Retired Daniel Merrett (2002-2016)

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He has to have a future on radio (doesn't have the head for TV) after footy, definitely not shy.
 

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Beams, Merrett To Join Leadership Group In 2016

The Brisbane Lions have announced an expanded six-man leadership group for 2016 to be headed by second-year captain Tom Rockliff. Dayne Beams and Daniel Merrett will join Rockliff as Vice-Captains alongside Dayne Zorko, Pearce Hanley and Daniel Rich.

It is not the first time Merrett has been in the leadership group. Now in his 14th season with the Club, he was part of the leadership group from 2009-2014, stepping aside last year to take up a mentoring role in the back line.
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Daniel Merrett happy to play as a permanent defender for Brisbane Lions this season

THERE is no place like home for Brisbane vice-captain Daniel Merrett.

After being used sporadically as a makeshift forward, the Lions veteran is relishing the prospect of staying deep in defence throughout 2016.

The series of head injuries to Jonathan Brown and a lack of big bodied options to provide a genuine marking contest gave Brisbane no choice but to send Merrett up the ground in recent years.

With ex-Cat Josh Walker and No.2 draft pick Josh Schache arriving at the club over summer to supplement the club’s emerging key forward stocks headed by Jono Freeman and Michael Close, Merrett can remain as the cornerstone of Brisbane’s defence.

If any Brisbane defender is swung forward as a pinch-hitting option, it is likely to be Daniel McStay.
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Don't put the blame at Leppa's door: Merrett
SATURDAY night's performance by the Brisbane Lions was an embarrassment, but Daniel Merrett says it's unfair for coach Justin Leppitsch to cop the blame. Following the 78-point flogging from Collingwood, Leppitsch took responsibility, saying he got things wrong and that the buck stopped with him. However, speaking on Wednesday afternoon, vice-captain Merrett said the players had delivered some home truths to one another and should be the ones in the firing line.

"To be hit with that realisation that you've embarrassed everyone with your effort, it hurts, it does," Merrett said. "I can't see how two weeks ago we can play so well against the Sydney Swans and then in two weeks the effort be so bad, and that be a coaching problem. "That comes back directly on the players, particularly the senior players, and we take full responsibility. "There was a distinct lack of effort there. "How does coaching change in two weeks when really it was the effort put in, and our ability to react when Collingwood came out to play."

Merrett said the Lions were shell-shocked against the Magpies and he was still hurting from the loss four days later. He said it was right up there with the club's worst performances in his 187-game career. The veteran fullback acknowledged talk was cheap, and only a strong showing against Melbourne on Sunday would restore the club's pride and the reputation of his coach.

"For Leppa to stand up and cop the brunt of it is so unfair, and as players it's up to us to change that this weekend against Melbourne," he said. "We can't afford to put performances like that any more. It did sting and it's our job to redeem that. "How can it be a physical thing? It's definitely a mental application and being willing to go to war and we haven't been up for a fight, and that's so disappointing - how a professional athlete can front up and not expect that."

The 31-year-old said the playing group was "pretty low" but said it was still unified and would be right to go by Sunday for the MCG clash. "It is all talk and it's all about the hard work we put in our preparation, the hard work we put in on the training track and then how we come out to play on Sunday."
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