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CibbuanoMcPhee seeks midfield role
December 15th 2009 09:28
STAR Fremantle recruit Adam McPhee says the opportunity to play through the midfield was a driving force behind his decision to return to the Dockers.
McPhee was originally drafted by Fremantle and played 25 games for the club between 2001-2002 before joining Essendon where he managed 142 appearances.
He also earnt All-Australian honours in 2004 and won the Bombers' best-and-fairest award in the same year.
The 27-year-old joined the Dockers on a three-year deal after being taken with pick three in Tuesday's pre-season draft.
Essendon was keen to retain McPhee but were only prepared to offer him a two-year contract.
McPhee admitted the third year was a 'bonus' but said it wasn't the main reason why he decided to move back to where his AFL career began.
"I'm not chasing the money," McPhee said.
"It's more about how I can get the best out of myself as a footballer."
McPhee said he had become stale at the Bombers.
"I wasn't enjoying my football as much as I should and football is a short time," he said.
"You're here only for a maximum of 10 years if you're lucky, so far I've been able to achieve that, but I really wanted that fresh start now, to get back to enjoying my football and more so from a football perspective I've got a lot of individual goals that I want to succeed in."
"I felt I hadn't achieved that yet and one of those main reasons in coming back, after having a chat to Mark Harvey, was that I wanted an opportunity to play more through the midfield.
"I wasn't confident that I was going to get that at Essendon."
McPhee recently had shoulder surgery but is aming to be fit for the start of the NAB Cup in February.
McPhee was originally drafted by Fremantle and played 25 games for the club between 2001-2002 before joining Essendon where he managed 142 appearances.
He also earnt All-Australian honours in 2004 and won the Bombers' best-and-fairest award in the same year.
The 27-year-old joined the Dockers on a three-year deal after being taken with pick three in Tuesday's pre-season draft.
Essendon was keen to retain McPhee but were only prepared to offer him a two-year contract.
McPhee admitted the third year was a 'bonus' but said it wasn't the main reason why he decided to move back to where his AFL career began.
"I'm not chasing the money," McPhee said.
"It's more about how I can get the best out of myself as a footballer."
McPhee said he had become stale at the Bombers.
"I wasn't enjoying my football as much as I should and football is a short time," he said.
"You're here only for a maximum of 10 years if you're lucky, so far I've been able to achieve that, but I really wanted that fresh start now, to get back to enjoying my football and more so from a football perspective I've got a lot of individual goals that I want to succeed in."
"I felt I hadn't achieved that yet and one of those main reasons in coming back, after having a chat to Mark Harvey, was that I wanted an opportunity to play more through the midfield.
"I wasn't confident that I was going to get that at Essendon."
McPhee recently had shoulder surgery but is aming to be fit for the start of the NAB Cup in February.
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