News Xavier Duursma departs for Essendon

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No matter how hard Xavier Duursma tries, he'll never get to the level of Butters, Rozee, Horne-Francis and Wines. I know this might surprise some of you in this 'everyone gets a gold star, you can be whatever you want to be' world, but it's the truth.

Or as Clint Eastwood says:

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Janus said:
No matter how hard Xavier Duursma tries, he'll never get to the level of Butters, Rozee, Horne-Francis and Wines. I know this might surprise some of you in this 'everyone gets a gold star, you can be whatever you want to be' world, but it's the truth.

Or as Clint Eastwood says:

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your so full of wisdom captain obvious, but i think it comes down to coaching, Duursma's main quality in his first 2 years was his running ability to cover the ground beyond the average player, the last 3 years we havnt seent that at all and i think that is because he's been pigeon holed into a position that doesnt let him do that.I suppose a good example of would be issac smith, where he's got one attribute and that is running hard, if you take that away from him he's a very average footballer but the coaches used him to his strength
 
wgt said:
your so full of wisdom captain obvious, but i think it comes down to coaching, Duursma's main quality in his first 2 years was his running ability to cover the ground beyond the average player, the last 3 years we havnt seent that at all and i think that is because he's been pigeon holed into a position that doesnt let him do that.I suppose a good example of would be issac smith, where he's got one attribute and that is running hard, if you take that away from him he's a very average footballer but the coaches used him to his strength
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Don't bother. Unless we have a starting 18 of All Australians and a bench of AA squad players we just don't have the cattle to accomplish anything.
 
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Launchpad McQuack said:
Don't bother. Unless we have a starting 18 of All Australians and a bench of AA squad players we just don't have the cattle do accomplish anything.
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Ken has done a wonderful job with his list of spuds, he needs at least to be given the opportunity to turn over his 5th list of players to show the football world his true ability, who else could we possibly get?
 
Just on the midfield thing.

Players are really obsessed with midfield time. I remember Monfries wanting to be a midfielder as well when he came here.

I recall telling Stewy Dew during his playing days that he’s great on the fwd flank in range for long goals and he looked annoyed and said he’d rather be on the wing.
 
wgt said:
your so full of wisdom captain obvious, but i think it comes down to coaching, Duursma's main quality in his first 2 years was his running ability to cover the ground beyond the average player, the last 3 years we havnt seent that at all and i think that is because he's been pigeon holed into a position that doesnt let him do that.I suppose a good example of would be issac smith, where he's got one attribute and that is running hard, if you take that away from him he's a very average footballer but the coaches used him to his strength
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Whats this role we put him into?

Hasnt he been playing on the wing?
 

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wgt said:
i think he's mainly been of half back but more importantly he hasnt been running like he use to, he was running upto 16km a game in his first 2 years. That was his strength
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Could that be due to his injuries?

I've seen some people mention he's "bulked" up too much.

I think he looks marginally bigger than he did in his draft year but you would expect most footballers to increase their weight and height a bit from their draft year
 
Essendon is eyeing a straight-swap with Port Adelaide which would see them land Xavier Duursma and lose Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, but talks between the two clubs are yet to ramp up
 
wgt said:
your so full of wisdom captain obvious, but i think it comes down to coaching, Duursma's main quality in his first 2 years was his running ability to cover the ground beyond the average player, the last 3 years we havnt seent that at all and i think that is because he's been pigeon holed into a position that doesnt let him do that.I suppose a good example of would be issac smith, where he's got one attribute and that is running hard, if you take that away from him he's a very average footballer but the coaches used him to his strength
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Why just completely ignore the injuries he's suffered as if they're not relevant?

Duursma said a combination of injuries, form and a lack of confidence had contributed to two disappointing years that had stripped him of other standout attributes, including his marking ability.

"I wasn’t confident at all with my knee and with my shoulder… (and) I wasn't confident to be able to jump if I'm being honest," he said.
 
Holden Hillbilly said:
Essendon is eyeing a straight-swap with Port Adelaide which would see them land Xavier Duursma and lose Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, but talks between the two clubs are yet to ramp up
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The same article also said that Essendon want Duursma to play on the wing.
I don’t believe a straight swap is a fair deal your way and I just can’t see it happening
 
Jay Clark trying to push a straight swap. Vic media doing its best to undervalue players returning to Victoria.
 
Great8 said:
The same article also said that Essendon want Duursma to play on the wing.
I don’t believe a straight swap is a fair deal your way and I just can’t see it happening
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Don't worry, we'll make it happen.
 

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