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\u201cZach had another exceptional year, and I know I speak for everyone when I say how proud we are to give his heart and soul for our club on a weekly basis,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a difficult few weeks for Zach, his family, and I\u2019d like to thank all those who have supported him. We love you Zach. We love you and Alexandra, and you\u2019ll have my full support. Thanks for everything you\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Merrett\u2019s expected request comes despite being in-contract until the end of 2027 at Tullamarine. If he were to leave the club, it would make him the first club captain in-contract to depart their club since Ryan Griffen departed the Western Bulldogs for GWS all the way back in 2014.<\/p>\n
His teammate Sam Draper has already informed the club of his desire to depart Tullamarine this free agency period, with the 205cm to join Brisbane. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all sad in different ways, but Sam Draper \u2026 it\u2019s sad to see you leave. You\u2019re someone that I have a lot of affinity for, and he\u2019s left an indelible imprint on our team. His enthusiasm, his infectious personality will be certainly missed \u2014 but we\u2019ll miss you and Izzy all the best up North. Thanks \u2018Drapes\u2019,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old also acknowledged delisted players Todd Goldstein, Dylan Shiel, Jayden Laverde, Alwyn Davey Jnr, Jye Menzie and Oskar Smartt, wishing them all the best in their future endeavours.<\/p>\n
Merrett to attend B&F amid trade talk | 03:04<\/p>\n
New Bombers President Andrew Welsh didn\u2019t directly address speculation around the future of key players, however did finish his seven-and-a-half minute long speech before Scott with a mention to his vision of \u201cone Essendon\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m all about one Essendon, one club. My message applies to everyone in this room. From our players, coaches, staff and volunteers, to our members and supporters. This is our time to galvanise,\u201d Welsh said. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur foundations are set, and it\u2019s time to unite. We win together, we lose together but we stick together. And when we stick together, we\u2019re a formidable club. All in, all heart. This is our time, this is our moment, and we\u2019re about to embark on our greatest era yet. So let\u2019s get running. Go Bombers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon coach Brad Scott has thrown his full support behind club captain Zach Merrett at the Crichton Medal,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[118481,638,104527,107267,64,63,689,55,639,696,118480,25839,118417,2105,118482,647,677,672,118422,11244,85,14363,1133,660,25581],"class_list":["post-185472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-absolute-support","tag-afl","tag-agency-period","tag-andrew-welsh","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-brad-scott","tag-club-faithful","tag-dylan-shiel","tag-fairest-awards-night","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-infectious-personality","tag-melbourne","tag-oceania","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-ryan-griffen","tag-sam-draper","tag-sports","tag-todd-goldstein","tag-trade-period","tag-victoria","tag-zach-merrett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}