Jake Edwards
Matt S
Ok Carlton fans, gimme the low down on this guy. His bloodlines are
good (reated to the Edwards who played for the Dogs a few decades ago,
and the nephew of the great Dolly Aked) but if Carlton delisted him
AFTER they lost Fev, I won't get too excited as he is listed as
potential KP.
Any chance to be up to an emergency/back up tall defender?
BTW: You heard it here 1st.... a name to watch for in 2010. He
played 3 games whilst doing VCE in 2008, training less than half a
dozen times, winning our Best 1st Year Player. In '09, he began his
1st real year, managing to play all games bar a few where he was
injured. Wiser footy folks noticed him.
He is a medium or biggish small, as hard as nails, and I have just
seen the kid in the gym, and he is enormous!! His arms are like
chiselled granite. With strength to add to his existing toughness and
skill, I'll predict CALLAN WARD will stand up and be VERY noticed next
season.
Cooney, Griffen, Higgins, Boyd, Cross, Giansiracusa, Akermanis,
Johnson, WARD, Eagleton & Picken. That eleven (nearly all top
quality) options to rotate thru the middle. Who needs a fab 4 when
you got a cricket team?
hooroo...
Neil Green
"Matt S" <swooper@matt.s@ozemail.com.au> wrote in
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>
> Ok Carlton fans, gimme the low down on this guy.
> His bloodlines are
> good (reated to the Edwards who played for the Dogs
> a few decades ago,
> and the nephew of the great Dolly Aked) but if
> Carlton delisted him
> AFTER they lost Fev, I won't get too excited as he
> is listed as
> potential KP.
>
> Any chance to be up to an emergency/back up tall
> defender?
Edwards is a dud Matt.
Son of Butch (Richmond, Collingwood, Footscray), who
played 113 games in 10 seasons.
Hartlett got the chop as well, better player than
Edwards and a bigger body, if I were looking at either
I'd take him.
Injury prone though.
David Clayton
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> Son of Butch (Richmond, Collingwood, Footscray), who played 113 games in
> 10 seasons.
Alan Edwards (only called "Butch" because another famous VFL player had
that nickname, and we all know how original footy players can be....)
Basically because did his knee early in his career at Richmond, and was
never close to the same afterwards (ended up having 3 knee reco's). Before
he was injured he looked like a potential superstar - and this was in the
mid 1970's when the Tigers had teams full of superstars.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
Neil Green
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Yes David, I remember his unfortunate injuries, he was
sure a good footballer, not sure about the superstar
tag.
His son isn't as good a footballer, and from all
accounts he's disinterested as well.
David Clayton
>
> "David Clayton" <dcs...@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com> wrote in message
.......
>> Alan Edwards (only called "Butch" because another famous VFL player had
>> that nickname, and we all know how original footy players can be....)
>>
>> Basically because did his knee early in his career at Richmond, and was
>> never close to the same afterwards (ended up having 3 knee reco's).
>> Before
>> he was injured he looked like a potential superstar - and this was in
>> the
>> mid 1970's when the Tigers had teams full of superstars.
.......
> Yes David, I remember his unfortunate injuries, he was sure a good
> footballer, not sure about the superstar tag.
>
When you win best first year player in a club that has just won two
Premierships in a row, you aren't going that bad.....
Matt S
<dcs...@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:24 +1100, Neil Green wrote:
>
>>
>> "David Clayton" <dcs...@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com> wrote in message
>.......
>>> Alan Edwards (only called "Butch" because another famous VFL player had
>>> that nickname, and we all know how original footy players can be....)
>>>
>>> Basically because did his knee early in his career at Richmond, and was
>>> never close to the same afterwards (ended up having 3 knee reco's).
>>> Before
>>> he was injured he looked like a potential superstar - and this was in
>>> the
>>> mid 1970's when the Tigers had teams full of superstars.
>.......
>> Yes David, I remember his unfortunate injuries, he was sure a good
>> footballer, not sure about the superstar tag.
>>
>When you win best first year player in a club that has just won two
>Premierships in a row, you aren't going that bad.....
Thanks for the heads up. I do recal "Butch", we copped him after
Richmond. He was an injured hack who held up the bar in the social
club many times, and made a few ordinary apearances in the team.
hooroo...