Cox - WTF?

[Benno_900]

Averages something like 59 against Essendon. Almost everyone has him and a fair few would've had him captain, meh.

Still has averaged 100 from his last 3 games.

 

[sharpie]

trained in sneakers - struggling with a foot!

though his ruckwork still had the rest covered

 

[Hotel 6]

Even though I have him in my team I was extremely happy with his game.....my opponent has him as captain!!

 

[JOELY]

was on track for 100 but disappeared for the majority of the last. i'm sure he was on the bench because i didn't see him on the ground at all.

 

[Quinz]

Was clearly still injured and Seaby/Lynch did a fair deal of ruck work. May be rested next week so be prepared. Still not kicking on the right very often.

 

[publicenemyk2]

yeh but at 400,000? 82 is not what you want...may aswell get a 300,000 dollar one who averages this like simmonds,hille,mctosh and co

 

[lifelike_]

I'm pretty sure this is the beginning of the apocalypse.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Give him a break, he's played his bogey team and everyone's bogey team in the last two weeks and he's still averaging over 100 for the year.

 

[Mr Hard Ball Get]

had him as captain and was expecting 120 at half time when he was on 58, was dissapointed when i got home to only see 82, that makes two poor second halfs from captains two weeks in a row now(cross last week)

but he did give me a captaincy of 152 or wateva it was 2 weeks ago

thats still and average over those two weeks of 117, not too bad i would say

 

[Porps_is_HOT_loz]

He'll make up for it next week and get 120+.

Capt next week

 

[Kerrby]

Cox is apparently injured. You can't blame him for that.

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

65 percent game time last night. If he plays 85 percent or more he is a certainty for a 100. Clearly not 100% fit at the moment

 

[Pie Legend]

Who ever said he got beat by a better ruckmen is kidding himself.
Playing with a broken foot in a dud team means he isnt going to dominate but he is still clearly the best ruckmen in the comp.

 

[spuzza]

i've had white and simmo - can't complain, aside from the one late withdrawal white consistently gets 90+

i took the contrarian view at the start and thought i'd get the ruckmen that everyone didn't have

will still consider upgrading simmo to cox in a few weeks though if cox goes sub 400k - that is if he hits his straps again

i remember reading a post somewhere where someone had calculated that cox scores on average 12 points less in the last half of every season - that's pretty significant

Couldn't agree with you more. Been really happy with Jeff White, freed up a little bit of cash as well.

Simmonds has been really good as well IMO.

 

[__aria__]

Yeah me too. Cant decide which one to trade out to cox haha

Decision has just been made for you.
Mcintosh gone for the season

 

[banana_bus]

65 percent game time last night. If he plays 85 percent or more he is a certainty for a 100. Clearly not 100% fit at the moment

65% is normal for Cox. Starts on the field for 10-15 minutes, comes off and then comes back on for the last 5 mins of the quarter.

 

[BartBart]

Well, Cox has been known to be pretty crappy against essendon, DT-wise.

I mean, a couple of guys did say in captaincy thread, he got around 70-80 for the 2 games last year.
Actually, quick numbers check, Cox has never scored a ton against essendon. Highest score was 86 last year.
Seems like essendon has been his cursed team

*cough: Simmo and the macca for me too

Yeah me too. Cant decide which one to trade out to cox haha

Looks like you might both have to now with McIntosh's injury.

 

[54Dogs]

For the last 3 years Cox has actually averaged between 10 and 15 ppw less in the 2nd half of the season than the first.

Doesn't really matter because even with the drop it's still the highest of all rucks and everyone has him but it is a consideration when picking captains.

I haven't got the actual numbers but just through watching last season it appeared his TOG dropped in the back half of the season also. He only ever has 65-75% except when Seaby does not play.

Friday night he had 58 at HT and was well on track but hardly got on the field at all in the last quarter.

 

[Crows4Flag]

I dont have him

Mcintosh and simmo <3

ha hahahah enjoy mcintoshe's 9 consecutive zeros

 

[The Newt]

This injury concern is exactly why i picked up Jeff White instead of him 2 weeks ago. It could pay off big time for me, especially if Big Cox plays injured which will affect his dt points.

 

[lmaohelp]

he got smashed by hille simple hille had 27 disposals an completly towled him up an btw 82 is a good score for a ruckman i didnt see hiim all nite pretty mmuch an he still got that so ppl should stop complaining

 

[Cat for Life]

ha hahahah enjoy mcintoshe's 9 consecutive zeros

Glad you're happy about someone else's injury, how old are you?

 

[banana_bus]

Glad you're happy about someone else's injury, how old are you?

It is quite tough for Hamish and North supporters, I reckon he is their most important player behind Brent Harvey.

 

[SkankDanker]

he got smashed by hille simple hille had 27 disposals an completly towled him up an btw 82 is a good score for a ruckman i didnt see hiim all nite pretty mmuch an he still got that so ppl should stop complaining

I agree. They actually played Seaby in a sacrifical role on Hille and brought Cox on as back up for all the last quarter and some of the third, hence the reduced tog. Coxy is awesome but shutting down a firing opponent is not his game.

 

[ekzistenz]

Actually Seaby was sent to the forward line and Lynch was rucking. He actually held his own against Hille due to his strength.

I wouldn't really be disappointed with Cox's 82 against Essendon this week. As mentioned earlier he has never cracked the tonne against the Dons and he was getting smashed against Hille so his time on ground was reduced.