#13 Nik Cox - thru 2026 (Part 1)

[barry_day]

No chance.

[Rom]

Next season will be telling.

[sj_2150]

He was the completely wrong pick for us in that draft. We drafted him as a key position defender, then proceed to play im as a winger. And then find out hes not very good in defence. Could probably be a serviceable intercept defender if we didnt have Ridley.

[langford]

Isnt the simple solution to play him as a high half forward that happens to be 2m tall

[WaltertheBlueHeeler]

I see him primarily as a mobile 2nd ruck or nothing.

[Anabelle]

Will.improve next year, still think he will be a player, but another preseason next year and his body will fill out more and he can ok improve his endurance more so and gain experience.

2026 season think he will shine

[whereswalla]

@SeventeenthFlag

I still recall driving to the epworth to have knee surgery a few years back and Cane Corn was basically predicting Cox would be the greatest player of all time. That call was as bad as his faccia di schiaffi

EFA

[Joe]

@TeeBee

I don’t expect him to bulk up and look like Charlie Dixon, but I had hoped he’d come back looking less like Liz Ellis.

If only he was as built as Liz Ellis.

[Milanista28]

2 more years of inconsistent footy is coming for Cox, hope we keep the faith in him. Round 1 2027 is the Cox I’m waiting for.

[Nocturnal]

I agree, i think as a utility he has a lot of footy IQ to build and that also takes time. I don’t mind that the weight is coming on slowly, he certainly didn’t look out matched for strength in the contest last year compared to before so I suspect even though he isn’t yolked he might be ok strength wise. What i want to see this year is him to use his body more and take the game on more by playing on and with intensity.

[The_New_Coleman]

@langford

Isnt the simple solution to play him as a high half forward that happens to be 2m tall

Yes. Even as a hard running fwd pocket. He has shown that he’s able to get up the group for an outlet kick, and when we drifts forward he’s a danger.

[JJohnson]

It’s actually insane how much some people fixate on his size. Imagine being a fully grown man (??) and spending so much time on the internet poring over and arguing over pictures of Nic Cox’s biceps and how unsatisfactory they are.

[Saucy]

What’s wrong with it??

[efc1robbo]

@JJohnson

It’s actually insane how much some people fixate on his size. Imagine being a fully grown man (??) and spending so much time on the internet poring over and arguing over pictures of Nic Cox’s biceps and how unsatisfactory they are.

I think people just want him to look like he actually puts the work in off field. To be a decent AFL player you need to have at least a bit of size to you

He looks as skinny as he did when we first drafted him.

[Tagger]

Don’t think we drafted Cox with any position in mind - which is the main issue. Dodoro talked about how he could play midfield when he drafted him

“You talk about being too tall, a guy like Nik Cox is 200cm but he can play on the ball, it’s not like he’s a key position forward who doesn’t have agility, he’s actually a really nimble young man and very exciting.“

[sj_2150]

If that was a quote directly from Adrian, then he is lying yet again. In this promo video, hes talking alot about Reid and Cox being key position players.

- YouTube

[somo84]

The link between size and strength isn’t what some think it is.

The question isn’t about if he’s strong enough. It’s about whether or not he’s good enough. Train him to play as a forward. If he makes progress, give him one year. Otherwise, we move him on.

[Tagger]

Dodoro’s obsession was for the key back to transition into midfield. Said the same thing about Ridley, Francis and Gleeson

[alex.f.94]

@JJohnson

It’s actually insane how much some people fixate on his size. Imagine being a fully grown man (??) and spending so much time on the internet poring over and arguing over pictures of Nic Cox’s biceps and how unsatisfactory they are

What a dumb take

[Walla]

Won’t be at Essendon by 2027