The news of McPhee’s two-year contract extension was welcomed by all Essendon supporters. The 21-year-old has been in outstanding form all season and shown that he has the capabilities of being a member of the official leadership group in years to come. Kevin Sheedy described the news of McPhee’s re-signing as extremely pleasing for the Essendon Football Club.
""McPhee has been a terrific player for the team and he has really stood up this year. We’re happy to have a top-line club player for quite some time,"" Sheedy said. ""It’s just pleasing to see a young person take this opportunity second time around to play at the level that he really has played at.""
Sheedy said it was a tremendous effort for Ramanauskas to reach the 100 game milestone, especially in light of the cancer scare he went through last season.
""100 games with Adam is a marvellous thing to achieve,"" said Sheedy. ""It’s a little unfortunate it’s in Perth, but to play 100 games, you would take them anywhere if you were a young kid coming and signing up with a league club after being drafted.""
Ramanauskas played his best game for the season last week against Richmond. He was instrumental in the Bombers’ revival after half-time. He collected 22 possession and took seven marks across half-back. He will be keen to repeat the performance this Friday night against
