The official Sam Reid/Daniel Currie Memorial Eker Thread

[Rocco Jones]

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.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Ekers

Oh, to be a ruckman. Eker paradise.

Mature, back up ruckman.

Beveridge isn't a fan!

[LostDoggy]

Re: Ekers

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.

[Twodogs]

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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.

[Bornadog]

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Updated Eker list....

Bulldogs- Josh Prudden

Extremely unfair on Josh who is only 22 and has had a serious knee reco, plus other injuries.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Ekers

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!

[Rocco Jones]

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.

[Sedat]

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.

[westdog54]

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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.

[comrade]

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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.

[westdog54]

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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.

[Sedat]

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."

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.

[westdog54]

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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.

[Rocco Jones]

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.

Alex Silvagni- 53 games in 7 years. I probably went with his age a bit and didn't consider him being a mature recruit. 2nd-3rd tall defender type. Massive Eker points for being saved via rookie draft

Jed Lamb- 3 clubs in 6 years and 37 games. Wowee.

Rhys Palmer- 3 clubs, 9 years and 122 games. He was my original choice as their Eker but too swayed by Silvagni's age when the focus is on years on an AFL list.

Daniel Gorringe- 6 years, 2 clubs, 26 games. Signed as a delight free agent. Classic Eker back up ruck too.

Dennis Armfield- 9 years, 140 games. A few too many games and too few clubs in such a strong Eker field but still not bad.

Liam Jones- Wow up to 8 years now for 83 games. 2 clubs. I prefer my Ekers to inch out contracts not get one crazy long term gift but still strong. He also looks absolutely gone!
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Wow this is a hard one. I think I am going to go with Rhys Palmer because I place a massive importance on years in the system. Being an Eker is mainly about survival and I will the 6-7 year barrier is a huge one to crack. Heaps of psudeo Ekers who are 24 years old.

Jed Lamb has enormous Eker legend potential and if Daniel Gorringe somehow gets another contract, he can join the elite bracket of Eker back up rucks.

[Topdog]

Re: Ekers

Why are so many, so hard on the Eker term?! It about survival!

Who else would you go with? Our list is nuts!

Yeah I don't understand why people think it is a bad word.

From the very first post in this thread

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.