Star Fremantle recruit Jaeger O’Meara says he can not help however really feel embarrassed when individuals charge him as a like-for-like substitute for champion Docker David Mundy.
Mundy retired on the finish of final season following a glittering 376-game profession.
The 37-year-old’s elite skillset and resolution making stood him above the pack, and he will likely be remembered as one of many biggest ever gamers to tug on a Dockers jersey.
O’Meara’s arrival at Fremantle will assist offset the lack of Mundy, given each are big-bodied midfielders.
But O’Meara, who has performed 143 video games throughout stints at Gold Coast and Hawthorn, would not really feel he has earned the suitable to be talked about in the identical bracket as Mundy.
“I’ve been a little bit embarrassed with the David Mundy talk and me coming in and filling his role,” O’Meara advised the membership’s web site.
“I’ve watched David’s career and he’s been an unbelievable player at the Freo footy club and will go down as one of the best to play for the club.
“So I’ve been just a little bit embarrassed with that chat (that I can exchange him).”
O’Meara was forced to spend large stints up forward at Hawthorn last year after coach Sam Mitchell opted for youth in the midfield.
Fremantle already boast plenty of young rising stars in their midfield in the form of Caleb Serong, Andrew Brayshaw and Will Brodie.
And with Nat Fyfe now a permanent forward, the Dockers are embracing O’Meara’s presence as an experienced, big-bodied inside midfielder.
It’s a role O’Meara is keen to play.
“I performed a good bit ahead at Hawthorn final yr, which was an amazing expertise for me,” the 29-year-old stated.
“But I assume getting again to what I do greatest – that is inside the competition.
“The majority of my time here in the pre-season I’ve played as an inside mid, a little bit up forward and a little bit on the wing.
“But I see most of my sport time as an inside mid.”
O’Meara has made such an enormous early impression at Fremantle that he was included of their management group beneath new skipper Alex Pearce.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
