AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent 2028 or 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 18, doug85

 

[faible]

the people trying to get rid of Darcy is the funniest thing.

we have been pissing and moaning for years for an inside mid to replace Jobe, we get an AA quality one through pure luck of having one on our list and people want to trade him.

Seriously, sometimes i ******* hate our supporter base.

The biggest knock on Parish is his defensive work-rate, his best form in 2021 was pretty damaging so meant he could get away with being a 5/10 defensive runner, he's not a Dusty that can be a 2/10 defensive runner though.

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We unfortunately don't get access to the extra level of stats out there, but IMO Jobe would have excelled at contested possessions from hardball gets, whereas Parish earns his from looseball-gets and gathers from a hitout.

Parish is a good midfielder, you don't win Premiership with only one good midfielder so there's no pressing reason to push him out the door if he wants to stay, but if he does go, it might just allow us to rebalance our midfield with player(s) who win more hardball gets which complements a guy like Merrett who's at his best when he's getting the 2nd or 3rd possession in a chain and can run in to space.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

The biggest knock on Parish is his defensive work-rate, his best form in 2021 was pretty damaging so meant he could get away with being a 5/10 defensive runner, he's not a Dusty that can be a 2/10 defensive runner though.

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We unfortunately don't get access to the extra level of stats out there, but IMO Jobe would have excelled at contested possessions from hardball gets, whereas Parish earns his from looseball-gets and gathers from a hitout.

Parish is a good midfielder, you don't win Premiership with only one good midfielder so there's no pressing reason to push him out the door if he wants to stay, but if he does go, it might just allow us to rebalance our midfield with player(s) who win more hardball gets which complements a guy like Merrett who's at his best when he's getting the 2nd or 3rd possession in a chain and can run in to space.

if he wants to leave than that's a different story, but trying to push him out is ludicrous.

 

[ant555]

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the people trying to get rid of Darcy is the funniest thing.

we have been pissing and moaning for years for an inside mid to replace Jobe, we get an AA quality one through pure luck of having one on our list and people want to trade him.

Seriously, sometimes i ******* hate our supporter base.

And now we have two proven one bigger body one with a year in the system who was rated the best inside mid in the draft and another just drafted .

Essendon has has been guilty of over rating exactly where we are at.
I personally am happy to see him stay if he keeps improving his defensive side but I am not ruling out accepting a great deal to build the list down the track.
No point trading out a lesser player if it is rebuild you are doing.

 

[Lore]

The funniest thing in this thread is Boncer thinking he is ITK

he's a 7/10 ITK

 

[boncer34]

The funniest thing in this thread is Boncer thinking he is ITK

Tag me coward

 

[boncer34]

he's a 7/10 ITK

I'd love to know the rating system

 

[Lore]

I'd love to know the rating system

it's a scale from speculative to ant555

 

[dank420_]

So it's essentially capped at 7

 

[boncer34]

So it's essentially capped at 7

I'm the king of ITK!

 

[BrunoV]

the people trying to get rid of Darcy is the funniest thing.

we have been pissing and moaning for years for an inside mid to replace Jobe, we get an AA quality one through pure luck of having one on our list and people want to trade him.

Seriously, sometimes i ******* hate our supporter base.

How on earth can you compare Parish and Watson as players?

If you're concerned with the approval of media, accolades and the stat sheet, sure maybe there is an argument.

But Watson bore the physical heat of our opponents for years before he had any real help. He became a front line mid in the game with players hanging off him. Parish rushes the ball away before the heat comes.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

How on earth can you compare Parish and Watson as players?

If you're concerned with the approval of media, accolades and the stat sheet, sure maybe there is an argument.

But Watson bore the physical heat of our opponents for years before he had any real help. He became a front line mid in the game with players hanging off him. Parish rushes the ball away before the heat comes.

Jobe was a completely dog shit kicker of the football early in his career. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat in the middle of the pacific.

Jobe only became a gun when he was like 28 years old, before that he was mediocre at best.

Darcy is 25 years old FFS, and he already has an AA, and you want to turf him?

LOL

 

[Bjchan13]

Shiel can easily play well into his 30's. I don't see why he can't stick around until 2025-27 honestly. As professional as they come.

He looks like he could be the first guy we've had in a long time that can play into mid 30s. We've needed them

 

[katana]

Jobe was a completely dog s**t kicker of the football early in his career. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat in the middle of the pacific.

Jobe only became a gun when he was like 28 years old, before that he was mediocre at best.

Darcy is 25 years old FFS, and he already has an AA, and you want to turf him?

LOL

jobe carried that crap essendon midfield to finals in 2009. i feel like he turned a corner that year and was essentially top-tier inside players until 2014.

 

[citizen-erased]

He looks like he could be the first guy we've had in a long time that can play afl standard footy into mid 30s. We've needed them

fixed

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I love how we have an elite clearance player, and he still gets bagged out on this sub.

 

[Lore]

I love how we have an elite clearance player, and he still gets bagged out on this sub.

Hasn't won a Brownlow, delist

 

[Petrify]

People who knock Parish are the same people who see a really attractive person and then say "meh pointy elbows"

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Thankfully our team knows how important he is, even if our weird sub doesn't.

If we're tracking well and things are going well with the coaching side, I am sure he will re-sign at the end of the year.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

People who knock Parish are the same people who see a really attractive person and then say "meh pointy elbows"

 

[Lore]

‘Won’t cajole, manipulate’: Essendon won’t put pressure on free agent Parish

Brad Scott has explained that the Bombers won’t manipulate or pressure Darcy Parish into signing in his free agent year. The onus will on the club to show its professionalism.

www.theage.com.au

 

[BrunoV]

Jobe was a completely dog s**t kicker of the football early in his career. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat in the middle of the pacific.

Jobe only became a gun when he was like 28 years old, before that he was mediocre at best.

Darcy is 25 years old FFS, and he already has an AA, and you want to turf him?

LOL

How old was Jobe in 2009? LOL.

 

[NAB777]

Jobe was a completely dog s**t kicker of the football early in his career. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat in the middle of the pacific.

Jobe only became a gun when he was like 28 years old, before that he was mediocre at best.

Horsesh*t.
Penny dropped for Jobe at the end of 2005. Runner up in the B&F in 2006 on about 60-70% game time due to Sheed's issues with Jobes dad.
Still wasn't a great kick but his inside work in 06 was if not elite, then very close.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

How old was Jobe in 2009? LOL.

Jobe avg'd 4.5 clearances a game in 2009, Same age as Darcy is now.

Darcy is more than double that this year already, not to mention he already has an AA under his belt as an inside mid (175 clearances), when he was 23. had 20+ more clearances than when Jobe won his Brownlow.

Thats no sleight on Jobe, but to suggest Darcy is not comparable to Jobe at the same age is nothing short of laughable. He has plenty of time to fix the floors in his game, just like Jobe did.

Darcy is an absolute gun and is one of the best clearance players in the game. Saying he should be traded is just stupidity sorry.

The only reason Darcy gets traded is A) if he wants to go, and B) if someone gives us stupid overs.

 

[ant555]

So it's essentially capped at 7

That’s pretty high if I am being considered a bench mark

 

[FlyingV]

Parish is a jet. We just don’t have the right midfield mix around him. Couldn’t ask more from a pick 5 180cm inside mid.