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CatmanForever
4 Jun 2007, 22:48
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Ryan Gamble
Fast Facts
Jumper No: 15
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 78 kg
DOB: 23 September 1987
Recruited From: Glenelg (SA)
VFL 9th June - Report
Missed with a back complaint. Was very close to playing.
S "Thinks He's Daicos" J
23 Jun 2007, 22:56
Where has Gamble been? Haven't heard anything about him all year.
thejester
24 Jun 2007, 14:23
Where has Gamble been? Haven't heard anything about him all year.
Ankle and back complaints, I think.
Metallica_Man
30 Jun 2007, 21:44
Haven't seen the VFL in a couple of weeks, how has he been playing?
Bryceson
2 Jul 2007, 11:45
He promised so much last year and probably could be playing AFL, somewhere. Ricco even entrusted the famous number 15 to him.
Unfortunatly I can't see anyway he will get another game for the cats, and no-one else will want him cos he aint proven.
I feel sorry for him, hes a good player.
thejester
2 Jul 2007, 18:18
He promised so much last year and probably could be playing AFL, somewhere. Ricco even entrusted the famous number 15 to him.
Unfortunatly I can't see anyway he will get another game for the cats, and no-one else will want him cos he aint proven.
I feel sorry for him, hes a good player.
Wtf? He's just turned 20. He's still got plenty of years left, could easily muscle his way into the side if he shows the form in the next few years, even without the inevitable injuries.
Bryceson
2 Jul 2007, 21:32
yeh he has plenty of years left, but he wont get in the side mate there are 2 many players ahead of him.
thejester
3 Jul 2007, 01:15
yeh he has plenty of years left, but he wont get in the side mate there are 2 many players ahead of him.
Like who? Gamble is a small forward. Guys like Owen, Hogan and Djekurra have been playing through the middle or down back - if someone like Dog or Stokes went down with an injury next season, Gamble would be a natural replacement.
Like who? Gamble is a small forward. Guys like Owen, Hogan and Djekurra have been playing through the middle or down back - if someone like Dog or Stokes went down with an injury next season, Gamble would be a natural replacement.
Agreed. Writing vegas off is ludacris! it was only last season he got into our 22. Still, he has a lot of upside to his game. Give him a proper preseason and he will be pushing hard for selection.
Bryceson
6 Jul 2007, 11:46
Its just my opinion that unfortunatly he wont get back. I really hope he proves me wrong.
thejester
8 Jul 2007, 20:12
Given that he kicked two and was named amongst the best in his first game back, I suggest he will indeed prove you wrong ;).
Bryceson
12 Jul 2007, 09:02
Given that he kicked two and was named amongst the best in his first game back, I suggest he will indeed prove you wrong ;).
Good on him:D:thumbsu:
CatmanForever
12 Jul 2007, 14:31
Gambling on a big future
11:37 AM Thu 12 July, 2007 | Back
By Jennifer Witham,
for gfc.com.au
News
A BRIEF taste of senior football and a frustrating pre-season ankle injury have left young Cat Ryan Gamble hungry for success in the second half of this year.
The 19-year-old South Australian, who was recruited at the end of 2005, broke into the senior side for the first time in round 22 last year. He then finished off his year by playing in the VFL Grand Final.
With this sort of experience behind him, Gamble headed into the 2007 season with every intention of staking his claim for a senior berth early in the year. However, he was met with adversity during the Cats' pre-season country duties, when he tore ligaments in his ankle.
“It was frustrating, because we'd had a very good pre-season, and because I did it while we were on our Community Camp in Swan Hill as well," Gamble told gfc.com.au.
"We were training on a crappy deck, so that made me angry a little bit, but I was disappointed to do it just because I could have seen how I'd go in the seniors."
While he luckily escaped surgery, the nature of the injury meant Gamble would miss a large portion of the 2007 season, and it's only been recently he's been available for selection for the VFL side.
"After playing an AFL game in the last round last year, we probably expected him to have a really good year this year, but he's ended up having a pretty bad ankle injury and he's had a back injury as well," VFL coach Leigh Tudor said.
"He's been a little bit up and down early, but he's just started to get some continual games. He's played the last three, and on the weekend, he was in our best three or four.
"He's starting to get some fitness back, and he's starting to show things we know he can. He's very good around the stoppages, he's got clean hands and he's an excellent mark."
Now, Gamble is ready to attack the second half of the season – and has his eye firmly on the prize of being considered good enough to break into powerful senior line-up.
"That was good last year, running into the finals with one game under my belt. It gave me a lot of confidence," he said.
"I'm hungry this year. When I did my ankle, it twisted things a little bit, but with the side going so well, it makes it you want to just get in there and be a part of all the winning hype."
With both the senior and reserves sides sitting on top of their respective ladders, Gamble knows how difficult it is to gain a call-up to the seniors, but believes it's that challenge that makes him all the more motivated.
"Everyone in that team deserves their spot, so to even get a look at or get a gig in the team means you've really earned your spot in there," he said.
"No one is getting an easy spot; everyone in the team is doing their bit, so you know if you get a spot, you're definitely doing something right."
So what's the best part of being on the list at Geelong and knowing a crack at senior football could be just a week away?
"Everything," he said.
"All the boys and playing footy, really. I'm just living a dream."