List Clogging Investigation

[Markfs]

A list clogger is a player who clogs a list. Some cloggers sneak up on ya while others were obviously cloggers from the first time that they entered a club and remained a clogger even when they were getting games.

I thought that I would cast a net wide for cloggers rather than just concentrating on the jesse whites and the jarryd blairs of this world. By doing comparisons with other clubs, we can understand our club's cloggers better.

I start with the Premiers and their first nominated clogger, Josh Prudden
http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/player-profile/joshua-prudden

Josh was drafted in 2012 and has played 4 lousy games. Evidently he had a knee injury last year but his name must be somewhere near the top of the list for the dog's ejector seat later in the season. He's described as a workhorse - think blair - and I would propose that anyone who is described as a workhorse should be automatically assigned clogger status.

 

[THATSGOLD]

Jaxson Barham comes to mind. Played at senior level and just was never good enough.

 

[THATSGOLD]

Josh Thomas has been on our list since what 2011? He would be another.

 

[THATSGOLD]

Matt Scharenberg may go down a similar path if he gets injured again.

 

[Markfs]

Next, the patron saint of list cloggers. He has been nominated at least 10 times in the best list clogging awards and he's still going. Freo had a cleanout last year and he is still hanging around. Even his mother has rung the club asking for him to be delisted. Let me present

Zac Dawson

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/player-profile/zac-dawson

Nothing much needs to be said about this one

 

[Markfs]

Josh Thomas has been on our list since what 2011? He would be another.

I need to get back to you after looking at the official list cloggers rule book. Two years off the list might mean that he is counted as a new player this year.

 

[THATSGOLD]

I need to get to you after looking at the official list cloggers rule book. Two years off the list might mean that he is counted as a new player this year.

But he was on the list for 4-5 before the suspension?

 

[Markfs]

Matt Scharenberg may go down a similar path if he gets injured again.

Well our first candidate from the Dogs had major knee problems and I still put him on the list. I would argue that two knee injuries would give Shazza a reprieve for another year...but only just..

 

[THATSGOLD]

Well our first candidate from the Dogs had major knee problems and I still put him on the list. I would argue that two knee injuries would give Shazza a reprieve for another year...but only just..

Mark Richardson is probably the all time winner of a list clogger. How he played 10 years for Collingwood is baffling.

 

[Markfs]

But he was on the list for 4-5 before the suspension?

I rang the experts of the List Cloggers society in Switzerland. They said he was on the rookie list. I know his elevation muddies the waters. I think generally most of us have been over him for some time so I'd vote to make him a clogger.

 

[ZEV]

Mark Richardson is probably the all time winner of a list clogger. How he played 10 years for Collingwood is baffling.

Most of that time he was the second best ruckman on the list...

 

[Markfs]

It's hard to find a list clogger at Sydney because they're allowed to have 800 players on their list at any one time. If you find a player who has been hanging around for a while and hasnt played much, it could be because the Sydney list managers have forgotten that he was actually on the megalist.

But let me present Jeremy Laidler.
http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/player-profile/jeremy-laidler

Jeremy is nearly 28 and has been hanging around clubs for nearly 10 years. He has played a few games with Geelong and Carlton but has actually played pretty consistently in the last two years for the Swans. There are rumours that he is independently wealthy and is paying for half of buddy's contract....which explains a lot. I suspect that the sydney fans might call him a list clogger if they could be bothered finding out his name.

 

[Markfs]

Most of that time he was the second best ruckman on the list...

which is not hard on a list with two ruckmen

 

[Markfs]

Essendon is a bit hard to identify the list cloggers for a number of reasons. It seems that a few of them have got good connections - if you know what i mean - so they might be kept on the list for other reasons.

Heath Hocking is your standard garden type list clogger. Over 30, hangs on the list for over a decade.... evidently he played one game this year but no one noticed. He played consistently a couple of years ago, which just happens to match up with a period that the bombers were crap. However, Heath isnt my nomination. My nomination is Brent Stanton.

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/player-profile/brent-stanton

Brent has been running to the fat side for over a decade. He is really really into fat. Well it seems that the bubble might have burst recently as a few other bombers have started running to the fat, and doing it a lot quicker. I would have argued that Brent was a list clogger for years but he's official now.

 

[magpie_marty]

A list clogger is a player who clogs a list. Some cloggers sneak up on ya while others were obviously cloggers from the first time that they entered a club and remained a clogger even when they were getting games.

I thought that I would cast a net wide for cloggers rather than just concentrating on the jesse whites and the jarryd blairs of this world. By doing comparisons with other clubs, we can understand our club's cloggers better.

I start with the Premiers and their first nominated clogger, Josh Prudden
http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/player-profile/joshua-prudden

Josh was drafted in 2012 and has played 4 lousy games. Evidently he had a knee injury last year but his name must be somewhere near the top of the list for the dog's ejector seat later in the season. He's described as a workhorse - think blair - and I would propose that anyone who is described as a workhorse should be automatically assigned clogger status.

Nathan Freeman ?

 

[Markfs]

Nathan Freeman ?

The general rule of list clogging is that you get 50% of your brownie points back if you change clubs. The natives at St. Kilda will start to get restless next year if he doesnt make the seniors. The saints are actually crowing that he is stringing games together in the twos.

 

[Vicky Park]

Is a list clogger the same as a whipping boy?

 

[Markfs]

Is a list clogger the same as a whipping boy?

They are mutually inexclusive of each other..

 

[76woodenspooners]

We've been turning over around a quarter of our list every year for the last five years ...

... how could we have had any list clogging when we've been suffering from list management diarrhoea?

 

[pablo disco bar]

CURRIE been at north and gold coast bareley played....is he still around?? Played like 4 games in 7 years

 

[pablo disco bar]

CURRIE been at north and gold coast bareley played....is he still around?? Played like 4 games in 7 years

Omg dan IS still on a list

 

[Howezat]

Josh Thomas has been on our list since what 2011? He would be another.

Nope, playing this week, so obviously required.

 

[Markfs]

We've been turning over around a quarter of our list every year for the last five years ...

... how could we have had any list clogging when we've been suffering from list management diarrhoea?

I think the thing that we've learnt in this thread is that a clogger is a clogger and if you're a clogger then you've got to go.... a clogger is like a virus..

 

[Vicky Park]

Do you mean this? Its clogging.

 

[Jasper84]

You can't spell "Corey Gault" without "clog"