Player Watch #26: Cale Hooker - 100 career goals for the AA defender!

[Lore]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2021
Last Game Played: Currently in the side
Injury Status: n/a

 

[fairbump_playon]

He really is a goalkicker isn’t he. A kind of unlikely one.. but nevertheless.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

If Wright can takes the teams best defender, I really like Hooker's chances in a 1 on 1. Probably his best strength.

 

[ant555]

Have to admit I was not overly inspired by his first quarter but he did well and he worked well with Wright when they where both up there.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Have to admit I was not overly inspired by his first quarter but he did well and he worked well with Wright when they where both up there.

Imagine if he could move tho

 

[carloss]

Imagine if he could move tho

and kick straight

 

[fairbump_playon]

and kick straight

Hi misses are ugly which makes it seem like a bigger issue than it is. I suspect his conversion rate would be pretty standard.

Hmmm just looked it up. He has a 57% accuracy.

Compared to notorious butcher Joe Daniher’s .... 57%.

Ok, you’re right.

 

[Milanista28]

Hi misses are ugly which makes it seem like a bigger issue than it is. I suspect his conversion rate would be pretty standard.

Hmmm just looked it up. He has a 57% accuracy.

Compared to notorious butcher Joe Daniher’s .... 57%.

Ok, you’re right.

How many tall forwards go better than 60% in today's game? I think between 55-60 would be par, then a few like Darling and Gunston above that, that's without looking at stats so I could be way off.

 

[owen87]

How many tall forwards go better than 60% in today's game? I think between 55-60 would be par, then a few like Darling and Gunston above that, that's without looking at stats so I could be way off.

AFL Tables - Player Statistics - Accuracy

Tory Dickson was good, but from a relatively small sample. Bruest is the best of the guys with a big sample, at 68%.

Weirdly. Mason Cox & Ben McEvoy are pretty decent. I'd guess they tend to take marks closer to goal.

 

[Milanista28]

AFL Tables - Player Statistics - Accuracy

Tory Dickson was good, but from a relatively small sample. Bruest is the best of the guys with a big sample, at 68%.

Weirdly. Mason Cox & Ben McEvoy are pretty decent. I'd guess they tend to take marks closer to goal.

Mason Cox is a great kick for goal, anything inside 40 and I'd back him in.

 

[owen87]

Mason Cox is a great kick for goal, anything inside 40 and I'd back him in.

He is, just not one that would have naturally sprung to mind when thinking of guys with very good accuracy, I'd have thought Gunston was up in that region moreso than Cox.

 

[carnthedons]

Mason Cox is a great kick for goal, anything inside 40 and I'd back him in.

Yeah like a number of the Irish fellas, these late converts don’t have years of underage bad teaching/habits

 

[Milanista28]

He is, just not one that would have naturally sprung to mind when thinking of guys with very good accuracy, I'd have thought Gunston was up in that region moreso than Cox.

I suppose Gunston takes a lot more shots, he'd back himself from further and harder angles so more misses.

Hope Harry Jones becomes a bit of a deadeye for us, he seems pretty comfortable in front of the sticks.

 

[Milanista28]

Yeah like a number of the Irish fellas, these late converts don’t have years of underage bad teaching/habits

Very simple kicking action also, runs straight and kicks straight, maybe his giant foot helps when he makes contact as well.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Is this bloke playing forward these days or not?

Are you expecting him to line up in the forward half in today's match?

 

[Rebellya]

Is this bloke playing forward these days or not?

Are you expecting him to line up in the forward half in today's match?

Yes They didn’t send him back last week, so I doubt they ever will.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

They sent him back last year when they finally realised he’ll never be as good a forward as a backman and that he’s really a quite ordinary forward. We’ll play Port against a seriously undermanned and too short a backline

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Plenty of talk this bloke was finished but jeez he’s important at the moment. He’s a target nobody else can offer. Jones isn’t ready yet and Wright isn’t capable. We need him in defence too. We need two of him.

Just the type you need with a young team.

 

[Beerfish]

He's one of the few players I would want to go up to and just hug and thank.

Before getting the crap beaten out of me and arrested.

 

[citizen-erased]

So much of hooker should be sewn into the fabric of this club.
Late pick who worked his arse off to get to AA standard
Could have left the club but was 2nd or 3rd to sign on during the ban.
Does what we need when asked to
Plays his heart out for the jumper.

If the same could be said for all our senior core of the last 10 years, our culture would be closer to that of Sydney's or geelongs, rather than Melbourne circa 2009-14.

 

[Darealrath]

Plenty of talk this bloke was finished but jeez he’s important at the moment. He’s a target nobody else can offer. Jones isn’t ready yet and Wright isn’t capable. We need him in defence too. We need two of him.

Just the type you need with a young team.

Some parallels, sadly, with Roger Merrett and early-mid 90s Brisbane. Hopefully the decade or so after he retires is just as good.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

So much of hooker should be sewn into the fabric of this club.
Late pick who worked his arse off to get to AA standard
Could have left the club but was 2nd or 3rd to sign on during the ban.
Does what we need when asked to
Plays his heart out for the jumper.

If the same could be said for all our senior core of the last 10 years, our culture would be closer to that of Sydney's or geelongs, rather than Melbourne circa 2009-14.

We also tried to trade him at least twice - once to West Coast for draft picks and another time to Gold Coast... for Josh Caddy!

Recall the stories during the Caddy trade period, for the last two days he disappeared to a hideout and switched off his phone, so that nobody could contact him about approving a trade. He was that desperate to stay. It’s amazing.

 

[citizen-erased]

We also tried to trade him at least twice - once to West Coast for draft picks and another time to Gold Coast... for Josh Caddy!

Recall the stories during the Caddy trade period, for the last two days he disappeared to a hideout and switched off his phone, so that nobody could contact him about approving a trade. He was that desperate to stay. It’s amazing.

An amazing clubman and i hope we have him earmarked for a role post playing. He'd be great for development

 

[quotemokc]

Probably the next Essendon player in line that deserves a finals win after Watson.

 

[Old Campaigner]

So much of hooker should be sewn into the fabric of this club.
Late pick who worked his arse off to get to AA standard
Could have left the club but was 2nd or 3rd to sign on during the ban.
Does what we need when asked to
Plays his heart out for the jumper.

If the same could be said for all our senior core of the last 10 years, our culture would be closer to that of Sydney's or geelongs, rather than Melbourne circa 2009-14.

You'd be justified in keeping on for a year or two longer just for his leadership and give him a role as an on-field coach of the VFL side.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

No bump on this thread yet! Get around him you f***ers

Christ I love this man