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And baldwin + hunteri remember someone saying this pre season was our best run of injuries ever.
how *in good.
Ridley now parish.
It’s ok we have All Australians like Heppell and Shiel to replace themi remember someone saying this pre season was our best run of injuries ever.
how *in good.
Ridley now parish.
Shiels injured too?It’s ok we have All Australians like Heppell and Shiel to replace them
Setters has been flying under the radar a bit imo. I do think he compliments Parish as well.Haven’t ruled him out’: Essendon midfielder Darcy Parish still a chance to line up for Hawks clash
Darcy Parish is still a chance to line up for the Dons in Round 1 against Hawthorn despite a hamstring issue, with the midfielder coming off a personal-best pre-season.
Prolific Essendon midfielder Darcy Parish will “give himself every chance” to get over a hamstring issue in time for Saturday’s blockbuster season-opener against Hawthorn.
It comes as the Dons get set to put more trust in young bull Sam Durham.
The Bombers have not put a line through Parish’s chances of facing the club’s traditional rival, with the all-Australian to be put through his paces later in the week.
Ruck Sam Draper will also be monitored late in the week.
Midfield teammate Will Setterfield said there was still hope the ball magnet would be right to go.
“They haven’t ruled him out … I think he is a chance,” Setterfield said of Parish.
“I hope he is out there because he had a bloody good pre-season and was going really well and played well in the praccy match. He missed a chunk of footy last year with his calf and he would have been itching to put a full season together so he will definitely give himself every chance.”
Whether Parish plays this week or not, he is likely to spend big minutes alongside Durham this year.
The youngster has been a standout through most of summer and gathered two clearances and 14 disposals in limited minutes in a pre-season loss to Geelong.
With Jade Gresham (St Kilda) and Xavier Duursma (Port Adelaide) joining the Bombers over the off-season, the depth in Brad Scott’s midfield group has rapidly expanded.
“I think we just need to find the right balance in there,” Setterfield said.
“Zachy (Merrett) is one of the best midfielder in the comp, as is (Parish) in there.
“(Durham) is a really good power running a good athlete and a bit of a bigger body.”
Setterfield said he had “almost forgotten” about the foot injury that derailed his debut season at Essendon last year, ruling him out form round 9 to the final game of the season.
The former Blue and Giant has not missed a session over summer and said he was ready to play in front of a packed crowd at the MCG, with the Bombers hoping to tip over 80,000 fans.
“That’s the beauty of playing at a massive club like Essendon, we have a massive supporter base and really passionate fans and that is certainly something we love and want to thrive on this year,” he said.
“It is the absolute beauty of playing for a club like Essendon.”
Its not often you get an opportunity to test the depth against bottom 3 opposition, so agree with this.He probably shouldn't play, just give him the extra week. Trust Caldwell, Hobbs, Tsatas and Durham to pick up the slack.
Trust in the depth we think we're building.
Yeah good one. That would never happen.Play him, every win matters as we march towards finishing 8th and just scraping into the finals only to be beaten by 15 goals by 5th Place Sydney away
That's gold.Play him, every win matters as we march towards finishing 8th and just scraping into the finals only to be beaten by 15 goals by 5th Place Sydney away
lolwotIf he's at least 70%, you play him.
Agree. Do not need to see him in round 1.If there's even a shadow of a doubt I'd prefer we look after him and only bring him back when he's 100%.
It will be a good opportunity to get some midfield minutes into Caldwell, Hobbs and Duz.
lolwot
That's fair enoughI dunno, just the last 20 posts had all been some version of “don’t risk it”, “don’t play him if he’s not 100%” which is very obvious that I just wanted to throw the opposite out there, create some discussion haha.