AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent 2028 or 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 18, doug85

 

[eDPS]

Liked his game, his kicking still lets him down though he really needs to work on it over the off-season

 

[Yoda_]

Liked his game, his kicking still lets him down though he really needs to work on it over the off-season

Kicking technique is fine, decision making can use some work imho

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Liked his game, his kicking still lets him down though he really needs to work on it over the off-season

Feels like he rushes himself. Has plenty of time in situations but misskicks it due to thinking he has pressure on him. 1 of the biggest flaws in his game atm. Will get it plenty of times but needs to use it better

 

[quotemokc]

Feels like he rushes himself. Has plenty of time in situations but misskicks it due to thinking he has pressure on him. 1 of the biggest flaws in his game atm. Will get it plenty of times but needs to use it better

Yep, just needs to compose himself for a split second

 

[eth-dog]

Congrats on the 50th this week Darce (hopefully)

 

[eth-dog]

Congrats on the 50th this week Darce (hopefully)

Confirmed that this is the case. Congrats Darce!

 

[srobbo]

Liked what I saw last week.

Was more inclined to run, carry & kick & take the opponent on. This 2nd/3rd phase development is wht will take him to the next level, than being a mere find ball, handball player.

He’s good enough, just needs to back himself in.

 

[Donakebab]

Fantastic in the first half, awful in the second. Good to get a win on a milestone, but very disappointing that he struggled to run out the game.

 

[FlyingV]

Fantastic in the first half, awful in the second. Good to get a win on a milestone, but very disappointing that he struggled to run out the game.

Particularly since he was meant to be working on his running in lieu of his thumb injury... he hardly touched it second half. Was he tagged?

 

[Donakebab]

Particularly since he was meant to be working on his running in lieu of his thumb injury... he hardly touched it second half. Was he tagged?

Not that I noticed at the ground, will look again when I watch the replay. Two touches in the third, big donut in the last.

 

[Lore]

I didn't notice him being tagged, but if he was that's a massive compliment.

 

[Donakebab]

I didn't notice him being tagged, but if he was that's a massive compliment.

Banfield did sit on Merrett all game. He got off the chain in the last but think that was more Merrett breaking through than Banfield moving to anyone else.

 

[adsla69k]

Hardest thing is to find it. Only 50 games in. Next year we should see a big jump. Not many players start their career like Clayton Oliver.

 

[eDPS]

Fantastic in the first half, awful in the second. Good to get a win on a milestone, but very disappointing that he struggled to run out the game.

I wouldn’t say awful, I barely saw him play in the centre after half time, for whatever reason he wasn’t given the same amount of time in the middle compared to the first half

 

[akiva]

I wouldn’t say awful, I barely saw him play in the centre after half time, for whatever reason he wasn’t given the same amount of time in the middle compared to the first half

He had 16 disposals to half-time and finished the game with 18.

He was 82% TOG so it's not like he was on the bench for the whole second half..


Does anyone know what role he was playing in that second half?

 

[srobbo]

Baffling 2nd half by darce.

Watched replay intently, esp last qtr & seems he kept getting caught b/w contests...in no mans land.

No doubt coaches wouldn’t have let it gone unnoticed.

 

[Don Won]

Baffling 2nd half by darce.

Watched replay intently, esp last qtr & seems he kept getting caught b/w contests...in no mans land.

No doubt coaches wouldn’t have let it gone unnoticed.

Yeah - about 1 min into 3rd quarter you hear commentators saying he is leading possession getter on field then...

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Was every where in the first half then disappeared want a full 4qrt effort from him tomorow night

 

[fairbump_playon]

Darcy Vanish

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Darcy Vanish

Needs to start imposing himself on games still too patchy for my liking.

 

[HirdyLannister]

This might be a shock and all but it's only his 3rd year..

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

This might be a shock and all but it's only his 3rd year..

And next year he'll be entering his 4 haven't given up on him but he needs to gets a move a long.

 

['51 Bewick]

Looks like all the Langford knockers have moved on.

 

[Haychh]

Being drafted just after Oliver hasn't helped expectations

 

[Kyptastic]

He's doing fine for a third year player. Our expectations are skewed because A) He had to come into the team and take up a key role straight away and B) He acquitted himself better than anyone would have thought. He's had to adjust to being number 6 or 7 in the midfield rankings rather than 3 or 4, it's a bit of a shift.