AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

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

 

[DERO]

Doesn’t really count when the midfield got thrashed in the first qtr. that was the time for him to stand up and he didn’t. Stats after then mean nothing

Yawn

 

[andleanback]

Hodge and Whateley teeing off on Parish and his management on SEN.

Hodge saying that one good season doesn’t justify a 6 year contract.

“He’s simply not a player you build your club around”

Gerrard

“I’d be on my knees praying for him to leave if I’m Essendon”

Harsh

It’s reality.

You can really only make those demands if you’ve got other clubs chasing you, he doesn’t. Head in the sand stuff from Darcy and managment

 

[andleanback]

Yawn

You must’ve missed gia absolutely tearing shreds of them at qtr time
Game was over. Next 3 qtrs mean naught

 

[citizen-erased]

Hodge and Whateley teeing off on Parish and his management on SEN.

Hodge saying that one good season doesn’t justify a 6 year contract.

“He’s simply not a player you build your club around”

Gerrard

“I’d be on my knees praying for him to leave if I’m Essendon”

Harsh

I'm ok with this also
Though my fear is this is the wrong year though.
The comp pick is going to slide

 

[ant555]

Yawn

yawn

 

[Milanista28]

I'm ok with this also
Though my fear is this is the wrong year though.
The comp pick is going to slide

Not fussed on pick, forces us to change the midfield mix, it doesn't work now so nothing to be scared of

 

[lenny2013]

Dp3 is a good player. Not damaging, not AA calibre.
We cannot pay overs for him. If another club wants to pay overs c u later.

 

[citizen-erased]

Not fussed on pick, forces us to change the midfield mix, it doesn't work now so nothing to be scared of

Fair call on the pick
Not like sharp picks have turned us around and I've long held a theory sometimes you get better hunger, desire, effort from later picks because they've had to work harder for it and can't fall back on perceived talent to get by.

 

[TheGrizz]

He as one of our better players (again).

Don't let that get in the way of a good melt

 

[ant555]

 

[andleanback]

 

[DERO]

6 years is too many.

 

[ant555]

Insightful tweet

 

[naraku]

Again, if Geelong are interested I would drive him down the highway myself.

6 years at over $800K is a big **** no, to me.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Hook it to my veins

 

[ant555]

Again, if Geelong are interested I would drive him down the highway myself.

6 years at over $800K is a big * no, to me.

No chance Geelong are paying that. None. Zero.

 

[Mercurial89]

That was actually a pretty good conversation.

Gerard was pretty harsh but is most likely right.

 

[jannissary]

That was actually a pretty good conversation.

Gerard was pretty harsh but is most likely right.

no one at essendon is prepared to actually have a stern conversation about stuff like this. it needs to come from outside the club & shit fluff pieces from whatever media hack needs to write something only serves to inflate his meagre worth more

 

[fairbump_playon]

Gerard.. LOL. I’d be on my knees praying he left. Tell us what you really feel.

I like it when he isn’t diplomatic.

 

[fairbump_playon]

no one at essendon is prepared to actually have a stern conversation about stuff like this. it needs to come from outside the club & s**t fluff pieces from whatever media hack needs to write something only serves to inflate his meagre worth more

Yeah look historically perhaps, but I would go easy here. The reason the deal isn’t signed is that this is likely EXACTLY the conversation the club is currently having internally.

 

[Lore]

That was actually a pretty good conversation.

Gerard was pretty harsh but is most likely right.

Yep. It's hard to find four blokes in the same room who all actually know what they're talking about. respect. Even if two of them are Hawthorners.

 

[DapperDon]

I want Parish to stay, but I think he needs to realise his standing isn't as good as he and his management think it is.

I think he's in for a rude awakening this upcoming free agency/trade period if he think any team will pay him 800k over 6

 

[MiguelM]

No chance Geelong are paying that. None. Zero.

Agree, 800 at 6 years is too steep. To get into a good club with genuine finals chances IMO he would be more likely to get 650k at 4 years.

No one is offering 6 years IMO. Are his management living off his AA year, where he is a way off esp second half of the year.

I love Parish as a player, but not at the expense of the list.

 

[justlookingaround]

Noticed last night in Scott's presser that he didn't mention Parish at all the two times he was asked about the club's leaders setting an example.
He did say 'he's desperate to stay and we're desperate to keep him' ... but what's he meant to say there?
Personally I take more from what was omitted than what was said.

 

[Lore]

I want Parish to stay, but I think he needs to realise his standing isn't as good as he and his management think it is.

I think he's in for a rude awakening this upcoming free agency/trade period if he think any team will pay him 800k over 6

I don't think he's asking for 800pa over 6 years with a CBA automatic increase clause.

More likely it's:

• 800pa over 5, OR
• 700pa with an automatic CBA increase clause over 5 OR
• 700pa over 6