AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish - Late out with calf tightness - 19/5

[Beerfish]

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

 

[dank420_]

I DID say it was against a bottom 4 team.

I'm not smart enough to leave you without an in somewhere...

Now it's your turn to come back and tell me that "it would have been at least a 120 Supercoach score game against a Geelong or Swans". It practically writes itself!

nice melt


boncer34 we got him

 

[84859300]

nice melt


boncer34 we got him

I was shaking my fist while typing, if that helps!

 

[Kong]

I get Stanton vibes with Parish, in the sense that our support base has zero ability to appreciate exactly how good he is.

Stanton would have been a better fit for this midfield than Parish.

 

[MiguelM]

Ah well, good to see the coaches have footy nous!

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Ah well, good to see the coaches have footy nous!
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If my maths is right both coaches recognised his impact too ( zach 2x5, marto 4+3, kelly 2+3, waterman 4, parish 2+1, duz 1)

 

[eth-dog]

If my maths is right both coaches recognised his impact too ( zach 2x5, marto 4+3, kelly 2+3, waterman 4, parish 2+1, duz 1)

Or:

5/5
4/3
1/4
2/2
3/0
0/1

 

[Vander18]

He's our fourth best player behind Merrett, Martin and Ridley. Probably on par with Redman IMO. No idea what old friend Brunov is parping.

Langford, Stringer, Redman, McGrath, McKay, Caldwell, Durham all ahead of him IMO.

 

[Agronomus]

Ah well, good to see the coaches have footy nous!
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But his direct opponent Tim Kelly was their best player like Parish's direct opponents usually are. Where did Merrett's direct opponent rate?

 

[MiguelM]

But his direct opponent Tim Kelly was their best player like Parish's direct opponents usually are. Where did Merrett's direct opponent rate?

So with your reasoning Kelly had a crap game too as Parish was one of our best. Works both ways yeah?

 

[Nicholas61]

So with your reasoning Kelly had a crap game too as Parish was one of our best. Works both ways yeah?

Sometimes the better players draw each other and if you have an average one against a good one instead they get torched. So it makes sense that two guys on each other can be the better players on the ground. I remember Hird playing full back against Suma who kicked a bag at the beginning of 93 - Hird was electric and setup so much play.

 

[MiguelM]

Sometimes the better players draw each other and if you have an average one against a good one instead they get torched. So it makes sense that two guys on each other can be the better players on the ground. I remember Hird playing full back against Suma who kicked a bag at the beginning of 93 - Hird was electric and setup so much play.

Exactly, I was being facetious.

 

[Nicholas61]

Exactly, I was being facetious.

Yes mate I saw your post in that sense.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

He is not the n huge coin and his clearance stats are elite.

Not this year they’re not. Also, depends what you consider huge coin.

 

[Nifft]

You people forget that this is a team sport.

Individual performance is not relevant except to the extent that it makes the team better.

What do you mean, you people?

 

[ant555]

Not this year they’re not. Also, depends what you consider huge coin.

Well he has a supporting cast this year. Does not change the fact his clearance work has always been rated elite.
As fo huge coin . He is on the next level down from the star players and soon that will be two levels down.
800k was huge 5 years ago.

 

[Vindicater]

But his direct opponent Tim Kelly was their best player like Parish's direct opponents usually are. Where did Merrett's direct opponent rate?

Lol. Direct opponent.

 

[Don Won]

Lol. Direct opponent.

Yeah I hadn’t gone back to watch again but remember him lining up on just about everyone in midfield at different times.

 

[boncer34]

Lol. Direct opponent.

Honestly at times I'm left wondering if people are aware things change. There's no such thing as a direct opponent in the midfield for a full game anymore, his contract is not huge salary cap breaking anymore and his defensive efforts are better than they were in 2022.

 

[BrunoV]

A team sport until Parish is mentioned then it's the individuals fault ?

Fact, we are a better team when Parish is playing well !

I get tagged and referred to here after games at the moment so I respond.

