The official Sam Reid/Daniel Currie Memorial Eker Thread

[ledge]

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Skipper must be a certainty, not many games at all but stayed on the list for what seems an eternity.

[Rocco Jones]

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Skipper must be a certainty, not many games at all but stayed on the list for what seems an eternity.

He would have been our Eker but it's only including currently listed players. As I mentioned, list lodgement time to Ekers is akin to duck season for ducks.

[Twodogs]

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Good topic Rocco.


If I'm reading the Eker rules correctly I reckon that the post '96 version of Libba would be one of the great ekers of all time as well. He's won a Brownlow and been a gun through the early to mid '90s and was all washed up at the end of '96 but managed to eke out another six years by taking the 'in your face tagger' to another level.

[Rocco Jones]

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Good topic Rocco.


If I'm reading the Eker rules correctly I reckon that the post '96 version of Libba would be one of the great ekers of all time as well. He's won a Brownlow and been a gun through the early to mid '90s and was all washed up at the end of '96 but managed to eke out another six years by taking the 'in your face tagger' to another level.

Libba is an interesting one. As I mentioned in my OP, Ekerism is based on a player's whole career and being a gun means you're ineligible. As you point out, Libba's career from 1996 on is pure Eker.

Baker's career is an Eker. His whole career is like Libba's career post Round 21, 1996.

[Twodogs]

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Libba is an interesting one. As I mentioned in my OP, Ekerism is based on a player's whole career and being a gun means you're ineligible. As you point out, Libba's career from 1996 on is pure Eker.

Baker's career is an Eker. His whole career is like Libba's career post Round 21, 1996.

I wonder if there's another player in AFL history who went from gun to Eker (or tried to) that's managed to get more eker time than gun time? For Libba I make it 1990-1995 gun period, 1996 meh! period then 96-2002 eker period which gives him 6 years as a gun, 1 year list clogging and 7 years ekerering.


I reckon Steve Wallis had an eker conversion too. He went from a high possession winning centreman in his early years to a hardasnails half back flanker toward the end of his career. Doug Hawkins spent his last couple of years playing as a forward pocket away from the wing where he made his legend, does he count as an eker.

[azabob]

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Jayson Daniels the red head from St.Kilda and Swans surely was an eker? Played nearly 200

[Rocco Jones]

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I wonder if there's another player in AFL history who went from gun to Eker (or tried to) that's managed to get more eker time than gun time? For Libba I make it 1990-1995 gun period, 1996 meh! period then 96-2002 eker period which gives him 6 years as a gun, 1 year list clogging and 7 years ekerering.


I reckon Steve Wallis had an eker conversion too. He went from a high possession winning centreman in his early years to a hardasnails half back flanker toward the end of his career. Doug Hawkins spent his last couple of years playing as a forward pocket away from the wing where he made his legend, does he count as an eker.

I love your thinking and agree that all 3 players are great examples of guns that had eker ends to their careers but true Ekers are ekers all the way through.

[Rocco Jones]

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Jayson Daniels the red head from St.Kilda and Swans surely was an eker? Played nearly 200

Perfect Eker, well done.

[Max469]

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Jayson Daniels the red head from St.Kilda and Swans surely was an eker? Played nearly 200

Jack fits perfectly.


I work with Jack - so I didn't really write that did I? He will think I am at him again.

[Rocco Jones]

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Here's my 2009 All-Eker Side (featuring some fallen Ekers )

B: Grover, Watt, D.Johnson
HB: Wheatley, Thurstans, L.Harding
C: Eagleton, Doughty, Notting
HF: Wiggins, Staker, Hansen
F: L.Brown, Playfair, Lovett-Murray
R: Jamar, S.Power, Baker
I/C: Skipper, Gill, Wight, Gilmore

Captain: Simon Wiggins
Vice Captain: Nathan Eagleton
Coach: Mark Harvey

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Steven Sziller would be in the Eker hall of fame, played 150+ games at 2 clubs.

[AndrewP6]

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Here's the current CEO of the Australia Eker's League (AEL)

[Rocco Jones]

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SS post has reminded me to start my...

EKER HALL OF FAME

Luke O'Sullivan


Jayson Daniels

[Rocco Jones]

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Here's the current CEO of the Australia Eker's League (AEL)

Yep, there are some powerful Ekers going around. A couple of senior coaches were once Ekers.

[ledge]

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Sheedy and Eade??