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]

He also has time to improve his leadership and become a better captain plus player.

The ball's in Zerrett's court.

His leadership seems fine now, turned out he just needed a team around him with better followership.

 

[doug85]

If he polls the most votes in the brownlow and is ineligible then it's going to be a travesty.

AFL really needs to change the ineligibility criteria. What gets you a week in 2023 is so much different to 20 years ago, let alone 100 years ago. Zach made a technique mistake. He isn’t a cheat.

 

[supportyourteam]

Gee that milestone snuck up. Adds to the look forward to going to GMHBA Saturday night. Last time, probably Tim Watson kicking goals from the Belmont end pockets. The milestone definitely puts value into the $195 ticket that somehow was available.

 

[Happyskeret]

He also has time to improve his leadership and become a better captain plus player.

The ball's in Zerrett's court.

Wow you think he can improve? Hope you are right that would be some sort of Captain/player.

 

[faible]

AFL really needs to change the ineligibility criteria. What gets you a week in 2023 is so much different to 20 years ago, let alone 100 years ago. Zach made a technique mistake. He isn’t a cheat.

Wonder how many of the top 10 - 20 in the count will be ineligible this year, seems to be a lot of the big midfielders were getting pinged for a while there.

 

[Lore]

If he didn't get suspended he would've had a home game against Adelaide at Docklands for his 200th... :/

 

[bommer16]

Shame. Hope they get a win at Geelong as a gift for him. Hes so perfect for the captaincy. Liked hearing him say he still gets butterflies leading the team out on game day. Congrats Zach. Here’s to 200 more!

 

[fairbump_playon]

Best tackler in the league. Sorry, I’m repeating myself and a few scorned me. Best tackler in the league. Top 1 or 2 performers in the comp.

You know I reckon he has really strong hands. Maybe uses one of those 80s grip strengtheners. Once he gets a fistful of your jersey - you're gone.

 

[jannissary]

Wonder how many of the top 10 - 20 in the count will be ineligible this year, seems to be a lot of the big midfielders were getting pinged for a while there.

nuffy talk inbound but i feel like any of the "brownlow favourites" of each year get fines over suspensions, no real evidence beyond me being mad that zac gets a cheap suspension when he's in great form

 

[fairbump_playon]

nuffy talk inbound but i feel like any of the "brownlow favourites" of each year get fines over suspensions, no real evidence beyond me being mad that zac gets a cheap suspension when he's in great form

This is not the place for evidence

 

[brain taylor]

nuffy talk inbound but i feel like any of the "brownlow favourites" of each year get fines over suspensions, no real evidence beyond me being mad that zac gets a cheap suspension when he's in great form

i do get a bit of a sense that maybe the mro avoids suspending players who are talked up as brownlow fancies (unless it’s something glaringly obvious like straight up throwing punches) because of the drama it could cause after the count, but this is based entirely on the ~vibe~

 

[jannissary]

i do get a bit of a sense that maybe the mro avoids suspending players who are talked up as brownlow fancies (unless it’s something glaringly obvious like straight up throwing punches) because of the drama it could cause after the count, but this is based entirely on the ~vibe~

it's heavily vibes based but like, how many "stars" get away with shit other players don't

 

[brain taylor]

it's heavily vibes based but like, how many "stars" get away with s**t other players don't

agreed, i feel like if the merrett tackle happened next week he would just cop a fine, now that he’s been proclaimed a top player by the panel shows

 

[DERO]

Captain’s run on Friday.

 

[VelvetSledge]

 

[windyhill]

200 games of ****ing sublime decision making, sublime tackling, pulling heads in, getting ousted from the ****ing leadership group. He’s top two in the league, he’s that good.

 

[windyhill]

When he lifts the cup in 2-3 years, watch out for me...like ‘93 I’m going over...

 

[carnthedons]

When he lifts the cup in 2-3 years, watch out for me...like ‘93 I’m going over...

 

[Lore]

Should’ve used the image from our thread cover

 

[Lore]

 

[jmoo wan]

the table is wrong though. Jobe Watson has won a Brownlow - in 2012

 

[Kong]

I'd say even if he retired tomorrow, he'd be the club's best player since Hird/Lloyd/Fletcher.

Jobe was the best in the league for a year, but Zach's been the club's best/second best for about 7 years.

He'll be an all time club great.

 

[mitch-wa]

Plenty of time to sing his praises throughout the week because he is a genuine, modern day great of the club and the 4th Creighton he is going to win will raise him up to sit with Watson and Madden but good lord the 2013 Sandringham Dragons side he came out of is the most stacked thing I've ever seen.

Merrett
Josh Kelly
Salem
Maynard
Ed and Tom Langdon

8

Tom Langdon

Age

30

Ht

190cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.1

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

9.1

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

236.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

17.0

5star

K

12.2

5star

HB

4.8

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.0

4star

Angus Brayshaw

10

Angus Brayshaw

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.3

5star

MG

233.5

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

7.8

4star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.2

4star

MG

233.5

4star

D

11.4

3star

K

8.2

4star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

5.6

5star

Amon

plus Freeman who could have been anything plus James Munro, Will Hayes

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, Le Grice and Will Fordham who have been high quality VFL players for a long period of time.

The 2007 Swans colts team was decent

Edit: sorry, not really the thread for it. Go Zmargaret!

 

[Lore]

Happy birthday Skip

 

[Lore]