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28-11-2016, 10:38 PM
#781
Re: Ekers
And good luck to whatever are the next steps for he who seems to be the a great esker guy - Matt Spangher
From: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-2...without-a-club
"Matt Spangher has reached the end of the line after becoming a fan favourite during his four years and 24 games at Hawthorn.
He carved out a 56-game career that lasted 10 seasons and saw him on the list at three clubs that won premierships. He was a member of the Hawks' 2014 premiership side."
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28-11-2016, 10:42 PM
#782
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Bulldog Revolution
Rocco, obviously it is hard to challenge the judgement of a man like you who is basically a 'Professor of Eekdom',
However, Does Gilbert of the Saints fit the bill? thats almost 180 games
I would argue that Shane Savage - debuted in 2009 for 53 career games, or Dylan Roberton were more natural selections, or even Nathan Freeman - 4 years no games
Clearly if you are a ruck man you have more hope
Agree on Roberton, fits the eker description far better than Gilbert does.
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28-11-2016, 11:00 PM
#783
Re: Ekers
Roberton and Savage still only 25 and have already racked up 100 games.
I think Gilbert is like Roberton but has just survived longer.
I don't see Eker as an insult. Gilbert has gone a career without being a gun but keeps on trucking. The Saints are loaded with guys half a rung up from out and out Eker.
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28-11-2016, 11:03 PM
#784
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
comrade
Oh, to be a ruckman. Eker paradise.
Mature, back up ruckman.
Beveridge isn't a fan!
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29-11-2016, 08:18 AM
#785
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Rocco Jones
Updated Eker list....
Crows- Kyle Cheney
Lions- Josh Walker
Blues- Alex Silvagni
Pies- Jesse White
Dons- Shaun McKernan
Freo- Jonathon Griffin
Cats- Josh Cowan
Suns- Daniel Currie
GWS- Dawson Simpson:
Hawks- Jack Fitzpatrick
North- Majak Daw
Dees- Jake Spencer
Port- Nathan Krakuouer
Tigers- Shaun Hampson
Saints- Sam Gilbert.
Swans- Jeremy Laider
Eagles- Jonathan Giles
Bulldogs- Josh Prudden
Silvagni will have a good eker footnote. Really should've been career over when Freo let him go, but Carlton give him a lifeline ahead of the likes of X.Richards seemingly only because he shares a surname with the list manager. There's a topic: ekerdom and nepotism.
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29-11-2016, 08:37 AM
#786
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Rocco Jones
Updated Eker list....
Crows- Kyle Cheney
Lions- Josh Walker
Blues- Alex Silvagni
Pies- Jesse White
Dons- Shaun McKernan
Freo- Jonathon Griffin
Cats- Josh Cowan
Suns- Daniel Currie
GWS- Dawson Simpson:
Hawks- Jack Fitzpatrick
North- Majak Daw
Dees- Jake Spencer
Port- Nathan Krakuouer
Tigers- Shaun Hampson
Saints- Sam Gilbert.
Swans- Jeremy Laider
Eagles- Jonathan Giles
Bulldogs- Josh Prudden
I can't help smiling and involuntary shaking my head when I read that list.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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29-11-2016, 07:09 PM
#787
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Rocco Jones
Updated Eker list....
Bulldogs- Josh Prudden
Extremely unfair on Josh who is only 22 and has had a serious knee reco, plus other injuries.
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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29-11-2016, 07:42 PM
#788
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Extremely unfair on Josh who is only 22 and has had a serious knee reco, plus other injuries.
Why are so many, so hard on the Eker term?! It about survival!
Who else would you go with? Our list is nuts!
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29-11-2016, 07:44 PM
#789
Re: Ekers
Ekers come in many varieties. The greatest Ekers are ones who survive on the bare minimum for ages but guys who are decent throughout their career without ever being guns are also Ekers.
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30-11-2016, 03:17 AM
#790
Re: Ekers
Carlton have a few ekers over and above Alex Silvagni - Jed Lamb, Rhys Palmer, Daniel Gorringe, Denis Armfield. I would also add in Liam Jones to that list - averages much less than 10 possessions a game over 8 consecutive seasons.
Currie is rolled gold - possibly the finest eker in history.
"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"
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30-11-2016, 09:12 AM
#791
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Carlton have a few ekers over and above Alex Silvagni - Jed Lamb, Rhys Palmer, Daniel Gorringe, Denis Armfield. I would also add in Liam Jones to that list - averages much less than 10 possessions a game over 8 consecutive seasons.
Currie is rolled gold - possibly the finest eker in history.
McKernan is a close second to Currie.
At any other club Dennis would be Eker royalty.
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30-11-2016, 09:24 AM
#792
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Carlton have a few ekers over and above Alex Silvagni - Jed Lamb, Rhys Palmer, Daniel Gorringe, Denis Armfield. I would also add in Liam Jones to that list - averages much less than 10 possessions a game over 8 consecutive seasons.
Currie is rolled gold - possibly the finest eker in history.
Damn, Carlton is Mecca for Ekers.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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30-11-2016, 09:31 AM
#793
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Carlton have a few ekers over and above Alex Silvagni - Jed Lamb, Rhys Palmer, Daniel Gorringe, Denis Armfield. I would also add in Liam Jones to that list - averages much less than 10 possessions a game over 8 consecutive seasons.
Currie is rolled gold - possibly the finest eker in history.
I just re-read Sedat's post and realised that Dan Gorringe is still on an AFL list.
Daniel *!*!*!*!ing Gorringe is still on an AFL list.
My brain just exploded.
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30-11-2016, 11:38 AM
#794
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Bulldog Revolution
And good luck to whatever are the next steps for he who seems to be the a great esker guy - Matt Spangher
From:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-2...without-a-club
"Matt Spangher has reached the end of the line after becoming a fan favourite during his four years and 24 games at Hawthorn.
He carved out a 56-game career that lasted 10 seasons and saw him on the list at three clubs that won premierships. He was a member of the Hawks' 2014 premiership side."
I was so upset by this news that I had to watch the GF to cheer myself up
Man what a career - 1 flag and 5 massive GF winning parties, including the no holes barred 2006 West Coke celebrations.
"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"
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30-11-2016, 12:00 PM
#795
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
I was so upset by this news that I had to watch the GF to cheer myself up
Man what a career - 1 flag and 5 massive GF winning parties, including the no holes barred 2006 West Coke celebrations.
Seeing him climb the podium to collect his premiership medallion was the one joyful thing I took from any of Hawthorn's premierships.