AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

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

 

[Call Me Cake]

Why is it when other teams list Hamstring tightnes they barely miss a week. We always cop 2-3!

Reckon they're just being conservative. He's every chance to get up against Sydney still.

Sad news, but then again in a way, it could have been worse. The bye, being as stupid as it is, was a bit of a blessing in disguise in that it's caused him to miss less games - and if you're from Melbourne, you wouldn't have wanted to go to the footy in the heatwave we just had over the weekend anyway.

 

[Happyskeret]

Hopefully Hobbs comes in and makes a good account of himself. Might be a boon for him to throw him straight in there.

 

[ghostdog]

Hopefully Hobbs comes in and makes a good account of himself. Might be a boon for him to throw him straight in there.

He thrived last time. He'll be champing at the bit knowing Setters will give him space to get in. Looking forward to it.

I want to see Duz go to Newcombe.

 

[ant555]

Doing some running and kicking on the second oval . Looks okay .

 

[Blind Turn]

Doing some running and kicking on the second oval . Looks okay .

Just being conservative with his reintegration do you think? Perhaps was never playing this weekend?

 

[ant555]

Just being conservative with his reintegration do you think? Perhaps was never playing this weekend?

Looks that way although reports are he was slightly tight after Wednesday training.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Scott just said in his presser that he expects Parish to play against the Saints.

 

[MiguelM]

Not sure who the outs will be but we can't afford to have Heppell & Lav both in the side anymore IMO.

 

[brain taylor]

good to see him leading the tackle count today

 

[ant555]

Good to see him get on the pace after a bit of a slow start.

 

[citizen-erased]

Good to see him get on the pace after a bit of a slow start.

Looked rusty but kept battling.
Shades of that 2019 EF kick to chb early was ominous.
Hopefully shook the cobwebs out

 

[scatman john]

He's a big diesel engine - just keeps chugging and gets better, or at least maintains his output, as the game goes on. Plenty of preseasons under his belt now and despite not being a physical beast he holds up very well in the contest as evidenced by that tackle count

 

[katana]

hooboy. is it about time to have the conversation about his contract? should we have shipped him off?

looks completely out of place when gun midfields bring the heat against us. serious concern this fella.

amazingly, the hobbs thread was bumped first. actually. that's not surprising at all.

 

[Blind Turn]

hooboy. is it about time to have the conversation about his contract? should we have shipped him off?

looks completely out of place when gun midfields bring the heat against us. serious concern this fella.

amazingly, the hobbs thread was bumped first. actually. that's not surprising at all.

He’s off the pace and lacking sharpness and like nearly every player has not had his head in the game. The big sweeping generalisations like ‘he’s a serious concern’ or ‘conversations about contract’ based on one admittedly shizen performance, is a massive leap.

 

[BrunoV]

hooboy. is it about time to have the conversation about his contract? should we have shipped him off?

looks completely out of place when gun midfields bring the heat against us. serious concern this fella.

amazingly, the hobbs thread was bumped first. actually. that's not surprising at all.

Par for the course.

He's never had an answer for physical pressure other than trying to dispose of the ball before he takes possession.

He's never been one to look to absorb physical pressure to free a team mate. It's not him. He's an outside accumulator who can read a stoppage well enough to run on to clearances.

I'd go as far as saying that he's not even an inside mid. He's an old fashioned centre.

That 6 year deal is like the attempts to make NATO Trump proof.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

At his sheep dog worse today. Very disappointing

 

[Schnitzengruben]

I hope he's in the inaugural Tasmanian team.

 

[eDPS]

2 clearances and 54 metres gained, an all time stinker from him as those two areas are always high when he is up and about. Need him to find form very soon

 

[gillon]

We basically signed a slightly better version of Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

to a 6 year deal. We will not be successful with him as a focal point.

 

[andleanback]

Looks either injured or just underdone. Totally different to what he was looking like against geelong in Feb. needs to lift and fast

 

[MiguelM]

Our whole midfield was smashed, not just on Parish.

We have nobody close to Rozee, Butters or JHF.

Having said that, we failed to block their forward movement in the middle. They waltzed out of there at will.

 

[yodellinhank]

Looks either injured or just underdone. Totally different to what he was looking like against geelong in Feb. needs to lift and fast

He's got 6-8 years

 

[BrunoV]

Looks either injured or just underdone. Totally different to what he was looking like against geelong in Feb. needs to lift and fast

Watch again. Was a carbon copy tonight.

 

[andleanback]

Watch again. Was a carbon copy tonight.

Nah it wasn’t carbon copy of tonight.
I’m not parish fan but he was about to hit the ground running this year. Was horrible tonight

 

[BrunoV]

Nah it wasn’t carbon copy of tonight.
I’m not parish fan but he was about to hit the ground running this year. Was horrible tonight

He was weak and could hardly hit a target against a Geelong going at 70%.

He played 2 practice matches in an uninterrupted preseason and then missed 2 or 3 weeks due to injury.

This is Parish when there is no space. It always has been.