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

 

[Lore]

I remain very concerned that EFC are confusing best player with best leader.

Based on who is at the club, and I’m not saying it’s optimal, I would be looking at Jake Kelly to be a Tom Harley/Nick Maxwell type skipper until a better option emerges.

Given Brad Scott will seemingly be appointing the leadership group and the captain (and seems to favour a handover prior to the last season of the previous captain) I think we can be sure that it won't be Heppell, and that whatever decision he makes will not necessarily be the one anointed by previous media departments.

If he gets the gig it would be because he's the best available person for it... unless it's written in a contract somewhere (I don't think it is though)

 

[andleanback]

Given Brad Scott will seemingly be appointing the leadership group and the captain (and seems to favour a handover prior to the last season of the previous captain) I think we can be sure that it won't be Heppell, and that whatever decision he makes will not necessarily be the one anointed by previous media departments.

If he gets the gig it would be because he's the best available person for it... unless it's written in a contract somewhere (I don't think it is though)

Players should always have a say in leadership / captain appointments.

 

[DERO]

It’s what I’ve been told regularly over the years from members of the playing group

If not Zach, who do you reckon?

 

[andleanback]

If not Zach, who do you reckon?

I think they should go for co captains.
Pair Mcgrath with merrett, take the pressure off both of them. Merrett can lead through performance on game day and Mcgrath is the better day to day guy.

 

[jmoo wan]

co-captains is such a cop-out. it’s saying you are both useless but you’re the best we have.

 

[DERO]

co-captains is such a cop-out. it’s saying you are both useless but you’re the best we have.

Pretty much why i suggested it.

 

[Old Campaigner]

If not Zach, who do you reckon?

He's the best person for the time being but in a couple of years Hobbs will probably be ready to take over

 

[Nifft]

I'm not convinced that Zach is the kind of player who knows how to get the rest of them to follow his lead. Is he really that guy?, the guy who says 'come on boys, let's bring it home' and everyone lifts because they believe in him and they know they should?

Who else is there?

 

[Vander18]

Given Brad Scott will seemingly be appointing the leadership group and the captain (and seems to favour a handover prior to the last season of the previous captain) I think we can be sure that it won't be Heppell, and that whatever decision he makes will not necessarily be the one anointed by previous media departments.

If he gets the gig it would be because he's the best available person for it... unless it's written in a contract somewhere (I don't think it is though)

Football clubs make mistakes you know….it has been known to happen.

 

[andleanback]

co-captains is such a cop-out. it’s saying you are both useless but you’re the best we have.

So Sydney using co-captains is a cop out? Gold Coast also have witts and Miller, both really good leaders.

 

[Nifft]

So Sydney using co-captains is a cop out? Gold Coast also have witts and Miller, both really good leaders.

Sydney are an outlier, they have a really good culture already. I wouldn't copy anything from GC.

 

[jmoo wan]

So Sydney using co-captains is a cop out? Gold Coast also have witts and Miller, both really good leaders.

this is the second time you’ve responded earnestly to one of my comments recently - can you please stop doing this, it makes me feel uncomfortable?

 

[Bombermania]

I think they should go for co captains.
Pair Mcgrath with merrett, take the pressure off both of them. Merrett can lead through performance on game day and Mcgrath is the better day to day guy.

Just going on McGrath's reaction to fans complaints about post match smiling after losing, he doesn't come across as being ready to be captain.

 

[DERO]

this is the second time you’ve responded earnestly to one of my comments recently - can you please stop doing this, it makes me feel uncomfortable?

I once watched Showgirls with my gf's parents. Now that was uncomfortable!

 

[jmoo wan]

I once watched Showgirls with my gf's parents. Now that was uncomfortable!

i’m going to tell your wife you did that - then you’ll be really uncomfortable!

 

[fairbump_playon]

I once watched Showgirls with my gf's parents. Now that was uncomfortable!

I imagine the group heavy petting that that followed was even worse?

 

[Nifft]

I imagine the group heavy petting that that followed was even worse?

 

[andleanback]

Sydney are an outlier, they have a really good culture already. I wouldn't copy anything from GC.

Gws have co captains aswell. All I’m saying is sometimes it can be better to pair captains together so the group gets both their strengths instead of giving the role to someone who is not fully equipped.

 

[Eleven 38]

co-captains is such a cop-out. it’s saying you are both useless but you’re the best we have.

I've never thought of co captains as a good idea until I read this. Now I think its a good idea, because it really is the truth.

 

[ghostdog]

Who else is there?

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[Nifft]

Like Redman, a good leader by example on the field, but doesn't necessarily mean he'd be be good at (or want to do) all the talking stuff the captain's have to do.

 

[eth-dog]

McGrath should be captain

 

[fairbump_playon]

McGrath should be captain

If his football was on track, I would agree. But he really needs to focus on finding his place I reckon.

 

[Beerfish]

They should rotate the captaincy weekly.

 

[Lore]

They should rotate the captaincy weekly.

Can we vote them off if they captain when we lose?