Player Watch # 7: Zachary Merrett

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Zac's data after round 19:

Tackles:

A quiet week for tackle bags Merrett, who only laid two against the Crows. Bird was straight back into the action with 9 for the afternoon.

1. Zach Merrett – 121

2. Craig Bird - 90

3. James Kelly - 75

4. David Zaharakis - 74

5. Orazio Fantasia - 68

Contested Possessions:

Darcy Parish held his own with a team high 12 contested possessions, showing that he clearly isn’t afraid of winning his own ball.

1. Zach Merrett - 187

2. Brendon Goddard - 149

3. Darcy Parish - 147

4. David Zaharakis - 141

5. Craig Bird - 132

Marks

Joe Daniher worked up and down the ground for his 11 marks.

1. Joe Daniher - 113

2. Brendon Goddard - 112

3. Matt Dea - 106

4. Adam Cooney - 97

5. James Kelly - 93

Disposals

Zach Merrett was the leader again with 31 disposals, while Brendon Goddard wasn’t far behind with 29.

1. Zach Merrett - 525

2. Brendon Goddard - 489

3. David Zaharakis - 412

4. James Kelly – 402

5. Adam Cooney - 393

Metres gained

Brendon Goddard played an important role off the half-back line and helped send the boys forward. HE gained an impressive 617m.

1. Zach Merrett – 7580m

2. Brendon Goddard – 6888m

3. David Zaharakis – 5993m

4. Adam Cooney – 5025m

5. Joe Daniher – 4905m

Goals

Another four goals for Joe Daniher on the Sunday sees him equal his career best tally of 34 and also reach his 99th career goal.

1. Joe Daniher – 34

2. Orazio Fantasia - 25

3. Mitch Brown - 19

4. Kyle Langford - 9

5. Jayden Laverde - 7

Sauce: http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2016-08-01/dons-top-5-round-19
 

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Zac's data after round 19:

Tackles:

A quiet week for tackle bags Merrett, who only laid two against the Crows. Bird was straight back into the action with 9 for the afternoon.

1. Zach Merrett – 121

2. Craig Bird - 90

3. James Kelly - 75

4. David Zaharakis - 74

5. Orazio Fantasia - 68

Contested Possessions:

Darcy Parish held his own with a team high 12 contested possessions, showing that he clearly isn’t afraid of winning his own ball.

1. Zach Merrett - 187

2. Brendon Goddard - 149

3. Darcy Parish - 147

4. David Zaharakis - 141

5. Craig Bird - 132

Marks

Joe Daniher worked up and down the ground for his 11 marks.

1. Joe Daniher - 113

2. Brendon Goddard - 112

3. Matt Dea - 106

4. Adam Cooney - 97

5. James Kelly - 93

Disposals

Zach Merrett was the leader again with 31 disposals, while Brendon Goddard wasn’t far behind with 29.

1. Zach Merrett - 525

2. Brendon Goddard - 489

3. David Zaharakis - 412

4. James Kelly – 402

5. Adam Cooney - 393

Metres gained

Brendon Goddard played an important role off the half-back line and helped send the boys forward. HE gained an impressive 617m.

1. Zach Merrett – 7580m

2. Brendon Goddard – 6888m

3. David Zaharakis – 5993m

4. Adam Cooney – 5025m

5. Joe Daniher – 4905m

Goals

Another four goals for Joe Daniher on the Sunday sees him equal his career best tally of 34 and also reach his 99th career goal.

1. Joe Daniher – 34

2. Orazio Fantasia - 25

3. Mitch Brown - 19

4. Kyle Langford - 9

5. Jayden Laverde - 7

Sauce: http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2016-08-01/dons-top-5-round-19
Interesting that Zaharakis and Goddard have copped flak a lot this year yet are clearly up there in most areas.
 

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Zac's data after round 19:

Tackles:

A quiet week for tackle bags Merrett, who only laid two against the Crows. Bird was straight back into the action with 9 for the afternoon.

