Player Watch #27: Jack Darling

[Masked Avenger]

Truth is, Darling should have been left out weeks ago. He's worsened each performance since then. With Maley in, time to spell him.

 

[kangatragic]

Can't play both him and Maley. And on tonight's effort Darling is the one who gets dropped

 

[koshari]

Yes, well we don't seem to inclined to get him up forward.

Ideally, you put him forward again, and at some point, W Dawson and Whitlock slot in to defence.

Theres a LOT of development that needs to happen before we are even close to that predicament.

 

[Passmore]

He served a purpose. And he will again at some point.

 

[muttley45]

Can join LMac in the VFL next week

 

[The Nostradamus]

Can't play both him and Maley. And on tonight's effort Darling is the one who gets dropped

No we look better with the extra tall

When one pinch hits ruck we still have 2 KPF targets to kick to and not have larkey triple teamed

 

[roos_fanatic08]

First few games were alright, has dropped away considerably since then.

 

[Passmore]

Can join LMac in the VFL next week

I don't think Luke will be playing VFL next week. Particularly now we've lost Archer.

 

[Errol Street]

Essendon play a young guy like Caddy we play a 33 year over the hill spud like Darling. Anyone could see he is cooked but the match committee still plays him

 

[Errol Street]

1 mark 40% disposal 0 score involvements 2 hit outs 2 kicks 9 SuperCoach points

 

[tazaa]

Yuck

 

[scottywiper]

Gee. Its almost like those critical of his recruiting could see what our highly paid footy staff couldn't.
A 30 something wasn't going to have a remarkable form reversal, despite the delusions of some on our footy dept.

 

[Roosurgence]

Gee. Its almost like those critical of his recruiting could see what our highly paid footy staff couldn't.
A 30 something wasn't going to have a remarkable form reversal, despite the delusions of some on our footy dept.

Darling is the product of negligent list management decisions that have taken place over a number of years.

Because our List Management and Recruitment Teams ****ed their drafts and trading, we were forced out of desperation to take what we could get to help Larkey.

I’m not that worried about the Darling recruitment itself, it cost FA and I am sure his experience is adding value during the week.

The sad thing is that we forced our self into that position by ignoring key talls in the draft or wasting picks on shit trades like CCJ.

Our current plight is squarely at the feet of very short sighted and terrible list management decisions that have been made.

Brady Rawlings seems to be the one constant in the whole mess.

Not sure how he has a job?

 

[Arathrawn]

No one can convince me that we would have been worse off if Brynn Teakle, Cooper Harvey or Geordie Payne were playing his position.

I'm not saying those guys should have been playing. But if they were, would we have been worse off?

 

[Marstermind]

He wasn't bad last night. He wasn't anything. A complete non-entity. You actually have to do something to be bad. May as well have been sitting up in the stands with me such was his impact on anything.

People going on about how Essendon were short at the end with players off the ground. We were 1 player short all night with one of our players on the ground.

 

[scottywiper]

He wasn't bad last night. He wasn't anything. A complete non-entity. You actually have to do something to be bad. May as well have been sitting up in the stands with me such was his impact on anything.

People going on about how Essendon were short at the end with players off the ground. We were 1 player short all night with one of our players on the ground.

Well ,Rawling did say preseason that he didn't care of Darling only got four touches a game as he would bring other things. Jack is living up to those lofty ambitions.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Another example of incompetence in the List Management Dept. I believe we tried to get Darling the year before if you can believe that. Another Rawlings cluster just like Caleb the Crab Daniel recruitment. He is destroying this club one trade at a time.

 

[Disco Dew]

Wasn’t thrilled to bring darling in. Thought he was ok to start the season but boy has he fallen off a cliff.
He’ll go alright in the magoos

 

[DocSholl]

Wonder what the triggers are for that third year

 

[Disco Dew]

Wonder what the triggers are for that third year

I’m triggered by the fact there is a second year let alone triggers for a third

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Wonder what the triggers are for that third year

Rawlings would have hard balled him and said play 10 games in season one and two combined . Pink would have offered more last night in that role. How sad is that?

 

[koshari]

He served a purpose. And he will again at some point.

upgrade on sellers as a break glass option but really not seeing a lot of value atm.

 

[Merlin007]

I don't think it's reasonable to expect a 32 year old KPF to second ruck on a 5 day break. With Maley coming on, I'd expect (hope) that Darling can now be managed

 

[woosha24]

He wasn't bad last night. He wasn't anything. A complete non-entity.

Sorry for the intrusion lads, but this here is exactly why we traded him. The bloke is cooked and does hardly anything on game day.

If you want someone to mentor younger guys in the side and teach some forward craft then he's ok (not great, not terrible). If however you want someone to stand up in close games like last night, then no chance, he's the definition of a list clogger.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Sorry for the intrusion lads, but this here is exactly why we traded him. The bloke is cooked and does hardly anything on game day.

If you want someone to mentor younger guys in the side and teach some forward craft then he's ok (not great, not terrible). If however you want someone to stand up in close games like last night, then no chance, he's the definition of a list clogger.

woosha24 I wish you had intruded on the meeting when Rawlings and Clarko endorsed this trade. In fact if you sat in on the Caleb Daniel and Zak Fisher trades as well. In fact if you had time the Griffin Logue, Callum Coleman-Jones…………….