In his latest 'Off the Long Run column', Robert Shaw, discusses the revelation from Herald Sun journalist that midfielder Joe Misiti has no pace and Essendon's midfield is not up to it. ""Given that Matthew Allan and David Hille will lead our ruck division I began to worry about just who we had to partner them in the centre square. Okay, we'll start off with Jason Johnson, Dean Solomon and Damien Peverill as our first string. Dean Rioli, Justin Murphy and a young battler called James Hird are our second stringers and yes that does look a bit thin, particularly with a bloke like Hird in the amongst them,"" Shaw reports in his column.