2004
Games – 23
Goals - 25
Kicks - 149
Marks - 84
Handballs - 92
2004 Fan’s ranking: 6.48 / 10
2003
Games - 24
Goals - 20
Kicks - 171
Marks - 78
Handballs - 91
2003 Fan's Rating: 7.12 / 10
What some of the Essendon fans had to say:
""Still unsure whether David will make the grade as he still seems to struggle at the centre bounces as he appears to be concentrating more on his opponent than the ball. He needs to have belief in his own ability,"" Michael Rance.
""Continues to develop, does his best work when he has to ruck by himself. I would like to see him work on his aggression,"" Alan McCready.
""Good player just sometimes has to look like he wants to be out there, and needs to work on his drop punts. Otherwise is a good player but his time is now!"" Michael Bilotto.
""A reasonable season by David. He needed to cope with that he wasn’t the only ruckman now with Matthew Allan at the club. A fantastic game against Melbourne and saved our season for another week. Keep up the good work David!"" Patrick Lijnders.
""Felt he started the year off slowly as he was designated #2 ruck and CHF. There can be no more excuses for David. Time to play him as permanent #1 ruck with Laycock/Allan/Cartledge as his back-ups. Let's see how much improvement he's got in him,"" Alan Fairbairn.
""David seemed to struggle for consistency during 2004 after promising so much after 2003. He had some really good games and in others he had minimal impact. He seemed to thrive on the workload when Allan was unavailable but struggled when Allan did play. Had an impact going forward and perhaps should have played there more (like Alessio) instead of resting on the bench. Hope to see him take another forward step in 2005 as he has the ability to become a dominant player,"" Rod Ansell.
""David got a great wrap in most games because he played about 10mins of great footy. If he could learn how to play a whole game, and put his body in more he would be a superstar."" Mik Sta.
""Was handy when Matthew Allan wasn't able to play in the later stage of the season. Hopefully he can really step up next season and his performances can be consistent,"" Chris Chatterton.
