AFL Player # 7: Indefatigable Zach Merrett (c) - 5 time Crichton Medallist! 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 10, I Remember Bluey

 

[DERO]

Trouble is he is not a Ferrari and you do not need a tractor to play a team game. I am not talking about the grunt work. I am talking about making an effort to defend and work in the zone where they want him to. If Sheil can do it then why not Merritt ?
Exactly how is Merritt a Ferrari ? He has had some very good games but how often would you say he won us a game ? Do not get me wrong , at his best he is good and he likes to lay tackles and get involved but he is not a regular super star match winner. Ferrari is Dustin Martin level. When you are that good you do not need to defend as chances are you are likely to win the game yourself. Right now he is not even getting a regular tag like he did in the past.

Dustin Martin is a Ford Mustang but not the new one.

 

[yodellinhank]

Dustin Martin is a Ford Mustang but not the new one.

I think we got a fleet discount on Mini Coopers.

Players as cars, sounds like a good idea for a thread

 

[DERO]

I think we got a fleet discount on Mini Coopers.

Players as cars, sounds like a good idea for a thread

I reckon Howie did it already.

 

[ant555]

I have given him some stick but that is the level he needs to be at if he is not going to defend all that well. To complete his game he has to be either today's player or in the weeks he is not he need to put the head down and do the team stuff.

 

[eth-dog]

His best game this year IMO.

 

[yaco55]

What was Adelaide thinking tagging McGrath before Merrett.

 

[Mercurial89]

$1000 for a dangerous tackle. I rekon it would be the one where the commentators lauded him for his tackle in the defensive 50.

In a year that means sweet **** all (unless we win it all) the AFL are really making me not want to even bother.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Burgoyne could murder someone at this point at get away with it, yet they want to stick the boots in our mob.

 

[Lore]

Apparently he's challenging the fine via a written submission to the tribunal...

 

[DERO]

Any word on the success of the challenge?

 

[SherbertLemon]

His decision making is really beginning to shit me.

 

[Vindicater]

Has shirked three contests so far this game.

Does not look interested at all for some reason tonight.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Has gone from knowing what you're going to get week to week, to not knowing at all if he's going to rock up.
What has happened?

 

[Vander18]

Has shirked three contests so far this game.

Does not look interested at all for some reason tonight.

I wasn’t going to say it but I thought he shirked the first contest he was involved in, just after first centre bounces..

Last week he was hunting with intent again, his week he looks like he’d rather be elsewhere.

 

[Donakebab]

Puts in a great game last week, everyone gets their hopes up and he just goes straight back to being a limp noodle. Just about done with him.

 

[quotemokc]

Playing like an outside player forced to play inside with no big body to help him out.

 

[Old man fletch]

Did like his (fair) comment to the ump after the htb free kick against McGrath. "You're having a mare"

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Has gone from knowing what you're going to get week to week, to not knowing at all if he's going to rock up.
What has happened?

Symptomatic of our entire team mate. But Merrett is the least of our worries.

 

[citizen-erased]

Did like his (fair) comment to the ump after the htb free kick against McGrath. "You're having a mare"

i love when the ump paid the 50 too.
He knew Merrett was right. How is that even abuse.

 

[eth-dog]

Did like his (fair) comment to the ump after the htb free kick against McGrath. "You're having a mare"

Wasn't even mad he gave away the 50. Lyons was going to kick the goal anyway

 

[yaco55]

It's really important that when we field an injury ravaged team that the GOOD players well - He hasn't been able to achieve this on a regular enough basis.

 

[BrunoV]

35 possessions for no impact.

Did almost nothing with the ball.

As ant555 has been saying for a while now Merrett has gone from a damaging kicking player to a hunter of cheap possessions.

He's been completely Essington'd.

 

[Yoda_]

35 possessions for no impact.

Did almost nothing with the ball.

As ant555 has been saying for a while now Merrett has gone from a damaging kicking player to a hunter of cheap possessions.

He's been completely Essington'd.

1 tackle

 

[I Remember Bluey]

35 possessions for no impact.

Did almost nothing with the ball.

As ant555 has been saying for a while now Merrett has gone from a damaging kicking player to a hunter of cheap possessions.

He's been completely Essington'd.

Yep a real spud is our Zac

Coaches Votes: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney
9 Zach Merrett (ESS)
7 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
6 Tim Taranto (GWS)
4 Adam Saad (ESS)
4 Stephen Coniglio (GWS)

 

[BrunoV]

Yep a real spud is our Zac

Coaches Votes: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney
9 Zach Merrett (ESS)
7 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
6 Tim Taranto (GWS)
4 Adam Saad (ESS)
4 Stephen Coniglio (GWS)

Sums up where footy is at. He was probably being asked to play a role.