Delisted # 8: Martin Gleeson - Not offered a contract, finishes his Essendon career on 97 AFL games

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Not offered another contract in 2022
Last Game Played: Elimination Final, 2021
Injury Status: n/a

 

[blitzer]

McGovern? He's the strongest mark and probably strongest forward in general for Adelaide.

McGovern may be physically strong but Gleeson I think could play off him with his intercepting skills. He should also be able to generate good rebound going the other way. I also don't rate McGovern that highly - for all his spectacular marks he doesn't really kick that many goals. His average in 2016 was 1.4 and in 2017 was 1.5 goals per game. He gets pumped up because he gets no attention and the 3rd or 4th worst tall defender each week.

Good teams always manage to get away with playing one undersized defender on a tall. Our problem is not that our defense isn't tall enough - its that our midfield hasn't shown a real ability to work defensively.

 

[citizen-erased]

Hard to know how he matches up on the crows. Their first picked 6 forwards id imagine to be

Douglas - Walker - T.Lynch
Betts - Jenkins - Mcgovern

he doesnt suit many of those

id run him on Betts.
Betts' advantages are he is clever and reads the play. As does Gleeson.

id go:
Lynch: Ambrose
Jenkins: Hartley
Betts: Gleeson
Douglas: Saad
Walker: Hurley
McGovern: Francis
McKenna loose running out as 7th defender.

Not many match the best forward line in the comp.
I'd argue we have more cattle back there than Richmond did on GF day, but if the pressure starts from the middle and remains heavy up forward, it doesn't matter how good their forward line is.

 

[akiva]

id run him on Betts.
Betts' advantages are he is clever and reads the play. As does Gleeson.

id go:
Lynch: Ambrose
Jenkins: Hartley
Betts: Gleeson
Douglas: Saad
Walker: Hurley
McGovern: Francis
McKenna loose running out as 7th defender.

Not many match the best forward line in the comp.
I'd argue we have more cattle back there than Richmond did on GF day, but if the pressure starts from the middle and remains heavy up forward, it doesn't matter how good their forward line is.

Apparently, Saad has matched up quite well on Betts.

 

[Lore]

Chaired off by trainers with ten minutes to go today after grabbing his ankle, looked bad

Media saying achilles... hope not.

 

[ghostdog]

Take care, Marty.

 

[dnbassador]

Hopefully just a ankle

 

[adsla69k]

Had similar happen to me. And I too grabbed my ankle but it was the knee that had the more damage. Can't see it being the Achilles.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

That sucks was looking primed for his best season, who comes in for him? Ridley ready or three tall set up with Hartley.

 

[MarkG]

Don't usually get chaired off with an ankle unless it is broken.

 

[Old Stuckup]

That sucks was looking primed for his best season, who comes in for him? Ridley ready or three tall set up with Hartley.

Based on the way Ambrose played today it may come down to him or Hartley. Dea, McNiece or Baguley perhaps?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

It’ll be Dea, I forgot he existed. We’ll still be too short IMO. Especially against the Crows.

 

[sameolds33]

Based on the way Ambrose played today it may come down to him or Hartley. Dea, McNiece or Baguley perhaps?

Dea the most similar sort of player, I think

 

[Howard Moon]

Woosh says rolled ankle I hear, with zaka and hurls kicks to their legs

 

[westking]

Season ending rolled ankle. Rotten luck.

 

[jmoo wan]

Don't usually get chaired off with an ankle unless it is broken.

did he play a milestone game? sometimes they get chaired off for a milestone game?

 

[Mad Bomber Sean]

Gleeson out / Hooker Back?

 

[ezard15]

Don't usually get chaired off with an ankle unless it is broken.

I've done ankles before and been able to walk for 15 minutes or so but then unable to walk for a couple of weeks.

Then again I am quite fat and have a very low pain tolerance.

 

[FlyingV]

I've done ankles before and been able to walk for 15 minutes or so but then unable to walk for a couple of weeks.

Then again I am quite fat and have a very low pain tolerance.

Francis? Is that you??

 

[ezard15]

Francis? Is that you??

Yes mate I'm just sitting at a bar in Adelaide with Rory Sloane, we are trying to calculate the odds of being team mates next year given both of us will either be playing for Adelaide or Essendon.

 

[Beerfish]

I really hope it was an ankle because he was definitely going more for the achilles area after it happened from what I saw.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I really hope it was an ankle because he was definitely going more for the achilles area after it happened from what I saw.

Seemed that way on the replay achilles injuries are the worst lets hope it's not

 

[yodellinhank]

Seemed that way on the replay achilles injuries are the worst lets hope it's not

Woosha said ankle so if he's wrong he and crow can pack their bags

 

[Eleven 38]

Imagine it went from press conference "rolled ankle" to achilles season over. That's a whole new spin on Essendon flu.

 

[yaco55]

Seeing Gleeson played today as the third tall, considering we are playing Adelaide, then Hartley or Brown will be the replacement.

 

[simoro1]

Out for up to 14 weeks
http://m.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-03-12/gleeson-to-undergo-surgery