Matt Dea [merged]

[Francois Jackson]

26 disposals and 15 marks vs StKilda. And actually a good qualitative game.

We kept Hunt. And let him go

Yep, and no one else decided to pick him up either, until the WADA finding, preferring to keep their own duds on the list.

What does that say about us re: our drafting

Another thing is Dea never got a descent crack at senior football like the duds on our list have

I doubt that

[Stalin]

Reckon Dea has more upside to Astbury.

na rubbish. Was hopeless at coburg and has showed nothing compared to THunt.

Week after week he was listed in the best in the VFL last year. Was really consistent.  Astbury - Meh.

Sounds familiar

[Yeahright]

Appeared that Dea found his level and unfortunately it wasn't AFL. Still should have gotten a better crack though

[Stalin]

Appeared that Dea found his level and unfortunately it wasn't AFL. Still should have gotten a better crack though

He's going well at afl level

[mat073]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

[Stalin]

And they'd be right

[YellowandBlackBlood]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

At 186cm?
I don't think he can be a KPB at that height. He and Batchelor are interchangeable but at 188cm, Batch is a little taller and still can't play on talls.

[Stalin]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

At 186cm?
I don't think he can be a KPB at that height. He and Batchelor are interchangeable but at 188cm, Batch is a little taller and still can't play on talls.

Bachelor plays on resting ruckman when Dimma wills it ...

Dea can play tall

[big tone]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

At 186cm?
I don't think he can be a KPB at that height. He and Batchelor are interchangeable but at 188cm, Batch is a little taller and still can't play on talls.

Chaplin never really plays a KPB roll. He plays a "drop off" defender usually on the 3rd tall.
At his best he did it pretty well IMO but those days are long gone. Dea is s better player than Batch and Astbury and has more up side to improve as well. He is a much better athlete which give him the option to play on different sorts of opposition. The other two are one dimensional to put it nicely and not even AFL standard in that.
 Dimma wasn't a fan of his it's that simple. If you think personalitys don't play a roll than your wrong.
I hope he gets better and better and makes Dimma look like a bigger DHead than most already think he is.
Astbury and Batch are both depth players and if it were up to me I'd probably get rid of both at seasons end.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

At 186cm?
I don't think he can be a KPB at that height. He and Batchelor are interchangeable but at 188cm, Batch is a little taller and still can't play on talls.

Chaplin never really plays a KPB roll. He plays a "drop off" defender usually on the 3rd tall.
At his best he did it pretty well IMO but those days are long gone. Dea is s better player than Batch and Astbury and has more up side to improve as well. He is a much better athlete which give him the option to play on different sorts of opposition. The other two are one dimensional to put it nicely and not even AFL standard in that.
 Dimma wasn't a fan of his it's that simple. If you think personalitys don't play a roll than your wrong.
I hope he gets better and better and makes Dimma look like a bigger DHead than most already think he is.
Astbury and Batch are both depth players and if it were up to me I'd probably get rid of both at seasons end.

My point is we need another capable tall down back. We don't need another Dea or Batchelor. When opposition forward lines have two good talls, we struggle. Look at North. They have both Waite and Brown. Rance is shorter than both and can only play on one at a time. That's why I wanted them to give Elton more of a go last year to see if he played better with better players around him. Instead he got just one game and was banished after being played on an in form Cloke.

[big tone]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

At 186cm?
I don't think he can be a KPB at that height. He and Batchelor are interchangeable but at 188cm, Batch is a little taller and still can't play on talls.

Chaplin never really plays a KPB roll. He plays a "drop off" defender usually on the 3rd tall.
At his best he did it pretty well IMO but those days are long gone. Dea is s better player than Batch and Astbury and has more up side to improve as well. He is a much better athlete which give him the option to play on different sorts of opposition. The other two are one dimensional to put it nicely and not even AFL standard in that.
 Dimma wasn't a fan of his it's that simple. If you think personalitys don't play a roll than your wrong.
I hope he gets better and better and makes Dimma look like a bigger DHead than most already think he is.
Astbury and Batch are both depth players and if it were up to me I'd probably get rid of both at seasons end.

My point is we need another capable tall down back. We don't need another Dea or Batchelor. When opposition forward lines have two good talls, we struggle. Look at North. They have both Waite and Brown. Rance is shorter than both and can only play on one at a time. That's why I wanted them to give Elton more of a go last year to see if he played better with better players around him. Instead he got just one game and was banished after being played on an in form Cloke.

What has your point got to do with Dea?
No doubt we need another decent KPD (Hurley)but  Dea would take Batch's roll.
Dea can play on the 3rd tall but also on a medium and small forward. A bit like Grimes can.
Both Grimes and Dea could play in the same backline along with Rance and a Hurley type.
Hawthorn play this type of set up with no real monster KD and do pretty well. 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

They love him over at bomberblitz .

They hope he stays on the list next year.

Reckon we're idiots for letting him go , think he's a perfect replacement for Chaplin. 

http://www.bomberblitz.com/discussion/discussion/3490/welcome-to-essendon-matt-dea-barracked-for-us-as-a-kid/p14

At 186cm?
I don't think he can be a KPB at that height. He and Batchelor are interchangeable but at 188cm, Batch is a little taller and still can't play on talls.

Chaplin never really plays a KPB roll. He plays a "drop off" defender usually on the 3rd tall.
At his best he did it pretty well IMO but those days are long gone. Dea is s better player than Batch and Astbury and has more up side to improve as well. He is a much better athlete which give him the option to play on different sorts of opposition. The other two are one dimensional to put it nicely and not even AFL standard in that.
 Dimma wasn't a fan of his it's that simple. If you think personalitys don't play a roll than your wrong.
I hope he gets better and better and makes Dimma look like a bigger DHead than most already think he is.
Astbury and Batch are both depth players and if it were up to me I'd probably get rid of both at seasons end.

My point is we need another capable tall down back. We don't need another Dea or Batchelor. When opposition forward lines have two good talls, we struggle. Look at North. They have both Waite and Brown. Rance is shorter than both and can only play on one at a time. That's why I wanted them to give Elton more of a go last year to see if he played better with better players around him. Instead he got just one game and was banished after being played on an in form Cloke.

What has your point got to do with Dea?
No doubt we need another decent KPD (Hurley)but  Dea would take Batch's roll.
Dea can play on the 3rd tall but also on a medium and small forward. A bit like Grimes can.
Both Grimes and Dea could play in the same backline along with Rance and a Hurley type.
Hawthorn play this type of set up with no real monster KD and do pretty well. 

my point goes back to the original post which said he could replace Chaplin. I just don't think he plays that role.
Anyway, it's too late. We delisted him. Last year when Newman was spudding it up I wanted us to play Dea. They didn't and it's history.

[yellowandback]

I'd be guessing Y&BB would be alluding to the fact that Dea isn't a solve for our list gaps down back.

[WA Tiger]

Who is then? Morris, Batchelor??

[Stalin]

Dea >>>


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