AFL Player #13: Nik Cox 🦄 - Skipper called him 'the Unicorn' in an interview (confirmed!)

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 6, Rick Ross

 

[Rick Ross]

My boy Nik Cox : Pick the odd one out - who is the odd one out & why?
The first correct answer wins ... some mild praise?

 

[ghostdog]

My boy Nik Cox : Pick the odd one out - who is the odd one out & why?
The first correct answer wins ... some mild praise?

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Cox is not a utility.
Pay me.

 

[Rick Ross]

Cox is not a utility.
Pay me.

No mild praise for you.

 

[Old Campaigner]

My boy Nik Cox : Pick the odd one out - who is the odd one out & why?
The first correct answer wins ... some mild praise?

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Cox >200cm

 

[Rick Ross]

Cox >200cm

Quite likely true.
But not if you’re the EFC website (where this came from) that says he’s 200cm.

No mild praise for you.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I say we drop the unicorn tag until he can prove to do one position well let alone multiple. I feel like it's been a mozz on him so far.

 

[Rick Ross]

I say we drop the unicorn tag until he can prove to do one position well let alone multiple. I feel like it's been a mozz on him so far.

Yeah, maybe not super helpful…

I think on Saturday my boy played a true utility role though. Sure, mostly defensive but played on Ginnivan then switched to Chol (when Reid went off) then Chol went off and he … did something else. Got forward early for a great kick to 2MP for a goal.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Yeah, maybe not super helpful…

I think on Saturday my boy played a true utility role though. Sure, mostly defensive but played on Ginnivan then switched to Chol (when Reid went off) then Chol went off and he … did something else. Got forward early for a great kick to 2MP for a goal.

I think he presented well against Hawthorn. Set up some runs, goals, good weighted kicks and was good in defence. But I meant seeing it consistently most weeks.

 

[nipst@r]

Thought he really struggled when trying to play key back after Reid went off. Was lucky to not have 3 or 4 kicked on him from limited contests. Worth persisting with and trying to settle but need to bring in Laverde/Baldwin if not both this week. Amarty, Mcdonald and Mclean think will expose Cox without Ridley and Reid.

 

[Rick Ross]

Thought he really struggled when trying to play key back after Reid went off. Was lucky to not have 3 or 4 kicked on him from limited contests. Worth persisting with and trying to settle but need to bring in Laverde/Baldwin if not both this week. Amarty, Mcdonald and Mclean think will expose Cox without Ridley and Reid.

Agree key back probably isn’t my boys Cox’s calling unless he spends a summer building up his fight at Camp Crystal Lake. But getting experience in rolls where his height (not bulk), running and kicking can be used is something he can develop into.

BTW - I suspect Baldwin may not up to it.

 

[nipst@r]

Agree key back probably isn’t my boys Cox’s calling unless he spends a summer building up his fight at Camp Crystal Lake. But getting experience in rolls where his height (not bulk), running and kicking can be used is something he can develop into.

BTW - I suspect Baldwin may not up to it.

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Oops. With Redman, Reid and Ridley out. Could get ugly with Swans 3 talls. Cox, Mckay and Laverde are our best options then. So probably better exposing Cox instead of Hayes at this stage. My left field option would be Harry Jones at CHB if cox struggles. IF both Cox and Jones struggle and getting flogged id like to see them swap. As my belief in Jones is near empty, I'd hate to see him delisted without trialing at CHB. Still have gaps Key back and Key forward so if going to invest list spots for years for most of these players why not roll the dice before they go.

 

[ghostdog]

Yeah, maybe not super helpful…

I think on Saturday my boy played a true utility role though. Sure, mostly defensive but played on Ginnivan then switched to Chol (when Reid went off) then Chol went off and he … did something else. Got forward early for a great kick to 2MP for a goal.

I don't think so. He pushed up the ground with the other defenders because we play a high defence and lock the ball forward. He played his role as a defender.

Adam Goodes. There's a true utility. Midfield, ruck, forward, wing, oranges.

Mild praise, please.

 

[Rick Ross]

I don't think so. He pushed up the ground with the other defenders because we play a high defence and lock the ball forward. He played his role as a defender.

Adam Goodes. There's a true utility. Midfield, ruck, forward, wing, oranges.

Mild praise, please.

Mild praise withheld.
Adam Goodes is a true true utility but not on the list.

 

[Nifft]

My boy Nik Cox : Pick the odd one out - who is the odd one out & why?
The first correct answer wins ... some mild praise?

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Blicavs doesn't have an "O" in his name...

 

[Rick Ross]

Blicavs doesn't have an "O" in his name...

Very true.

Best answer so far.

Athough to be fair, it’s a pretty low bar as the quiz hasn’t really lit up the phone lines.

But not the answer being looked for.

 

[Tazdog]

My boy Nik Cox : Pick the odd one out - who is the odd one out & why?
The first correct answer wins ... some mild praise?

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The rest of them are big muscular boys whereas cox is a lanky boy still and will need a few years until he can start having a similar impact

 

[supportyourteam]

blicavs parents born overseas?

 

[Rick Ross]

The rest of them are big muscular boys whereas cox is a lanky boy still and will need a few years until he can start having a similar impact

Probably should be the answer.
But it fails to get over the spirit of blog sites bar - it is way too balanced and reasonable.

 

[Rick Ross]

blicavs parents born overseas?

Were they? Nice pick up if true.

Trying to avoid some xenophobic stereotyping here… but a couple of other candidates names suggest they could be 1st generation Australians too.

Anyway… way too much research required to settle this one.

 

[Nifft]

My boy Nik Cox : Pick the odd one out - who is the odd one out & why?
The first correct answer wins ... some mild praise?

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They all have a unicorn tattoo... except for Cox who has a tattoo of my little pony.

 

[Rick Ross]

They all have a unicorn tattoo... except for Cox who has a tattoo of my little pony.

Thanks for playing Nifft.
You win the most creative answer and also least appropriate. That’s a worthy double.

 

[yodellinhank]

Obviously those other 3 have all played in a winning final.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Cox was the only top 10/first round pick?

I know Westhoff was late.
Dont know for sure, but I don’t think blicvas was a high pick
No idea where/how koutafidies was recruited.

 

[fairbump_playon]

They all have a unicorn tattoo... except for Cox who has a tattoo of my little pony.

I’d love to see your little pony

 

[Ati Tude]

Cox was the only top 10/first round pick?

I know Westhoff was late.
Dont know for sure, but I don’t think blicvas was a high pick
No idea where/how koutafidies was recruited.

I was about to say this. Kouta was signed through u/19s or something like that. Other 2 were high picks. Cox a first rounder.