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21-01-2016, 03:18 PM
#706
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Ozza
Jonathon Simpkin come on down. Picked up by his third club, Essendon. 37 games eked out so far, many of which he's been the sub, and even eked out being a sub in a flag. Turned 28 in October.
4th. He was a rookie at Sydney first!
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21-01-2016, 04:35 PM
#707
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Greystache
4th. He was a rookie at Sydney first!
He's on his fourth team? Bloody hell, he's a solid decent player and he's been depth at two of the most dominant midfields of the modern era but he has had a lot of chances.
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21-01-2016, 04:38 PM
#708
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Testekill
He's on his fourth team? Bloody hell, he's a solid decent player and he's been depth at two of the most dominant midfields of the modern era but he has had a lot of chances.
He's been delisted 3 times and played a year of local footy during his AFL career, it's a remarkable performance.
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21-01-2016, 04:41 PM
#709
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Greystache
He's been delisted 3 times and played a year of local footy during his AFL career, it's a remarkable performance.
The craziest thing is that he has quite a few state league accomplishments. Two B&F's with Geelong, premierships with Geelong and Box Hill and was named BOG in the 2013 VFL grand final. If he'd never been on an AFL in that period then he'd be a guy that everyone would be begging to get a shot at the AFL.
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09-02-2016, 12:45 PM
#710
Re: Ekers
Sam Grimley is approaching hall-of-fame territory after being announced as an Essendon top-up player - 3 games to date and about to enter his 7th consecutive year on a senior list.
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09-02-2016, 01:08 PM
#711
Re: Ekers
With the list they have this year, maybe they should be renamed Ekesendon.
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10-02-2016, 01:34 AM
#712
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Sam Grimley is approaching hall-of-fame territory after being announced as an Essendon top-up player - 3 games to date and about to enter his 7th consecutive year on a senior list.
What if he plays 22 games this season?
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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10-02-2016, 02:50 AM
#713
Re: Ekers
If he plays 22 games this season he'll no longer be an Eker of the highest order.
Last edited by jeemak; 10-02-2016 at 10:05 AM.
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10-02-2016, 09:56 AM
#714
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Sam Grimley is approaching hall-of-fame territory after being announced as an Essendon top-up player - 3 games to date and about to enter his 7th consecutive year on a senior list.
Wow. Had no idea it's been 7 years in the system.
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10-02-2016, 11:10 AM
#715
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Twodogs
What if he plays 22 games this season?
Then Essendon are even more stuffed than I thought
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10-02-2016, 02:05 PM
#716
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Sam Grimley is approaching hall-of-fame territory after being announced as an Essendon top-up player - 3 games to date and about to enter his 7th consecutive year on a senior list.
He is one that slipped under the radar.. That's an awesome effort!
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10-02-2016, 07:41 PM
#717
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Mantis
He is one that slipped under the radar.. That's an awesome effort!
Eker Immortality!
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10-02-2016, 08:56 PM
#718
Re: Ekers
Really class - rolled gold ekers - are Grimley-like in their anonymity. They exist in the shadows for the most part, destined to surface when some no-name half-back from a cellar-dwelling club pings a hammy and can't front up for a Round 22 clash against another cellar dweller. Then they disappear for another 10 - 12 months before being de-listed.
Fortunately, the one good game they played in the Magoos was witnessed by an AFL Club's recruiting officer whose car ran out of gas opposite the Werribee Football Ground when he was on his way back to the big smoke after visiting his sick mum in Geelong. So our eker gets his foot on the merry-go-round again.
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10-02-2016, 09:02 PM
#719
Re: Ekers
Man, I can't believe that they picked up Grimley. He's just not a footballer and he has been exposed in multiple VFL grand finals as not being able to handle pressure.
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15-02-2016, 11:57 AM
#720
Re: Ekers
Sam Grimley is such a great Dickensian name though.