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

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Tell you what, for any punters out there Zachy would be absolutely flying home in the Brownlow. Something like last 5 rounds or similar markets would be worth a look. Reckon he'd have 10+ votes in the past 5 rounds.

Couldn't possibly win it given his early season form but he'd be an outside chance for top 5.

 

[bombreys]

Couldn't possibly win it given his early season form but he'd be an outside chance for top 5.

Nah, no way he wins it. There's normally a market for last 5 rounds and second half of the season that type of thing. Could be half a chance there.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Nah, no way he wins it. There's normally a market for last 5 rounds and second half of the season that type of thing. Could be half a chance there.

Absolutely, second half of the season he'd be right up there especially since we've started winning games.

 

[faible]

Absolutely, second half of the season he'd be right up there especially since we've started winning games.

Has to fight Redman for votes.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Has to fight Redman for votes.

Midfielders award but yeh they'd both be collecting a few votes for sure.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

He wanted to smash players in tackles yesterday, great to see.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Where was the support for Merrett today? He got absolutely blanketed by a hard Perryman tag and not once did anyone block for him or do anything to give him a chop out. We are genuinely crying out for some selfless mids cause the likes of Stringer and Parish would have to be two of the more selfish front runners going around in the league…

 

[MiguelM]

Where was the support for Merrett today? He got absolutely blanketed by a hard Perryman tag and not once did anyone block for him or do anything to give him a chop out. We are genuinely crying out for some selfless mids cause the likes of Stringer and Parish would have to be two of the more selfish front runners going around in the league…

He needs to learn to work through a tag. Happens too much to Merrett. Agree, he lacks support sometimes but he needs to get tougher.

Parish was ok but yeah, Stringer seems way off the pace and has been selfish lately.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Looks like a superstar when teams let him do whatever he wants but he cracks the sads when teams actively try to stop him and his workrate and pressure drops right off. 1 tackle is absolutely pathetic. People will try to pass blame off on others but this is on him,

 

[ant555]

Looks like a superstar when teams let him do whatever he wants but he cracks the sads when teams actively try to stop him and his workrate and pressure drops right off. 1 tackle is absolutely pathetic. People will try to pass blame off on others but this is on him,

The lesson for him is simple. If someone is going to tag you then just load up on the defensive things. It was a very average effort and this is the bloke who will be our next captain.

 

[srobbo]

Agree with previous posters. He was invisible today….intent & effort was woeful. Literally waved the white flag.

 

[windyhill]

He wanted to smash players in tackles yesterday, great to see.

He’s our best tackler. For someone as highly skilled as he is, the tackling is outstanding.

 

[MiguelM]

Agree with previous posters. He was invisible today….intent & effort was woeful. Literally waved the white flag.

And yet people are still blaming Parish, unbelievable.

 

[MiguelM]

He’s our best tackler. For someone as highly skilled as he is, the tackling is outstanding.

Disappeared yesterday.

 

[Lore]

Somehow manufactured space

 

[Lore]

And getting his head treated like a speedball

 

[astrowizzle]

Nothing

And getting his head treated like a speedball

Nothing To see here

 

[ant555]

Disappeared yesterday.

After looking at the vision Lore posted I am not totally surprised. Opposition sides do bash him a lot and no one responds.

 

[Squeaky]

Nothing
Nothing To see here

Pruess should be getting the shit kicked out of him for that... but no, nothing...
****ing piss weak!

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Pruess should be getting the s**t kicked out of him for that... but no, nothing...
******* piss weak!

Unfortunately we have no enforces. Voss might be that.

 

[Squeaky]

Unfortunately we have no enforces. Voss might be that.

True. Again, piss weak...

 

[Old Campaigner]

After looking at the vision Lore posted I am not totally surprised. Opposition sides do bash him a lot and no one responds.

It's hard to see how our culture can be anything other than utterly limp wristed if stuff like that is going on without drawing a response. We gotta fix that before we go anywhere

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I don't blame him for being invisible after getting hit like that by Preuss in the first quarter.
He could very well have been fighting off concussion. The week before he was absolutely immense, and has been most of the season.
I just wish when our players are hit like that, that other players would come over and fight for their teammate, what ever happened to that?
Watch the Essendon premiership from 2000. Lloyd himself says he only has 3-4 people he considers really good mates at the club, but he would still go in and have a crack at anybody who would hit one of his teammates like Merrett was hit. Look at GWS, how they fought for each other on the weekend. Look at how Collingwood are fighting for each other at the moment.

 

[JuniorWatch]

Stringer seems way off the pace and has been selfish lately.

Gee one week is a long time in football isn't it!
Just the 5.3 last week against LMAC