

We're fine

 

[Doss]

The point is that the comparison is pointless.

 

[rines]

Kinda a big disappointed that clubs aren't 'circling' Heppell.. if I was going to have a shot at a free star on our list.. I know who I would target..

Wonder if Doise feels a bit left out??

 

[rines]

The point is that the comparison is pointless.

Surely we can have a bit of harmless fun?

 

[Doss]

Surely we can have a bit of harmless fun?

Of course, and I have as much harmless fun as any around here sometimes. But it's so, so old.

They play different positions. Atley was picked ten picks after Heppell and the single reason the joke exists is because some North guy discovered a preparation video on the EFC site (as we had for several other players who we didn't pick, incidentally) and effectively added 2 and 2 together and got 11.

Atley's a very good player, but he's no Heppell. It's not like North missed out on picking Heppell though.

 

[Kong]

1 David SwallowEast FremantleWAFLGold Coast

2 Harley BennellPeel ThunderWAFLGold Coast

3 Sam DaySturtSANFLGold Coast

4 Andrew GaffOakleigh ChargersTAC CupWest Coast

5 Jared PolecWoodville-West TorrensSANFLBrisbane Lions

6 Reece ConcaPerthWAFLRichmond

7 Josh CaddyNorthern KnightsTAC CupGold Coast

8 Dyson HeppellGippsland PowerTAC CupEssendon

9 Dion PrestiaCalder CannonsTAC CupGold Coast

10 Daniel GorringeNorwood SANFLGold Coast

Quite a decent top 10.

Richmond, though... Conca's solid enough, but geez.

Classic Richmond.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Quite a decent top 10.

Richmond, though... Conca's solid enough, but geez.

Classic Richmond.

To be fair they drafted a couple of grunt inside mids the draft before so they went for the outside class in Conca. I can see their thinking at least.

 

[FlyingV]

To be fair they drafted a couple of grunt inside mids the draft before so they went for the outside class in Conca. I can see their thinking at least.

yeah i think they had their hearts set on polec but he didn't quite sneak through

 

[Beerfish]

Quite a decent top 10.

Richmond, though... Conca's solid enough, but geez.

Classic Richmond.

Especially if you're jogging off the ground with your back to him.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Looks to be firming as a certainty to get into the AA side.

 

[Bomberblitzer]

Will definitely make the side.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

How far off were, ahem, AFL.com.au's All Australian incomparison to the ahem, AFL All Australian team last year?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Maybe it is just me but how does Martin make the side, and how on goodness earth does Burgoyne make it ahead of Nick Smith!