AFL Player #21: Dyson Heppell aka Farnsy

[Lore]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 27, Highly Evolved

 

[WindyHillWarrior]

he would have been real handy this week.

seriously though this sucks.

 

[yodellinhank]

Probably gave too many thumbs up.

 

[11kgm]

gives us a chance to give Gleeson a run in the side

 

[Seb78]

gives us a chance to give Gleeson a run in the side

 

[11kgm]

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3 games to prove his worth at the club beyond this year

 

[Lore]

From the video. It's the other hand, had surgery, should miss one week (same as last time I suppose).

Yeah so Dys injured his left thumb, which is actually the opposite side to when he played Geelong so he also had surgery on that one. So he's had surgery on his left thumb, had a plate put in there, and the main thing is to let that wound heal over the next week. He'll probably miss this week and be available for the following week.

Injury news: McGrath ticks major box in return

The latest on Andrew McGrath, Jye Caldwell, Jayden Laverde and more.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[ant555]

3 games to prove his worth at the club beyond this year

Net worth = zero.

 

[Lore]

Test for this week, just making sure he's comfortable to play with a broken thumb.

Captain Dyson Heppell is likely to return to Essendon’s best 22 for its clash with the Suns this week.

The 29-year-old missed Sunday's win over the Bulldogs after sustaining a fracture in his left thumb in the round 20 match against Sydney.

Head of high performance Sean Murphy said all signs pointed positively to a return after Heppell suffered the same injury in his right hand only a month ago, which only resulted in him missing a week.

“'Hepp' will just do what he did a couple of weeks ago after that Geelong game,” Murphy told Dons Digital’s Liberty Financial Performance Update.

“He’ll just integrate into some skills this week and make sure he’s comfortable with that fractured thumb and all things are looking pretty positive at the moment.

“He’s a test for this week but we expect things to go pretty smoothly.”

Injury news: Heppell likely, McGrath 'knocking down the door'

The latest injury updates on Dyson Heppell, Andrew McGrath and Jye Caldwell.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[WindyHillWarrior]

Now doise no broken toes on your comeback, knackers.

 

[Lore]

Now doise no broken toes on your comeback, knackers.

Broke his feet already the last two years, bloke must be practically bionic with all those plates and screws holding him together.

 

[deeplivid]

I just watched Hep on AFL 360. Poor bloke has played and lost 4 elimination finals. I reckon that along with what he went through with asada and being suspended and being the heart and soul of the club, no player deserves a win this weekend more than him

 

[Lore]

I just watched Hep on AFL 360. Poor bloke has played and lost 4 elimination finals. I reckon that along with what he went through with asada and being suspended and being the heart and soul of the club, no player deserves a win this weekend more than him

And qualified for a fifth shot at finals the year we got dumped and replaced with Carlton too. Been a s**t run through that period, so close and yet so far.

 

[yodellinhank]

Don't like the idea that the players "deserve" a win.

 

[deeplivid]

Don't like the idea that the players "deserve" a win.

Even so, the fact remains that no one deserves a win more than him lol

 

[TheGrizz]

I just watched Hep on AFL 360. Poor bloke has played and lost 4 elimination finals. I reckon that along with what he went through with asada and being suspended and being the heart and soul of the club, no player deserves a win this weekend more than him

Cale? I think he has lost 5.

 

[deeplivid]

Cale? I think he has lost 5.

Fair call. Although apparently he doesn’t deserve to play in the first place so I reckon it cancels out. Hurley is stiff tho!

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

AA anyone?

Better stats than Bailey Dale

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Bailey Dale

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.6

4star

MG

117.4

2star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.7

3star

MG

117.4

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

4star

.

 

[Summer Nights]

No.

 

[Lore]

 

[windyhill]

* I love this bloke.

 

[Vindicater]

I love him to bits but will be interesting to see how many more years he can go. 3 more I reckon with the first 2 as captain.

 

[boncer34]

Captain again. Good. Still absurdly underrated.

 

[jmoo wan]

Captain again. Good. Still absurdly underrated.

yes... by some

 

[windyhill]

Brilliant news.

 

[Clark G]

This might be an unpopular opinion but so be it. This was a good time to make Zach Merrett the captain and let Heppell focus on footy. Or perhaps have a Cummins-Smith style structure where Heppell supports Merrett and acts as captain if Merrett does not play.