1. Zach Merrett – 121

2. Craig Bird - 90

3. James Kelly - 75

4. David Zaharakis - 74

5. Orazio Fantasia - 68

Contested Possessions:

Darcy Parish held his own with a team high 12 contested possessions, showing that he clearly isn’t afraid of winning his own ball.

1. Zach Merrett - 187

2. Brendon Goddard - 149

3. Darcy Parish - 147

4. David Zaharakis - 141

5. Craig Bird - 132

Marks

Joe Daniher worked up and down the ground for his 11 marks.

1. Joe Daniher - 113

2. Brendon Goddard - 112

3. Matt Dea - 106

4. Adam Cooney - 97

5. James Kelly - 93

Disposals

Zach Merrett was the leader again with 31 disposals, while Brendon Goddard wasn’t far behind with 29.

1. Zach Merrett - 525

2. Brendon Goddard - 489

3. David Zaharakis - 412

4. James Kelly – 402

5. Adam Cooney - 393

Metres gained

Brendon Goddard played an important role off the half-back line and helped send the boys forward. HE gained an impressive 617m.

1. Zach Merrett – 7580m

2. Brendon Goddard – 6888m

3. David Zaharakis – 5993m

4. Adam Cooney – 5025m

5. Joe Daniher – 4905m

Goals

Another four goals for Joe Daniher on the Sunday sees him equal his career best tally of 34 and also reach his 99th career goal.

1. Joe Daniher – 34

2. Orazio Fantasia - 25

3. Mitch Brown - 19

4. Kyle Langford - 9

5. Jayden Laverde - 7

Sauce: http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2016-08-01/dons-top-5-round-19
Strikes me as unusual that Daniher ranks so highly in metres gained given he averages only 12.8 disposals a game. Probably says a bit about our lack of midfield depth.
 

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Interesting that Zaharakis and Goddard have copped flak a lot this year yet are clearly up there in most areas.
Is it really surprising though? They're surrounded by young kids and old top ups? Beating those players should be a minimum requirement.

TBH the scariest stat on that sheet is Kyle Langford coming 4th on the Goal Tally with 9
 
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Is it really surprising though? They're surrounded by young kids and old top ups? Beating those players should be a minimum requirement.

TBH the scariest stat on that sheet is Kyle Langford coming 4th on the Goal Tally with 9
At least Langford has played 15 games. Worse still is Laverde getting to 5th spot after only playing 5 games.
 

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Colyer and Myers as the cream.
if he gets fit as well, the pace and spacial awareness Morgan has shown could be that X-Factor weapon.
Myers is going to be a bit like Griffen at GWS, the old man with the killer left boot amongst the kids.

Fair play to Dodoro. He has built what could become our best midfield in a very long time
 
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if he gets fit as well, the pace and spacial awareness Morgan has shown could be that X-Factor weapon.
Myers is going to be a bit like Griffen at GWS, the old man with the killer left boot amongst the kids.

Fair play to Dodoro. He has built what could become our best midfield in a very long time
Must say we are building an impressive batch of youngsters.
 

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Must say we are building an impressive batch of youngsters.
I really only have one knock on last years draft and it wasn't going Balic over Morgan.
Ill stand corrected if it pans out, but Balic is a super talent and i'd argue we'd be set if we added brodie this year.

We can then focus on our FF needs and the middle and backline would hold us in decent stead whilst we find and develop one.
 

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I really only have one knock on last years draft and it wasn't going Balic over Morgan.
Ill stand corrected if it pans out, but Balic is a super talent and i'd argue we'd be set if we added brodie this year.

We can then focus on our FF needs and the middle and backline would hold us in decent stead whilst we find and develop one.
I was impressed with our drafting, however I still would have preffered matthieson with one of our seconds. Shows how off my rankings were though i spose! I see a inside mid as a pressing need, thought getting parish and matthieson would be a good haul for mids. Seemingly brodie would also help with that need if we did choose to draft him

Getting hartley was a masterstroke. So happy we did, even without suspensions he is a great assett.
 
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