We're just excited about the opportunity," Fantasia said.Peter Ryan is a sports reporter with The Age covering AFL, horse racing and other sports.The speedster said the injury flared after the Bombers played Sydney in round 16, but he battled on, hoping he could still make a valuable contribution to the team.He would not rule out moving back at some stage but it was not in his thinking at the moment."It's definitely affected my speed, and change of direction and my ability to work up and down the ground, which is my strength, really," Fantasia said.Fantasia, who grew up in South Australia, is contracted at the Bombers until 2021 and will be a free agent at the end of that deal, but he was adamant he would be at the club next year.He admitted to being a bit rattled when the reports arose and reassured his family he wasn't thinking of moving.The Bombers have not won a final since they defeated Melbourne at the MCG in the 2004 elimination final and Essendon supporters are desperate for the drought to be broken however Fantasia said their expectation did not add more pressure to the team as they prepared for the Eagles.
Compare Orazio Fantasia to other players. Orazio Maurice Fantasia (born 14 September 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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Orazio Fantasia of the Essendon Bombers profile and AFL statistics. After a 'good block of training', Orazio Fantasia feels ready for finals. 'Brent Harvey'. Enter the players' full name eg. An ongoing hip problem and reports mid-season that he wanted to return to South Australia before his career ended have made the back half of the season frustrating for the talented 23-year-old, but a recent training block has him excited at the prospect of finals.Essendon forward Orazio Fantasia has restated his commitment to the Bombers, declaring he will definitely be at the club next season as he gears up to play his second final for the club.Fantasia said his dip in form had been frustrating from a personal point of view but he was comfortable in playing through the injury as he could still contribute and would have arthroscopic surgery at the end of the season to repair the problem."I am really, really happy here [so] unless something massive changes I couldn't see it happening," Fantasia said."Because we made the finals I was able to take that last game off and get a good block of training in, which I haven't had for a while, so to have three weeks of good training before a final is going to put me in a good stead," Fantasia said."I focused a lot more on setting up teammates and being a real leader out there and I feel like that part of my game has been able to step up to a new level.""It's been a while but most of them weren't here for [other finals]. Orazio Fantasia Supercoach stats.