As far as I understand, the tagging, etc is a response to a detailed explanation of why I hold the view I hold about Parish. Because people project the way they think onto others I was being discredited for only showing up when he plays poorly (and that it must therefore only happen a few times a year). I explained why that is not the case.

The players I don't like are the ones who fulfil no obvious structural function, whether as a result of inability to do it or repeated poor execution. The response is almost always to make reference to the stat sheet. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the dogmatic view is that the stat sheet operates as an objective valuation of quality and usefulness. This is also despite all dynastic sides getting there because of their work without the ball and efficiency (i.e. actual efficiency not the statistical category) with it.

This is very similar to the Heppel scenario. Just like Heppell's body couldn't handle a few seasons inside with a gap year, and he started to slow as a 27 year old, now Parish is the guy for the outside. What happened to the clearance best? It wasn't physical pressure, was it?

I've read that he is one of our best players. And yet he is moved out of the first midfield rotation while in his prime so that we can use him outside, for the quality of his ball use, no doubt.

What I believe is that the critics here wouldn't be responding if, deep down, they didn't know that they pinned their hopes on and got attached to the latest midfield dud Dodoro and co drafted.

You must all realise I am arrogant enough about this not to give the slightest s**t what anyone thinks, as though the needling makes a difference. Mock away.

 

[jmoo wan]

You must all realise I am arrogant enough about this not to give the slightest s**t what anyone thinks, as though the needling makes a difference. Mock away.

brilliant! heck the haters Bruno - you do you!

 

[ghostdog]

I get tagged and referred to here after games at the moment so I respond.

As far as I understand, the tagging, etc is a response to a detailed explanation of why I hold the view I hold about Parish. Because people project the way they think onto others I was being discredited for only showing up when he plays poorly (and that it must therefore only happen a few times a year). I explained why that is not the case.

The players I don't like are the ones who fulfil no obvious structural function, whether as a result of inability to do it or repeated poor execution. The response is almost always to make reference to the stat sheet. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the dogmatic view is that the stat sheet operates as an objective valuation of quality and usefulness. This is also despite all dynastic sides getting there because of their work without the ball and efficiency (i.e. actual efficiency not the statistical category) with it.

This is very similar to the Heppel scenario. Just like Heppell's body couldn't handle a few seasons inside with a gap year, and he started to slow as a 27 year old, now Parish is the guy for the outside. What happened to the clearance best? It wasn't physical pressure, was it?

I've read that he is one of our best players. And yet he is moved out of the first midfield rotation while in his prime so that we can use him outside, for the quality of his ball use, no doubt.

What I believe is that the critics here wouldn't be responding if, deep down, they didn't know that they pinned their hopes on and got attached to the latest midfield dud Dodoro and co drafted.

You must all realise I am arrogant enough about this not to give the slightest s**t what anyone thinks, as though the needling makes a difference. Mock away.

Lightning hands out of a stoppage though hey.

 

[carloss]

Langford, Stringer, Redman, McGrath, McKay, Caldwell, Durham all ahead of him IMO.

Parish has more brownlow votes then all of them combined

 

[faible]

Parish had the 2nd most CBA's of any midfielder that wasn't Z Merrett.

Not sure he's 'out' of the midfield rotation by any means.

 

[ghostdog]

Parish just being on the field is enough to cause the oppo concern and try to occupy him.

The great thing is that with Duz and Caldwell coming on, and Zach in the form he's in and Stringer and Perkins (if we're playing Hawthorn), we're looking more and more likely to have someone free who can do damage. Parish can still be that guy, and he's clearly been working on his defensive game too.

 

[BrunoV]

Parish just being on the field is enough to cause the oppo concern and try to occupy him.

The great thing is that with Duz and Caldwell coming on, and Zach in the form he's in and Stringer and Perkins (if we're playing Hawthorn), we're looking more and more likely to have someone free who can do damage. Parish can still be that guy, and he's clearly been working on his defensive game too.

When did this happen, they try to occupy him?