AFL Player #13: Nik Cox 🦄 - Cleared of any hamstring injury - 27/5

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 6, Rick Ross

 

[Don Won]

Some tall guys are instructed to always handball to teammates that kick.

The opposite should apply to this guy.

And never ever handball to a ruckman…

 

[Vander18]

And never ever handball to a ruckman…

You can handball to Goldy…..just don’t put it to his ****ing ankles!

 

[Don Won]

You can handball to Goldy…..just don’t put it to his ******* ankles!

True. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if Goldy was actually meant to miss that handball and watch it go through for a behind. Hard to tell with Coxy though because it didn’t look out of character.

 

[Milanista28]

The handball wasn't great, but it also wasn't that bad, I think Goldy could've done a little better, maybe something Goldy can work on as he gains experience.

 

[Vander18]

The handball wasn't great, but it also wasn't that bad, I think Goldy could've done a little better, maybe something Goldy can work on as he gains experience.

Yep....talls always take a little longer. Expect he’ll nail this around year 20.

 

[Rick Ross]

Looking forward to cox this week.
Is there an opportunity for him to get off the leash a bit and open up north with his kicking?
After a number of weeks of great defensive effort, would live to see him overlay more offensive impact.

 

[brain taylor]

moves like a spider when he’s chasing the ground ball, as others have said it’s gotta be hell for a smaller player to try and navigate through all those limbs

 

[Rick Ross]

Hope we see big Cox on Saturday night. I think he’s a first half pressure specialist and we missed him last week.

Think he might fill his boot this week with attaching possessions aplenty… he’s due.

Should also allow Hind to go back to hood ideal position off the half back line.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Hamstring tightness = season at Essendon

 

[naraku]

Hamstrings...calves...but Murphy is still at the club.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Hamstrings...calves...but Murphy is still at the club.

Give it a spell, champ.

 

[Kong]

Does Coxy stay in when Ridley returns?

He'll be injured by then.

 

[ghostdog]

This is all your fault. Poison.

 

[maskmcgee]

Trade him to Norf for pick 1

 

[yodellinhank]

Sharked a handball, Fletcher like, in the first I think it was. That was cool.

 

[Ants]

Please just be “real” awareness. Not the Essendon version.

 

[Vander18]

Interesting. Vision showed him grabbing his hammy which doesn’t suggest an awareness issue, suggests a strain (even if only very, very minor).

Hope they don’t stuff this up. If he reinjures at training, to quote Plough, “I’ll spew up!”

 

[FlyingV]

No strain…. Got to be the first time a player has grabbed their hammy, got a scan and it’s come back with nothing… win!

 

[Beerfish]

I'm shocked to be sitting here.

Great news.

 

[faible]

Chances he plays next week, injures his hamstring, and the club goes 'well that was unexpected'?

 

[Beerfish]

Chances he plays next week, injures his hamstring, and the club goes 'well that was unexpected'?

You had to say it..

 

[faible]

You had to say it..

heck.

 

[Petrify]

Structure was clearly hurt massively when he went down. Been warming to him in recent weeks despite him being one of my whipping boys at the start of the year. Our wings is clearly a massive weakness without Duursma so without Cox too we really felt it.

 

[MiguelM]

Save for Blues IMO

 

[Kong]

See you in 6 weeks, Nik