Retired #26: Cale Hooker - Has announced his retirement at season's end 🍷

[Lore]

Contract Status: Retiring at the end of Season 2021
Last Game Played: Round 19, 2021 (omit)
Injury Status: n/a

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Still plays an important role. If he doesn’t play Jones and Wright get better defenders and more attention. On track for over 40 goals and after Cats he’ll be important against weaker teams. Can’t drop him.

 

[yodellinhank]

I think on much reduced reduced he's ok to stay for 1 more year. Very much reduced though.

It's not reducing Chef

 

[Nifft]

bambi moment is coming

sadly, who comes in and can contest in the marking?
Ambrose perhaps?

Hurley?

 

[The Donners]

Looks totally spent. No way can he go on next year, it's 17 vs 18 whenever the ball hits the ground in his area.

21 goals in the first 7 games, 9 goals in the past 7 games.

If he’s not kicking goals he’s near useless.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Watched him closely last night.

He continually pushed too far up the ground (May stayed back) and then when we won possession back, he was too slow to get back and get into position.

Bloody frustrating to watch.

 

[quotemokc]

Park him in the goalsquare

 

[Hird05]

Might be time to move on at the end of year. Too slow now. Happy to see him play out the year with maybe a few games off and get a kid in there or at least find out if Ambrose has another year left in him. He can run still which has to be worth something.

 

[Ati Tude]

Think people are really underestimating him here. We have next to no other choices to bring in for him, he can still take a grab, makes life easier for Jones and 2MP and is er, our leading goal kicker. That poor Larkey kid is really up against it at Kangas as he is the only target they have. Not worth doing that to Jones. Going to be another hard week this week against Cats but keep the faith for a bit longer folks. He might be slow, but he tries his heart out.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Love the big fella but the way he is moving he looks like he probably really misses the old days where being a forward at Essendon meant standing still with your hand in the air.

My hope for his sake is that he has one big day out in the last part of this year and then retires. Would be great to celebrate him via a bag of 6 or 7. He deserves that.

 

[Old Campaigner]

I was very adamant earlier in the year that he should play next year but... tonight it's like the opposite of Hird or Pendlebury seeming to make time slow down around them.

 

[lenny2013]

Cooked.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Father time is undefeated. I'd be dropping him next week.

 

[windyhill]

It ****ing kills me. He’s done.

 

[naraku]

Time to step aside Cale.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Hale Cooker

 

[RearNaked]

Love this man but it’s time

 

[Donakebab]

He has to go. Give him a farewell game in one of our last home games when we can try and get a decent crowd to send him off.

 

[Beerfish]

Yeah let's drop him against Adelaide at the dome.

 

[JT_the_Man]

What happened?

He was in the Coleman race not too long ago…

 

[Vindicater]

Reckon he stays against Adelaide but needs to be rested/omitted against the interceptor teams.

 

[Megabattimus]

 

[MiguelM]

2nd quarter needs to be analyzed. Need to find a way to stop teams piling on multiple unanswered goals.

 

[Old Campaigner]

What happened?

He was in the Coleman race not too long ago…

Probably just accumulated niggles and fatigue that a player in their prime would shake off, but once you get to the tail end of a career they can take their toll.

 

[yodellinhank]

Probably just accumulated niggles and fatigue that a player in their prime would shake off, but once you get to the tail end of a career they can take their toll.

Needs a rest at the very least

 

[Howard Moon]

His one wood has become falling to his knees, jumping on the ball and then trying to stand up while being tackled and run away.