when perkins wins the rising star round award today, it’ll be “thanks Carlton”
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I think you mean win the nomination. Winning the award today could only happen if he played for the Swans.
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Goodes - played a fair bit of ruck - look at the HO column. At Langford height. Serious athlete.
I have been all weekend, and we should all make a point of going out of our way to let them know. If they deny it, just apologise for being mistaken, and tell them we used the pick for Perkins but emphasise how well Saad is playing for them, fark Carlton.
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The game has changed since he played Ruck.
It has, but every list had at least a couple of 197-203 cm rucks. Adelaide had 4 guys over 2 m…
Goodes stopped playing ruck well before he retired because he was getting smashed and injured. You don’t put your Ferrari in the ruck.
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Yes I know - didn’t they bring in the circle to limit PCL injuries after Goodes and others ruptured them in a spate? I just think it’s remarkable that in a debut season a 191 kid plays ruck at all regularly.
Also would have been third man up sometimes
There was two moments i loved to see from Cox in the win against the Weagles
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That run through the middle of the ground, took on Nic Nat and beat him, i know he got called for running too far, but was great to see
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Last qtr lays a big tackle on Nic Nat, for a pretty skinny kid does not shirk away from a contest
I point this out due to for years Nic Nat has been the one everyone talk about when discussing athletic tall players, Cox could be right up there too.
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Sort of.
In 1999 we had Alessio 205, but then it was Ilya Grigic & Simon Eastaugh at 200cm.
Not hard to out ruck them.
Our legit backup ruck was Somerville at 195, so hardly towering over Goodes.
Heights have always been a bit dodgy- from the same year Mark Bolton was a towering 196cm, but hardly renowned for his overhead marking.
So comparisons with past players is fraught- Cox will be what he will be, and I don’t expect him to stay on the wing, much past next year, if that.
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What position do you think he will play long term?
And sadly the game of AFL as we have known it is becoming more like AFLX. I have to ask what have the AFL in mind for the game now? Perhaps the Virus will keep the AFL busy changing venues for awhile.
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Oh true I thought it was? I clearly remember a bunch of carlton fans talking about how spewing they were to miss getting nik cox
Ohwell whatever lol
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Spot on - probably a good thing in a way…less pressure on them flying under the radar and keeps their heads on their young shoulders until they hit maturity in a couple of years, when they’ll be able to handle it better. Once these guys get about 50 games under their belt + put on a bit of meat…they should be superstars…hopefully our backline / attack mature together to make it the perfect storm…2000 (nostalgia)
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ride, duh
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I say double down.
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Not sure, because some of it will come down to team balance- who else we’ve got capable of playing various roles.
For example when Cox fills in as a ruck as required.
That’s bloody useful but difficult to combine with a wing role, and really only when we’re short a relief ruck.
The way I’m looking at it is;
Wing maximises his endurance. It’s a good, but not great role, for his kicking. His marking ability is under-utilised there, as is his ability to choose the best options with ball in hand.
The latter two abilities- marking & choosing options under pressure- would be used more if he had a more midfield, on ball role.
But I’m not sure he should attend centre bounces.
Playing as a forward doesn’t necessarily use his endurance either.
Unless he becomes almost the anti Stringer?
Starts as a high half forward, with stints running deep as a ruck rover, and outlet player around the middle and in defence?
Best I can guess at present
But it’s also like trying to define Hird or Longy by a single position- it will change over time.
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