AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

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

 

[Lore]

hey guys, non essendon fan here.

do you guys reckon parish will start copping tags with his amazing form? of course there is still merrett who teams can tag.

next 3 opposition all teams who might well tag a midfielder. hawks with worpel or cousins, melbourne with harmes if they do and geelong with mark o'connor.

if parish does cop all the tags how do you think he'll cope with them?

I don't think he's ever been tagged before.

Most teams don't tag on the inside, especially with the 6 6 6 rule it means they can't run an extra at the stoppage anymore so they'd have to sacrifice one of their own inside mids to do it, so they only do that if the player being tagged legitimately scares the s**t out of them. They can usually beat us at the coal face anyway especially since we're down three of our best mids.

On the outside, Merrett is more damaging, his disposal is elite and he's taggable, so they go after him instead. That said, Parish is racking up a fair few metres gained, so he's not just an accumulator. But yah.

I think if you tag Merrett, you reduce Parish's effectiveness anyway since they work together.

 

[ghostdog]

I don't think he's ever been tagged before.

Most teams don't tag on the inside, especially with the 6 6 6 rule it means they can't run an extra at the stoppage anymore so they'd have to sacrifice one of their own inside mids to do it, so they only do that if the player being tagged legitimately scares the sh*t out of them. They can usually beat us at the coal face anyway especially since we're down three of our best mids.

On the outside, Merrett is more damaging, his disposal is elite and he's taggable, so they go after him instead. That said, Parish is racking up a fair few metres gained, so he's not just an accumulator. But yah.

I think if you tag Merrett, you reduce Parish's effectiveness anyway since they work together.

Last paragraph is gospel. Similar handball received numbers to each other.

 

[Hak94]

hey guys, non essendon fan here.

do you guys reckon parish will start copping tags with his amazing form? of course there is still merrett who teams can tag.

next 3 opposition all teams who might well tag a midfielder. hawks with worpel or cousins, melbourne with harmes if they do and geelong with mark o'connor.

if parish does cop all the tags how do you think he'll cope with them?

I still think Merrett is our most damaging midfielder, letting him off the chain is just a headache. Plus, he has more runs in terms of consistency of output / you generally know week to week what you're going to get & just how much he can influence a game in terms of his kicking & ball use. Not to say Parish hasn't proven anything across the last ten weeks (or his seasons prior) but until we get a complete year or two of these kind of perfomances I think teams will definitely still look to Merrett being the one to tag. It's a good headache for us Essendon supporters to have, to finally have some polish & midfield depth that is scary for the opposition. Parish may eventually be the most influential in there, but I think people are currently sitting back assessing if he can do this / offer this form up from here on out.

 

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[astrowizzle]

Can't tag what you can't catch

 

[Gabe251]

Does his contract end? He doesn't seem to be a free agent according to afl.com

 

[boncer34]

Does his contract end? He doesn't seem to be a free agent according to afl.com

He wouldn't be. Hasn't been playing long enough, still out of contract.

 

[TonaldDrump]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

 

[boncer34]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

Re-signing imminent.

 

[VelvetSledge]

 

[Doss]

Re-signing imminent.

Champ.

 

[boncer34]

Champ.

Turbo

 

[JayJ20]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

NakeFews

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

We must have different sources. Mine said he will be requesting a trade to both at the same time.

 

[cAsEy_18]

I'm nervous that he's going to end the year averaging 47 touches a game in Tasmania and request a trade to the future expansion team.

 

[ghostdog]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

That's incredible!

 

[Unfazed]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

You told me the same thing in 2019. I just don't feel i can trust you anymore.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Received credible information that Parish will request a trade to either Collingwood or Geelong unfortunately.

Well Collingwood suck so you should finish that wall at Werribee you’ve been banging on about.

You know that one that will keep the cats and their fans out of Melbourne? Yep, that one.

 

[Bjchan13]

Just landed

 

[Nifft]

You told me the same thing in 2019. I just don't feel i can trust you anymore.

 

[Andronicus]

I hold some doubts over a rumour that suggests someone is telling people he has decided to leave, but hasn't decided on a club yet.

 

[Seb78]

Hey DP3, guess what?

 

[Yoda_]

Below standard game but still had it 24 times with 115 supercoach points. Most importantly, more than his 6 clearances was the goal toput the nail in the coffin to finish it off.

 

[RearNaked]

Should trade while he still has value purple patch over

 

[Call Me Cake]

That's it, we're gonna have a Blacklist, where we Blacklist certain users for sources that s**t the bed.