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Ryan Gamble


Fast Facts

Jumper No: 15
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 78 kg
DOB: 23 September 1987
Recruited From: Glenelg (SA)
 
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VFL 9th June - Report

Missed with a back complaint. Was very close to playing.
 

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He promised so much last year and probably could be playing AFL, somewhere. Ricco even entrusted the famous number 15 to him.

Unfortunatly I can't see anyway he will get another game for the cats, and no-one else will want him cos he aint proven.

I feel sorry for him, hes a good player.
 
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Bryceson said:
He promised so much last year and probably could be playing AFL, somewhere. Ricco even entrusted the famous number 15 to him.

Unfortunatly I can't see anyway he will get another game for the cats, and no-one else will want him cos he aint proven.

I feel sorry for him, hes a good player.
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Wtf? He's just turned 20. He's still got plenty of years left, could easily muscle his way into the side if he shows the form in the next few years, even without the inevitable injuries.
 
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yeh he has plenty of years left, but he wont get in the side mate there are 2 many players ahead of him.
 
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Bryceson said:
yeh he has plenty of years left, but he wont get in the side mate there are 2 many players ahead of him.
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Like who? Gamble is a small forward. Guys like Owen, Hogan and Djekurra have been playing through the middle or down back - if someone like Dog or Stokes went down with an injury next season, Gamble would be a natural replacement.
 
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Like who? Gamble is a small forward. Guys like Owen, Hogan and Djekurra have been playing through the middle or down back - if someone like Dog or Stokes went down with an injury next season, Gamble would be a natural replacement.
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Agreed. Writing vegas off is ludacris! it was only last season he got into our 22. Still, he has a lot of upside to his game. Give him a proper preseason and he will be pushing hard for selection.
 
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Given that he kicked two and was named amongst the best in his first game back, I suggest he will indeed prove you wrong ;).
 

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Gambling on a big future

11:37 AM Thu 12 July, 2007 | Back

By Jennifer Witham,

for gfc.com.au
News

A BRIEF taste of senior football and a frustrating pre-season ankle injury have left young Cat Ryan Gamble hungry for success in the second half of this year.

The 19-year-old South Australian, who was recruited at the end of 2005, broke into the senior side for the first time in round 22 last year. He then finished off his year by playing in the VFL Grand Final.

With this sort of experience behind him, Gamble headed into the 2007 season with every intention of staking his claim for a senior berth early in the year. However, he was met with adversity during the Cats' pre-season country duties, when he tore ligaments in his ankle.

“It was frustrating, because we'd had a very good pre-season, and because I did it while we were on our Community Camp in Swan Hill as well," Gamble told gfc.com.au.

"We were training on a crappy deck, so that made me angry a little bit, but I was disappointed to do it just because I could have seen how I'd go in the seniors."

While he luckily escaped surgery, the nature of the injury meant Gamble would miss a large portion of the 2007 season, and it's only been recently he's been available for selection for the VFL side.

"After playing an AFL game in the last round last year, we probably expected him to have a really good year this year, but he's ended up having a pretty bad ankle injury and he's had a back injury as well," VFL coach Leigh Tudor said.

"He's been a little bit up and down early, but he's just started to get some continual games. He's played the last three, and on the weekend, he was in our best three or four.

"He's starting to get some fitness back, and he's starting to show things we know he can. He's very good around the stoppages, he's got clean hands and he's an excellent mark."

Now, Gamble is ready to attack the second half of the season – and has his eye firmly on the prize of being considered good enough to break into powerful senior line-up.

"That was good last year, running into the finals with one game under my belt. It gave me a lot of confidence," he said.

"I'm hungry this year. When I did my ankle, it twisted things a little bit, but with the side going so well, it makes it you want to just get in there and be a part of all the winning hype."

With both the senior and reserves sides sitting on top of their respective ladders, Gamble knows how difficult it is to gain a call-up to the seniors, but believes it's that challenge that makes him all the more motivated.

"Everyone in that team deserves their spot, so to even get a look at or get a gig in the team means you've really earned your spot in there," he said.

"No one is getting an easy spot; everyone in the team is doing their bit, so you know if you get a spot, you're definitely doing something right."

So what's the best part of being on the list at Geelong and knowing a crack at senior football could be just a week away?

"Everything," he said.

"All the boys and playing footy, really. I'm just living a dream."
 
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Name: Ryan Gamble
DOB: 23 September 1987 (age 21)
Birth Place: Millicent, South Australia
Recruited From: Glenelg
Draft: 47th Overall, 2005
Height/Weight: 184 cm/78 kg
Games: 14
Goals: 21
Number: 15

Outlook
Young forward who proved a revelation in a strong Geelong attacking unit. Played 14 games in 2008 after making his senior debut in the final round in 2006, but did not appear at senior level in 2007. Kicked 21 goals including one haul of four goals and two of three. Was squeezed out of the side after round 22 and didn’t play in the finals but is a good size, takes a strong mark and looks set to step up in 2009.

SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2008

Played 13 senior games (12-1)
Emergency for all three AFL finals, including grand final
Kicked at least one goal in 12 of 13 games
Best return was four goals against Bulldogs in rd 16

2007
Spent entire season in VFL
Member of Geelong’s VFL grand final winning team

2006
AFL debut came against Hawthorn in rd 22
Played in VFL grand final

2005
Played two senior SANFL games with Glenelg
Played in SANFL reserves grand final
 
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2008 Stats

Games: 13
Kicks: 79 (6.1 Avg)
Handballs: 77 (5.9 Avg)
Disposals: 156 ( 12.0 Avg)
Marks: 55 (4.2 Avg)
Goals: 21 (1.6 Avg)
Behinds: 12 (0.9 Avg)
Tackles: 39 (3.0 Avg)
Goal Assists: 10 (0.8 Avg)
Inside 50's: 25 (1.9 Avg)
FF: 11 (0.8 Avg)
FA: 10 (0.8 Avg)
 
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I would like to see him in the side probably on the forward flank or pocket. With his spring and good hands he can play taller then he is. He could add some real versatility in the forward line.

Gamble also leads well and could cause real problems with the major focus being on Mooney and probably Hawkins.
 
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Couldnt agree with you more there Rabbi... really looking forward to seeing him play in the NAB :thumbsu: love his leap
 

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Everyone always says Hawkins will be the answer to our forward line, not that theres much wrong with it, most points for scored for last 2 seasons, but we seem to think he will come in and dominate. While that may happen some time in the future i think Gamble is the answer to us having an almost unstoppable team. His youth and enthuisiasm is a huge asset to our forward line. He's great in the air, great on the ground and continually finds himself with so much space in the forward 50.

The kids a gun and he must play all 22 (hopefully 25) games for us this year, barring injuries. He could be very high on my list of fav players by the end of the year i think. Im predicting a big year from Gamble, hopefully somewhere in the vacinity of 50 goals for the year.
 
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My list of favourite players starts with G.Ablett Jnr., Steve Johnson, Paul Chapman.... keeps going and then I suddenly realise I have the list of the Geelong Football Club :D:D
 
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Gamble was injured today late in Q2 of our NAb game against Port.. not sure how bad it is yet but apparently a hip/quad problem
 
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Gamble has been dropped from the Geelong squad for the upcoming thursday clash with Collingwood after a quiet game against Richmond in which he had 9 disposals
 
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