Cordy a weight watcher

[Ghost Dog]

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He's still only young but he's much more mature mentally than other players his own age due to the physical and mental journey so far , it really is a testament to the patience and support of the coaches and the Club



It was just great to see Ayce take those contested marks last week , to me things started to click against St Kilda ( the above pic ) but the supply and some of his positioning held him back but against the Roos a good solid effort great positioning and strong hands

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Look at the photo. Thanks for posting that. I love the kid. If he can just stay injury free......

[angelopetraglia]

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Great article. Really enjoyed reading this in The Age today.

He is going to have an enormous impact in the next few years if his body can actually stand up to the rigours of this brutal game. It's rare for a player to have his mix of height, athleticism, coordination and footy smarts.

Looking forward to watching him continue to develop over the next few years.

It is very rare that big men have an impact in their first few years. So many examples of Ruckmen not really stamping themselves on the game until their mid 20s.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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A few years ago it came out the Ryan Hargrave was having two injections a week to play on his ankle. Dale Morris played a final with a cracked vertebrae. Now we hear Cordy was popping his shoulders trying to tackle at training.

Sometimes we need to have a think about what some blokes are putting themselves through before potting them.

[FrediKanoute]

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What it shows is just how poor a concept free agency is. Cordy will have been a dogs player for 4 years and we are only just beginning to see glimpses of potential....by the time he is elite he will be a free agent....all that development gone for nothing.....

[Remi Moses]

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Couldn't agree more Fedi.
There should be at least a games component to free agency as well.

[Remi Moses]

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Great article. Really enjoyed reading this in The Age today.

He is going to have an enormous impact in the next few years if his body can actually stand up to the rigours of this brutal game. It's rare for a player to have his mix of height, athleticism, coordination and footy smarts.

Looking forward to watching him continue to develop over the next few years.

It is very rare that big men have an impact in their first few years. So many examples of Ruckmen not really stamping themselves on the game until their mid 20s.

All the Cordy's were lean but Ayce looked Malnourished.
Great story and just emphasizes how long the bigs take to have any impact.

[LostDoggy]

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All of Emma's Quayle's articles you come away learning something. She appears to have the ability to put at ease her "subject" no matter who she is talking to.

Very talented journalist.

She's my favourite footy journalist by a country mile.

Probably good for Cordy to get some of this off his chest

And it's good reminder why as observers we have to be careful about judging our young draftees, as we rarely know exactly whats going on with them.

A few years ago it came out the Ryan Hargrave was having two injections a week to play on his ankle. Dale Morris played a final with a cracked vertebrae. Now we hear Cordy was popping his shoulders trying to tackle at training.

Sometimes we need to have a think about what some blokes are putting themselves through before potting them.

Absolutely. I read that article just thinking to myself, “Poor bastard.”

Talking about sitting in the shoulder surgeon's office, close to tears, having his body modified just to play football should remind us all that we don't make nearly the same sacrifices for the club as our players do, and we should treat each and every one with respect, patience and support.

I think with Cordy it was a bit of Tommy-Williams-deja-vu — the only things we heard of him were the repeated injury setbacks.

[Bornadog]

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She's my favourite footy journalist by a country mile.

Emma is a great journalist, I wonder who she follows?

[Mofra]

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Emma is a great journalist, I wonder who she follows?

Essendon.

[Bornadog]

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Essendon.

She just went down in my estimations

[Raw Toast]

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Great piece as others have already stated.

It's a reminder of how much hard work goes into every person on our list - some need more time than others. The way he positions himself is fantastic for someone who has lost so much development time

This is what has impressed me so much this season. Ayce's bodywork is elite and he's not that far off from really breaking out imo. Also means that he's hardly ever outmarked, even when two players are opposing him which is another important trait.

A few years ago it came out the Ryan Hargrave was having two injections a week to play on his ankle. Dale Morris played a final with a cracked vertebrae. Now we hear Cordy was popping his shoulders trying to tackle at training.

Sometimes we need to have a think about what some blokes are putting themselves through before potting them.

Indeed. Also pretty scary insight into the sacrifices players make. Sounds like he's committed himself to a life's worth of limited shoulder mobility for the sake of his footy career.

I love the players for what they give to the club, but there might come a point where we have to ask ourselves what the costs are of the game we adore.

[jeemak]

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^Agreed.

Though, I also often think about club footballers at Ammo or Semi Professional level that continually back up year after year, injury after injury over a long period of time, without the rehabilitation technique, disciplines or facilities that AFL players enjoy, only to keep coming up for games on a weekly basis!

I finished my humble career with at least four or five joints that could probably do with some clean up surgery, I'm 32 now and can't see myself booking in with the doc to get it done. I can't see myself not being in pain by the time I reach my 50's either, in certain joints.

If I had the opportunity to earn multiple six figure salaries through my twenties doing something I loved with the trade off being shoulder or other joint issues in the future I'd probably consider taking it.

Anyway back to Ayce, comments about his positioning are spot on, and you can see in the photos of him these days a man rather than an ironing board.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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^Agreed.

Though, I also often think about club footballers at Ammo or Semi Professional level that continually back up year after year, injury after injury over a long period of time, without the rehabilitation technique, disciplines or facilities that AFL players enjoy, only to keep coming up for games on a weekly basis!

I finished my humble career with at least four or five joints that could probably do with some clean up surgery, I'm 32 now and can't see myself booking in with the doc to get it done. I can't see myself not being in pain by the time I reach my 50's either, in certain joints.

I'm in the same boat. I am pushing 50 and my knee and ankle are both shot, meaning I can't run around with the kids.

They won't do a knee replacement on someone under 60 so I just have to put up with it.

[LostDoggy]

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Wow, I didn't realise how much Ayce has already been through just to play a game of footy. Here's hoping he stays pain & injury free.