The official Sam Reid/Daniel Currie Memorial Eker Thread

[LostDoggy]

Re: Ekers

So if a player manages to be a consistent Eker and then is cut from the list because the Club want a younger Eker , and this Senior Eker then signs up to play State League and wins a Grand Final is he then a Post Eker Peaker ?

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[Rocco Jones]

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The rookie draft can be the making of some great Ekers. It is the Eker spring to the harsh winter that is the list lodgment period.

Before I announce each club's new leading Eker going into 2011, let me go over what makes an Eker once again.

The term Eker can often be completely synonymous with being a dud. Whilst the elite Ekers keep on going for as long as possible with the minimal talent possible, a player can still be an Eker and a serviceable type, even semi-decent.

It's not so much about being a dud as it is about not being a star, ever. Once an Eker is undone there is no going back, he's looking at you Mark Jamar! AA nominations, being regarded as a 'star' over the course of a season and winning a B&F (Baker not included), that kinda stuff. Michael Doughty is a pretty good example of the serviceable Eker.

Another factor that helps your Eker cause is playing for multiple clubs, especially after being delisted and even more especially when you spend time on a rookie list. The new training squad list thingy adds even more to potential Eker greatness.

So here goes...

Crows- Micahel Doughty: He proves being an Eker doesn't mean you have to be an absolute dud. Doughty will turn 32 next year and has made a career out of being serviceable year in, year out. Nothing more, nothing less.

Lions- Xavier Clarke: Yep, he is still on an AFL list.

Blues- Bret Thornton: Don't players get a life membership at their club after 10 years of service? Not sure if what he does is service but he gets there numerically.

Pies- Leigh Brown: All hail Leigh Brown, King of the Ekers.

Bombers- Nathan Lovett-Murray: Turns 29 next year, turning into one of the Eker greats.

Freo- Antoni Grover: 31 next year. I am in awe at how many years in the system some of these guys have had.

Cats- Tom Lonergan: Just gets the nod over Josh Hunt.

Suns- Nathan Ablett: Was going to go with Daniel Harris but surviving as an accessory item is all kinds of Eker awesomeness.

Hawks- Paul Johnson*: Yep, that's an * near his name. Just found out today that the AFL has created a special training squad or the like which is oh so exciting for Ekers. He has until the end of the NAB Cup to earn a rookie list spot, hence the *. If he survives, he will become an instant Eker legend after getting to his third club.

Dees- Michael Newton: 'Juice' might be on the young side for an Eker but his 'talent base' more than makes up for it.

North- Aaron Edwards: Just gets in ahead of Frittio and Pratt, close one that.

Power- Danny Meyer: Gets in over his fellow Tigower Eker brother in Schulz. Danny has Eker legend written all over him.

Tigers- Brad Miller: Nuff said.

Saints- Jason Blake: Ross Lyon is to Ekers what Oscar Schindler was to the Jews during the holocaust. You are a great friend to the cause Ross.

Swans- Paul Bevan: Another one who is silently entering Eker legendary status.

Eagles- Brett Jones: Takes over from the great Ashley Hansen who was delisted at the eleventh hour.

Dogs- Ed Barlow: Just gets in over one the brightest young Ekers the movement has ever seen in James Mulligan.

[Topdog]

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thornton has been in the AFL for 10 years??? my goodness.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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hawks- paul johnson*: yep, that's an * near his name. Just found out today that the afl has created a special training squad

wtf?

[LostDoggy]

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Ross Lyon is to Ekers what Oscar Schindler was to the Jews during the holocaust. You are a great friend to the cause Ross.

Champagne comedy.

[Rocco Jones]

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wtf?

It should read training squad list. Basically means you can draft 2/3 players at the end of the rookie draft to battle it out for 1/2 rookie spot/s.

[Missing Dog]

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Dees- Michael Newton: 'Juice' might be on the young side for an Eker but his 'talent base' more than makes up for it.

Regular talkback listeners will know that this man is Chris from Camberwell's all time favourite player.

[EasternWest]

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Harsh on Blake. He's a good athlete that's made himself a footballer. Oh wait, that's the very definition. Carry on.

[Maddog37]

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This is my favouritest thread ever. Just great to read.

[LostDoggy]

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I was going to ask fellow Eker fans to make nominations for our Eker Hall of Ordinariness. Luke O'Sullivan and Jayson Daniels are the original members and I am inculding Ricky Nixon in as well.

Controversy has struck WOOF's most prestigious institution.

Can ordinary behaviour get you kicked out of the Eker Hall of Ordinariness, Rocco?

Nobody ekes out a ten year career in the glare of the media spotlight.

I guess, come retirement, some good Ekers can go bad.

[Rocco Jones]

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Here is an update on how the leading club Ekers are going..

Crows- Micahel Doughty: Keeps on Eking.

Lions- Xavier Clarke: Being an Eker is a bit like being a daredevil. Fine line between greatness and death. I fear this Eker's days are limited but ironically, that's what makes him a great Eker at the moment.

Blues- Bret Thornton: Playing in a top 3 side. An out and out Eker.

Pies- Leigh Brown: The winner of the 2010 Rhino keeps on going satisfactorily.

Bombers- Nathan Lovett-Murray: A true great of the cause.

Freo- Antoni Grover: The typical Eker full back.

Cats- Tom Lonergan: Along with Hunt he leads the Eker cause at the Cattery. Tomahawk is eyeing them off though.

Suns- Nathan Ablett: The Prince Harry of the AFL.

Hawks- Paul Johnson: Survived via being drafted onto the special training list section of the rookie list. At his 3rd club. Special stuff there.

Dees- Michael Newton: Another young Eker with an ordinary future ahead of him.

North- Aaron Edwards: Just gets in ahead of Frittio and Pratt, close one that.

Power- Danny Meyer: Doing so well that I couldn't remember him before coming back to this thread.

Tigers- Brad Miller: Eker legend. The favourite to win this year's Rhino.

Saints- Jason Blake: Another Eker legend.

Swans- Paul Bevan: Another one who might be lost to the cause at the end of the year.

Eagles- Brett Jones: As above.

Dogs- Ed Barlow: The Dogs have a growing list of young Ekers. Ed leads potential great future Ekers like Mulligan, Stack, Addison, Djerrkura and Markovic.

[comrade]

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Is Michael Newton seriously still on Melbourne's list?

Touched by an (eker) angel.

[azabob]

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Is Michael Newton seriously still on Melbourne's list?

Touched by an (eker) angel.

Not only on the list but he has played senior footy this year.

[AndrewP6]

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Dogs- Ed Barlow: The Dogs have a growing list of young Ekers. Ed leads potential great future Ekers like Mulligan, Stack, Addison, Djerrkura and Markovic.

Will he be able to stick around long enough to get the Eker certificate? Can one be an Eker without having actually played a game?

[comrade]

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Can one be an Eker without having actually played a game?

Yes, in fact it makes him a potential Eker Hall of Famer.