The official Sam Reid/Daniel Currie Memorial Eker Thread

[Mofra]

Re: Ekers

Fair point: Shine on Leigh Brown, a true Knight of the Eker round table

[LostDoggy]

Re: Ekers

LOL @ this thread. I think i've always breezed past it, confusing it for an "Aker" thread Will have to spend some time researching.

[LostDoggy]

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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/eke

eke
2 to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc) The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.

'Ekers' is a term I use for players who are great at eking out a career. Please don't confuse my ekers with list cloggers though.

List cloggers include players who once were guns that are no longer worth their spot on the list. The term relates to their value here and now.

Being an Eker is based on:
- Whole career: Never being a gun/All-Australian/Best and Fairest winner etc.
- Just doing enough to survive.
- Unlike the term 'list clogger', Eker does not imply you should be delisted (however it does help). You can actually be an Eker and a valuable member of your side.
- Pure ekers survive by finding playing a role that their side really struggles to fill.
- The longer the survive, the great an Eker you are.
- Special bonus points for being able to survive despite being delisted/traded away for nothing.

The delistings that come with list lodgements are the worst time of the year for these Ekers. Many has fallen but that means even more eker respect for those who survived.

One that springs to mind (apologies if already mentioned but haven't seen him) but Stuart Wigney has to be in Dale kickett territory. 4 clubs (Foots 47, Syd 1, Adel 10, Rich 14). A massive 25 games with 3 clubs post his Dogs career for grand total of 72. All across 8 years.

Expecting some heavy Eker movement in the coming weeks with delistings and rookie drafting.

[LostDoggy]

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Do we have the highest proportion of ekers of any team in the league now? Just off the top of my head I count Moles, DFA, DJ, Vesz, Hoops, Mulligan, Barlow, and Reid (for now).

Probably unfair on Hoops and Vesz, but hanging around in the AFL for so long without playing many games is eker territory. Markovic was definitely eker-material (if getting dropped from a list, then playing VFL, then getting picked up again as 'depth' isn't eker-ish I don't know what is), but he's probably improved too much this year. Hill is a disappointment rather than an eker, and Stack is still rising.

[Greystache]

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Hang on, if Hooper is an Eker then so is Howard and Tutt. They've all been on the list 2 years, are the same age, and Hooper has played the most games of them.

I think he's nowhere near being an AFL player, but to call him an eker is beyond premature.

[Bulldog Joe]

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If you need a rule change to save your career, one would think you're an eker of the highest order.

In fairness to Brown, his career high was before the rule change that had most sides look to copy what he provided in a premiership year.

It was also assisted by the recruitment of Jolly.

He also has the good sense to retire before he tarnishes the stellar year.

[LostDoggy]

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One that springs to mind (apologies if already mentioned but haven't seen him) but Stuart Wigney has to be in Dale kickett territory. 4 clubs (Foots 47, Syd 1, Adel 10, Rich 14). A massive 25 games with 3 clubs post his Dogs career for grand total of 72. All across 8 years.

Brilliant M.R.M.

He was one of the greats, no doubt.

[Ozza]

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Brilliant M.R.M.

He was one of the greats, no doubt.

The fact that Wigney was given the time-honoured number 6 guernsey at the bulldogs surely adds to the allure of his eker-ish story.

[LostDoggy]

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Hang on, if Hooper is an Eker then so is Howard and Tutt. They've all been on the list 2 years, are the same age, and Hooper has played the most games of them.

I think he's nowhere near being an AFL player, but to call him an eker is beyond premature.

True, I did say that it was harsh.

ps. However, if Howard, Tutt and Hoops don't get more games next year they'll well and truly be moving into eker territory. I do think only one of them is in danger of not playing more than 5 games next year.

[jazzadogs]

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True, I did say that it was harsh.

ps. However, if Howard, Tutt and Hoops don't get more games next year they'll well and truly be moving into eker territory. I do think only one of them is in danger of not playing more than 5 games next year.

Surely there needs to be a minimum number of years before you can be classified as an Eker? Kids who stay on a list for three years while we wait for them to develop can hardly be called ekers...

[Rocco Jones]

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Surely there needs to be a minimum number of years before you can be classified as an Eker? Kids who stay on a list for three years while we wait for them to develop can hardly be called ekers...

Yep. The youngest eker of all time is James Mulligan.

[LostDoggy]

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Surely there needs to be a minimum number of years before you can be classified as an Eker? Kids who stay on a list for three years while we wait for them to develop can hardly be called ekers...

Exactly, which is why Howard and Tutt aren't ekers (because we see potential in them). If a player, however, is clearly already not going to get much better and is still not that good, but gets a contract for 'depth' or whatever, that's eker territory right there.

[Maddog37]

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Joel Macdonald from Melbourne/Brisbane eker material?

[Rocco Jones]

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Joel Macdonald from Melbourne/Brisbane eker material?

Definitely.

Ryan Houlihan has retired and Xavier Clarke has been delisted, this time of the year is never kid to our movement. Brett Thornton is Carlton's incumbent leading Eker and did us proud today.

[LostDoggy]

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What about Guerra? Surely a more successful gap-filler hasn't had more success in the last 10 years?