AFL Player #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

 

[nipst@r]

With the contract offer already there. Does he sign it if we get Clarkson?

Think it's really poor form on timing of this with Heppel and hurley likely last game?

 

[fairbump_playon]

yeh, the way he dispensed with Hodge, Mitchell and Lewis would suggest Hepp had better sign that one year deal today of he wants to keep an afl career

We'll have Clarko, North get Dyson. Seems fair.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Is he retiring or going to GC? Looked very emotional in the rooms there.

Hardwick going over and speaking to him after the game was interesting.

 

[brutus76]

BYE

 

[Highly Evolved]

Copped a fair bit of unnecessary hate this season.

 

[nipst@r]

We have very little leadership but gets exposed each week so I kind of feel he should go to gc.

Think another year of frustration hate from supporters might tarnish his image more than if he went and finished up on the GC.

 

[ant555]

Was painful to watch him struggle to have any impact.
Has been a favourite of mine but he is done. Would have been good if he had a few more leaders to help him along the way.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Thanks for everything Hep. All the best for the future.

 

[eighties_bomber]

painful to watch

 

[Lore]

Anyone catch his interview during the match coverage where he was 100% on board with Barham?

 

[Arctic fox]

Anyone catch his interview during the match coverage where he was 100% on board with Barham?

No, when was the interview done? Post match was fully behind Ben with all the players.

 

[Lore]

No, when was the interview done? Post match was fully behind Ben with all the players.

Before I think but I left my comment a bit ambiguous coz nfi at this point I was flicking between fox and 7 before the game and during the breaks so that doesn’t help either

 

[ghostdog]

Lore, IIRC he mentioned that the events this week were disappointing and that we need stability.

 

[Arctic fox]

Before I think but I left my comment a bit ambiguous coz nfi at this point I was flicking between fox and 7 before the game and during the breaks so that doesn’t help either

Was involved?

 

[Zach Package]

Allergic to the boundary line, just take the ball over the line for gods sake.

If ‘goals we conceded because Dyson kept the ball in play with some shit over the shoulder handball and immediate turnover’ was a player he’d win the Coleman.

Still not convinced we are in a position to leave him behind though.

 

[yodellinhank]

Allergic to the boundary line, just take the ball over the line for gods sake.

If ‘goals we conceded because Dyson kept the ball in play with some s**t over the shoulder handball and immediate turnover’ was a player he’d win the Coleman.

Still not convinced we are in a position to leave him behind though.

Had to laugh when he was caught with the footy and tried to back heel it. Think there were a couple of players around that might've been able to give better support than they did.

 

[windyhill]

Love this boy with all my heart, but if Gold Coast are offering 2 to play and 2 to coach (backline) it’s a complete no brainer.. off you go Dys with all my love.

 

[andleanback]

He’s so so slow, he just gets exposed in transition over and over again. It’s been good dyson but we can’t carry him next year.

 

[joy division]

5 years as Captain and 11 years at the club. Should have been sorted out before last night so he can at least have a decent send off.

 

[carloss]

He's gonna go round for another year isn't he?

 

[bennyg12]

He's gonna go round for another year isn't he?

Yeah he still has a role to play

 

[mike14]

Yeah he still has a role to play

Is 'whipping boy' really a role?

 

[bombreys]

Copped a fair bit of unnecessary hate this season.

I don’t really agree with that - he’s copped necessary criticism imo. I haven’t seen/heard any hate. Like him or not, it’s clear as day having him on as a player next year is not a good decision. I don’t think that counts as hate. It’s the same as Hurley - I love them both, but their time has come.

 

[Darealrath]

Reckon a lack of other senior leaders is the only thing that could save him (and I think he's more likely to stay for one more year than not because of this). Would never question his effort and desire but his body just can't keep up.

 

[Howard Moon]

The Merrett game was an example of how a leader should get around during a game but he lacks the other half of leadership, the half that hepp has, we really need the hybrid meppell to lead us