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AFL Player 13: Nik Cox - cleared to return! - 11/11

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Contract Status: Out of contract 2026
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crackers65 said:
How can this possibly be the making of him?
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I think the hope is that he will be given a clear role backfilling injuries and a string of games to cement himself in it.
 

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nipst@r said:
Well Harry jonesy certainly isn't nailing the tall utility position so a game or two in the vfl and I'd get him to play Jones roll.
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I wouldn't play either of them in the seniors. I'd leave both in the seconds to see if they can find a position they're good at and get some form. Maybe leave Cox as a forward and try Jones in defence. To be honest I think they're both at risk of being moved on at the end of the year.
 
ant555 said:
Was off for a bit and the Physio was looking at his neck but he came back on and into the ruck.
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He’s got the height, but nothing else about the way Cox has played in his career so far makes me think he could be a legit ruck to be honest.

I hope I’m wrong.
 

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Doss said:
He’s got the height, but nothing else about the way Cox has played in his career so far makes me think he could be a legit ruck to be honest.

I hope I’m wrong.
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Comes down to attitude and competitiveness which is the serious question mark. In the limited sample size he has rucked okay.
Obviously the club is looking at it as he was the second ruck / wing yesterday.
Have my doubts as well but at least they are looking at it
 
ant555 said:
Comes down to attitude and competitiveness which is the serious question mark. In the limited sample size he has rucked okay.
Obviously the club is looking at it as he was the second ruck / wing yesterday.
Have my doubts as well but at least they are looking at it
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A mark blicavs type role is probably his only chance.
I agree lack of competitiveness is huge concern.
 
ydc55 said:
A mark blicavs type role is probably his only chance.
I agree lack of competitiveness is huge concern.
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I’ve thought the Blicavs role is pretty much his only hope for a few years now. I would be happy to roll the dice with Hayes going down and 2MP pinch hitting opening a door or two. He’s probably not back to AFL level fitness yet though.
 
The Blivcas role is the ultimate pipe dream. He is a genuine 1 of 1 athlete and body type.

I’ll take 6 weeks of Cox playing football, at any level, with a smidge of physicality in the last 2-3 of those weeks as he finds his footing/confidence. From there, we can start to think of what position. - lord knows, there are vacancies and opportunities.
 
cAsEy_18 said:
The Blivcas role is the ultimate pipe dream. He is a genuine 1 of 1 athlete and body type.

I’ll take 6 weeks of Cox playing football, at any level, with a smidge of physicality in the last 2-3 of those weeks as he finds his footing/confidence. From there, we can start to think of what position. - lord knows, there are vacancies and opportunities.
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You’re right in that Blicavs is a genuine athletic freak with a very unique body shape and much more physicality than Cox has ever shown. I still think Cox has the height, aerobic capacity and skills to play a unique role but fair call on the physicality and consistently playing.

Maybe Tim English a better comparison, soft as **** ruck 😆
 

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The Blicavs role is also the Westhoff role is also the Goodes role. It's the tall utility who can play wherever needed. But first you actually need to let them be AFL standard in one position before they play everywhere all at once.

Each had different strengths and level of quality, Goodes was a star in pretty much every area of the ground, Blicavs an athletic outlier who's developed in to a genuinely good footballer.

Right now we're thin for KPDs and Ruckmen, I'd think that's where Cox should be playing in the VFL right now.
 
I'd rather see him in the James Stewart role, been so long since we've had a good James Stewart type player in the side. Even James Stewart couldn't do it anymore at the end of his career
 
faible said:
The Blicavs role is also the Westhoff role is also the Goodes role. It's the tall utility who can play wherever needed. But first you actually need to let them be AFL standard in one position before they play everywhere all at once.

Each had different strengths and level of quality, Goodes was a star in pretty much every area of the ground, Blicavs an athletic outlier who's developed in to a genuinely good footballer.

Right now we're thin for KPDs and Ruckmen, I'd think that's where Cox should be playing in the VFL right now.
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It's essentially opening up a role for Cox, as it was seeming that he was long down the pecking order for any tall role. This is giving him a chance at re-igniting his career.
 
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