Darcy Wilson's speccy - contested mark

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Darcy Wilson's speccy - contested mark

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Shout out to our Rising Star hopeful

He took a contested mark late in the game when we were 51 points up...it was up against ...wait for it - Stringer AND Langford :shock:

I was flabbergasted. Ronnie was deep on the last line and he kicked a dump kick to around about the 50m line. Darcy got a good sit on Jake and Langford was waiting flat-footed...thinking Stringer would easily outmark Darcy :D

Some very lazy efforts from a few Essendon players yesterday.

Anyway...that game and the confidence to go for a mark like that will give Darcy a big boost


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Post: # 2072138Post Saintmatt »

He’s got some excellent attributes. And tons of courage. I think he’ll get pipped by Dempsey for the RS but I’m bloody happy Darcy plays for us.


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Re: Darcy Wilson's speccy - contested mark

Post: # 2072140Post Nick DalSanto Claus »

A great pick at number 18 in the draft. Fingers crossed our first pick this year turns out to be good as young Darcy. I just hope he finishes the year strongly and gives the RS award a real shake.


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:) Some wanted him rested


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A few months ago, RTB in a presser said 'yeah, we're real lucky to have him'


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Nick DalSanto Claus wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 7:14am A great pick at number 18 in the draft.
A slider as well. Many suggested that he was top 10’ish (around 10) and that if he made it through, there’s no way he’d get passed Adelaide who’d been watching him for years.

I was stoked first when he slid and then we choose him


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Nick DalSanto Claus wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 7:14am A great pick at number 18 in the draft. Fingers crossed our first pick this year turns out to be good as young Darcy. I just hope he finishes the year strongly and gives the RS award a real shake.
Fingers crossed indeed. Toce isn't steering that ship anymore

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skeptic wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 11:03am
Nick DalSanto Claus wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 7:14am A great pick at number 18 in the draft.
A slider as well. Many suggested that he was top 10’ish (around 10) and that if he made it through, there’s no way he’d get passed Adelaide who’d been watching him for years.

I was stoked first when he slid and then we choose him
He wasn’t a slider. It was just that all the Suns Academy and Father Sons bids happened and then came our first true pick which was from I believe a 12 to 18.


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TheGreatZacsby wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 3:15pm
skeptic wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 11:03am
Nick DalSanto Claus wrote: Sun 28 Jul 2024 7:14am A great pick at number 18 in the draft.
A slider as well. Many suggested that he was top 10’ish (around 10) and that if he made it through, there’s no way he’d get passed Adelaide who’d been watching him for years.

I was stoked first when he slid and then we choose him
He wasn’t a slider. It was just that all the Suns Academy and Father Sons bids happened and then came our first true pick which was from I believe a 12 to 18.
Absolutely. Everything I read had Adelaide categorically taking him with their first pick if he was there (at what was 8) and that he would have been in the conversation at every pick to go since then.
I couldn’t believe it when he fell to us


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Nicely judged mark

Speccy?

Wilson will be a good player, played ok yesterday

His first year is similar to Phillipou last season


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Post: # 2072499Post Zed »

Is there a bit of ex Hawk/Cat Isaac Smith about him ?
I really like the way he goes about it.
I hope he can continue to build in his second and third years the way that Nas did.

Assuming Darcy stays on the wing , and if Nas eventually goes back to the wing, we could quite possibly have the best wing combo in the league.


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Nas will stay at HB

Why would we need to move him??


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Maybe move him if Byrnes can't hold down the wing position or... if we haven't got Seb or another good player to play there. If Byrnes keeps improving, then leave Nas at half back.

The look of the side might be totally different in 2-3 years time. Arie Shoemaker and hopefully James Van Es are alongside Wilkie and Dougs. We'll need to find a replacement for Webster as well


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Re: Darcy Wilson's speccy - contested mark

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Why move him at all

He is an Elite HB

Rebounding defenders are critically important

We have 2 who are elite


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