david king/future

[philthy]

gee this guy impressed me yesterday... just his willingness to back himself with his run out of defense. showed plenty of creativitity.

will feature in the seniors next year providing he continues this solid development

pies have some great options out of defence now with loks, lonie, cole, shaw. they r all still young too

goughy didnt do much which was disappointing. i guess he and shakleton r similar to the fact that they can get plenty of the footy on their day, but get sounded out for pace.

i dont think nathan brown will b at vic park. he'll b a fairly big investment and although the pies have done a great job so far in keeping their list solid and not overpaying players im sure in the next few years guys important as lonie, cole, didak will get big attention from other clubs

still not convinced with richards. must admit i havent seen him much and i thought cam cloke would b ahead of him in terms of development to play seniors but clokey put in a quiet one yesterday and richards got a mention from malthouse so it will b interesting to see what way the pies go with their back up spot for next season.

thoughts

 

[brentoncowell]

gee this guy impressed me yesterday

Me too. Hew has done so a few times this year and he also trains very well. Would be very surprised if isnt granted a spot next year, one of those guys you'd love to coach. Very similar to a Ben Johnson or Jason Cloke.

goughy didnt do much which was disappointing. i guess he and shakleton r similar to the fact that they can get plenty of the footy on their day, but get sounded out for pace

Yeah they were both pretty poor yesterday, we should expect more from goughy, given that he gets games in the seniors. Shackles has been solid this year, but the pace of our morrish medalist winner is average.

i dont think nathan brown will b at vic park.

Neither do i. He is a fantastic player but he doesnt fit into our side, let alone our salary cap. It wouldnt do the support players confidence much good for a star player to come in and to earn huge bucks either.

still not convinced with richards. must admit i havent seen him much and i thought cam cloke would b ahead of him in terms of development to play seniors but clokey put in a quiet one yesterday and richards got a mention from malthouse so it will b interesting to see what way the pies go with their back up spot for next season.

Richards is a far better player than Cam. Cam is a softy. Richards would be very close to selection, though he doesnt have the 'walk up benefit' that cameron will have. Cloke will get a game simply bhecause he was a high draft pick and he is expected to play. Richards has put in a lot of work since his draft and it would be a huge blemish of Mick to play Cam before Richards.

 

[Nic]

Cam soft??? I don't think so! He's about as soft as his big brother! And I don't think pick 43 is terribly high either.

 

[brentoncowell]

Ok not a high pick, but being a cloke he is gauranteed a game, you know that. He is a pretty boy, he is nothing like his brother. Nic, do you have pysical relations with the collingwood players?

 

[Nic]

No, I don't have pysical relations with the players, I don't even have physical relations with them. Sorry.

And being a Cloke automatically gets you a game? Sorry - was I imagining it when Jason was dropped earlier this year?

 

[Murray]

Nic you are far too clever for the BK sycophant. He will miss all the subtlies of your replies - which crack me up by the way.
As to the topic. King reminds me a little of his Kangaroo name sake, he has got a bit of flare and dash about him. One more year of development will do him good, then push for the seniors in late next year and 2005

 

[Lockyer24]

He was solid back in Bendigo a few weeks back too. Think we'll be seeing him in the Wizzer Cup next year!

 

[The Scarecrow]

He was pretty good on the weekend, I think he is almost ready to step up into the AFL. But I think he might be one more year off, maybe they should give him a go in the Wizzfizz Cup and see if he is going to be good at AFL level.

 

[Ataata39]

Don't know whether it was just the number, but there are a few similarities with Riccuito.

Very impressed with him. Solid, dependable type who has good depth with his kicks.

A good selection at #58 in the 2002 draft. He has also represented Australia in the Under 16's Baseball team.

He will play seniors next year.

 

[guess_who]

Cam looks like a softey compared to his brother..but then again who doasn't?
Any player that plays AFL/VFL footy must be tough and coragiuos in some ways or another...

David Cloke was an absolute tank
Jason Cloke is and absolute TaAnk

Travis Cloke is even more of a tank than Jaosn, that guy is so damn buffed it's not funny and Cam well what can you say,,,,um...he is tall...but getting there....has done alot of work on his upper body and is slowly but surely getting there...

 

[Nic]

Cam's got a massive arse - I guess it's a step in the right direction ...

 

[guess_who]

Originally posted by Nic
Cam's got a massive arse - I guess it's a step in the right direction ...

Didn't really look at it when i saw him, but umm yeah...

I'm telling you though Travis Cloke is bigger then Jason already

 

[Jabso]

Alot of our youngsters are big, The Shack, King is pretty strong, Tex, J.Cloke, McGough. Cam Cloke and Mullins are perhaps the only players on our list who need bulking up, perhaps Fraser too. Cam is big, but not enough muscle and strength. Perhaps a few rookies too.

 

[Nic]

Can anyone confirm/deny the report that Travis is 201cm that MarkT likes sprouting at every occasion?

 

[Murray]

Nic - I believe he is currently 193 cm but going through a fairly long growth spurt at the moment

 

[guess_who]

Saw him on the weekend, he is not taller then me, i'd say he is roughly 190 or some where close to that...
But he is an absolute tank

 

[Nic]

Originally posted by Murray
but going through a fairly long growth spurt at the moment

He'd want to be, to hit 210cm.

 

[guess_who]

He doesn't need to be that tall, he is a tank

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Like a Shackleton but taller.

 

[guess_who]

Yeah maybe

 

[rUsTy_mAgPiE]

it was the herald sun in and article a few weeks ago on jason that said he was 201 and going to be 210