North Melbourne great David King has given a glowing report on Essendon’s midfield after their exhilarating 43-point win over Sydney on Friday night.
The Bombers blitzed the sluggish Swans with their run and speed, as the home side were completely rampant in a dominant second half display.
King says a number of the Dons’ midfield brigade have gone to another level in recent weeks.
“What they’ve done is they've established their midfield, Dyson Heppell has taken the captaincy to whole a new level,” he told SEN’s Whateley.
“David Myers is an extraordinary player with the impact he has on games, Zach Merrett does a fantastic job for them with and without the football.
“They sent Darcy Parish back just to refresh and realign a couple of things, comes in and has 26 and a goal and is a great defensive runner.
“Kyle Langford has been a bit of an in and out sort of player, he has played eight, 17, 6 and 12 games this year so his last four years he hasn’t played a lot of footy.
“He’s a damaging player, he’s had the most inside 50’s in the AFL the last three weeks. They have found the perfect role for this guy and everything looks good for next year.
“They reversed the fortunes on Sydney on the weekend, Sydney normally give you the audit. They normally say where are you poor? And their midfield just mauls you.
“It was reversed on the weekend, they gave Sydney an audit in the midfield and the Swans came up short again.”
The dual premiership player with the Kangaroos predicted Essendon to win the flag at the beginning of the season, and says they will be left to rue their poor start to the year if they don't manage to make the finals.
“If you did the ladder for the last 10 weeks they would be equal top with Collingwood,” King added.
“They’ve won eight of their last 10, but their start was always going to come back to haunt them, there’s no doubt about that.”