Scott Lucas and Julian de Stoop are joined by Essendon defender Michael Hurley on The Footy Panel.

Hurley has been in excellent form this season, but missed the match against Gold Coast with a calf injury.

He discusses his recovery, his likely return date, his role in the Bombers defence, playing on a mate, Martin Gleeson's improvement, how Andrew McGrath's first season compares to Dyson Heppell's, and who is the 'weirdest cat' at the Club?

All that, plus an update on David Zaharakis' contract.

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