The official Sam Reid/Daniel Currie Memorial Eker Thread

[Rocco Jones]

Some sad news in Ekerland today. The Swans have delisted it's two leading Ekers in Henry Playfair and Luke Ablett. There is a chance that they will re-draft them but at least for now, Lewis Roberts-Thomson will takeover as the Swans leading Eker. I am sure he won't let us down. There was some phenomenal Eker depth on the Swans list in 2009.

Thanks for the memories....

[Twodogs]

Some sad news in Ekerland today. The Swans have delisted it's two leading Ekers in Henry Playfair and Luke Ablett. There is a chance that they will re-draft them ]

Dont be sad Rocco. If they do get redrafted then it just adds to the boy's ekerism.



Actually ekerism doesnt look right now that I look at it. Maybe ekerability or ekerstory would be better?

[Sockeye Salmon]

Is it possible that an Eker could play 300 games?

I'm thinking Gary Foulds.

I reckon Barry Round was an Eker for most of his 300+ games as well.

[Twodogs]

Is it possible that an Eker could play 300 games?

I'm thinking Gary Foulds.

I reckon Barry Round was an Eker for most of his 300+ games as well.

Did one of the Nankervis brothers get to 300 games at Geelong? Those two were pure ekers and they played nearly 500 games between them I reckon.


*edit* 578 games between them, 5 B&Fs, and nearly 10 years captaining the club between them. That makes tham eker Royalty.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Did one of the Nankervis brothers get to 300 games at Geelong? Those two were pure ekers and they played nearly 500 games between them I reckon.

I reckon Ian was better than that.

Coached me briefly in '84 and I really liked the bloke.


How about John Blakey?

[Twodogs]

I reckon Ian was better than that.

Coached me briefly in '84 and I really liked the bloke.


How about John Blakey?

I cant help but think of this bloke when you mention him;





But given he played 350+ games and was a two time premiership player probably means I ought to accord him more respect.



Anyway "Footballers who automatically make you think of someone else when you hear their name" probably has enough legs in it for a thread all of it's own I reckon.

[LostDoggy]

Some sad news in Ekerland today. The Swans have delisted it's two leading Ekers in Henry Playfair and Luke Ablett. There is a chance that they will re-draft them but at least for now, Lewis Roberts-Thomson will takeover as the Swans leading Eker. I am sure he won't let us down. There was some phenomenal Eker depth on the Swans list in 2009.

Thanks for the memories....

Swans Eker-fullness is noted by myself a page back. Luke Ablett built an entire AFL career on the back of a surname.

[LostDoggy]

[QUOTE=Twodogs;126222]I cant help but think of this bloke when you mention him;





Cor blimey!

[Twodogs]

[QUOTE=Running Dog;126424]

I cant help but think of this bloke when you mention him;





Cor blimey!

I've been thinking more about this over the last couple of days and it's a damn shame that Blakey isnt still playing. Then when he was chasing Sam Butler out of St Kilda's defence he could yell "I'll get you Butler"

[Sedat]

Is it possible that an Eker could play 300 games?

John Rantall? Only saw the tail-end of his career so he might very well have been a top-shelf defender in his prime.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Some sad news in Ekerland today. The Swans have delisted it's two leading Ekers in Henry Playfair and Luke Ablett. There is a chance that they will re-draft them but at least for now, Lewis Roberts-Thomson will takeover as the Swans leading Eker. I am sure he won't let us down. There was some phenomenal Eker depth on the Swans list in 2009.

Thanks for the memories....

Perhaps a bit harsh on Luke Ablett who was more than a serviceable player for the Sydney Swans. Hard to also overcome the famous Ablett name given the class of Gary senior and junior. Geoff Ablett was also a very good player.

[Sockeye Salmon]

John Rantall? Only saw the tail-end of his career so he might very well have been a top-shelf defender in his prime.

Nah. Mopsy was a gun.

[Rocco Jones]

Perhaps a bit harsh on Luke Ablett who was more than a serviceable player for the Sydney Swans. Hard to also overcome the famous Ablett name given the class of Gary senior and junior. Geoff Ablett was also a very good player.

Eker is not meant to be purely an insult. It just basically means having a relatively long AFL career (7-8 years+) without ever being a 'gun' player. While there are a lot of dud Ekers, there are a fair amount of solid, valuable types like Michael Doughty.

[LostDoggy]

Eker is not meant to be purely an insult. It just basically means having a relatively long AFL career (7-8 years+) without ever being a 'gun' player. While there are a lot of dud Ekers, there are a fair amount of solid, valuable types like Michael Doughty.

Yeah. What he said.

The fact that Lukey got cut after 7-8 years and 120+ games on a list is PURE eker. Normally players with that pedigree are ready to take the next step and become AFL mainstays as part of the core of the team.

For Luke, however, it was an indication of how much he had squeezed out of a limited talent-base.

[Twodogs]

Nah. Mopsy was a gun.

Yep. While it's fairly normal these days to have your best ball users off half back Rantall almost invented the position as it's used today. Before him half back flankers were best known for using elbows, mad stares and punches in the back of the head.