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Apparently can play but soft.
That goes against Maccas ideals
Apparently can play but soft.
That goes against Maccas ideals
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AFL ponders lowering father-son threshold
Another case where the AFL changes the rules and then realises they made a mistake.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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What's the new rules ?Bring back the biffComment
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It's still the bidding system although there will also be an adjustment to a teams later drafts picks. So although you won't lose picks it may make later picks less valuable."Loves a scrap....oh yeah & he's a pretty handy footballer as well"Comment
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Darcy Macpherson needed a shoulder reconstruction this year. Got to think he might find hard to crack a FS nomination.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Does anyone have an updated listing of FS's?Comment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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From Preston Leader this week:
Darcy Macpherson leads the way as Northern Knights post second win in TAC Cup
CHRIS CAVANAGH PRESTON LEADER JUNE 22, 2015 10:41AM SHARE
After taking care of the Western Jets 12.15 (87) to 9.13 (67), some players had to refer to a poster on the wall for guidance.
After all, this was just the side’s second win of the season and first since April 3.
“That’s why we’ve had it put on the wall but we hope it becomes imprinted in their minds by singing it a few more times,” Knights coach Andrew Shakespeare said.
It was far from an easy win, with the Knights finding themselves in some serious trouble early.
At quarter-time, the home side trailed by 21 points at Preston City Oval but there were some positive signs late in the term that gave it something to build on.
“I felt even though it was that score at quarter-time, in the back end of the first quarter we started to arrest the game back our way,”
Shakespeare said.
“Credit to Western, they really fought. But our boys really plugged away and eventually we came out on top.”
Midfielder Darcy Macpherson led the way for the Knights, putting in an “electric” performance in just his second game this year after shoulder surgery.
Having taken a little while to find his feet in his return game against Northern Territory in Darwin last weekend, the tough-nut collected 29 disposals.
“We just unleashed him and the boy only knows one way to go at the football, and that’s hard,” Shakespeare said.
Seems like he has fully recovered from shoulder surgery!Comment
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Okay AFL recruiters nothing to see here.
Now please, lets put him on ice for the rest of the year please..
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GROWING up, Darcy Macpherson was largely unaware of his father’s heroics on the football field.
Dad Stephen spent 14 years with Footscray, playing 188 games at the top level between 1982 and 1995.
But much of his memorabilia from those days was always tucked away in a corner of the garage.
Stephen never talked much about his own playing days, either.
He did not want his children growing up feeling pressure was on them to follow in his footsteps and play AFL football.
A curious young Darcy got most of his information from the internet.
“I’ve seen a few of his highlights but I haven’t seen many,” Darcy said.
“Mostly I have just looked at some of the stats on the *!internet.”
The crux of the story is Darcy was never pushed to play football.
He has only pushed himself.
And he hopes on the back of that his dream of becoming an AFL footballer may be just a few months away from becoming reality.
A father-son prospect for the Western Bulldogs, the tough inside midfielder has been “flying” since returning to the fold at the Northern Knights late last month from should surgery.
The 17-year-old was named in the initial Vic Metro squad for the AFL Under-18 Championships, a key opportunity for young players to prove themselves against the country’s best on the national stage.
But it was during a two-week stint training with the Western Bulldogs in pre-season that Darcy received a “kick in the guts”, doctors telling him he would have to go under the knife.
“I told the physios that I had this weak shoulder and they assessed it,” he said.
“They sent me to an MRI and from there was a tear in the labrum and I needed surgery pretty much ASAP.
“That was a kick in the guts big time.
“I was in shock when he told me.
“I didn’t know if he was serious or not, the physio. But he said ‘You need it’.”
The surgery sidelined Darcy for the Under-18 Championships and the opening nine rounds of the TAC Cup season.
Having been named a vice-captain of the Knights this year, watching from the sidelines was tough.
But now he is back fit and firing, he hopes to finish the year on a positive note.
“I’ll just stay with the Knights until the end of the season and try and play some consistent footy,” the Diamond Creek resident said.
“I just always want to improve on my contested ball and clean hands and kicking and I want to try and do the little things right and get a few more tackles and pressure acts into my game.”
Macpherson has been named in the Knights’ best in three of the four matches he has played since making his return.
He has five more games to prove his ability to step up to the top level before the end of the season and the November AFL National Draft.
“I’d say I’ve pushed myself as hard as I can to achieve my dream which is playing AFL,” Darcy said.
“Hopefully the dream will come true if I keep working, playing hard and playing consistent footy.”
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Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Would love to see another MacPherson play for the Dogs. Good luck to Darcy.Comment
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What a gun his old man was. Sounds like the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.Footscray Football Republic.Comment
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