Posts Tagged "Nathan Bock"

Former Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett and the Gold Coast Suns have faced intense scrutiny in season 2012. Much of this criticism, particularly that which has been pointed at Ablett, is unwarranted.

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Gold Coast’s maturing young guns were commended for “standing their ground” with their five best players either sidelined or injured to almost pull off the AFL upset of the season on Saturday night.

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Greater Western Sydney will win more games this season then Gold Coast did last season. A big call, you might think. Crazy almost. Why am I making such an outrageous prediction?

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We can expect to see a few things from the Suns in 2012. More development. More competitiveness. Much excitement. But finals? No. Bottom four? Yes.

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Is 2012 the year the Gold Coast Suns begin their inevitable rise up the ladder? Let’s take a look.

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Nathan Bock is not a cheat. He has never tried to fix an AFL match. He has never played at anything less than his full potential in his time at Adelaide and now the Gold Coast.

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We are in a right pickle, make no mistake. The suggested punishments for footballers implicated in betting ‘scandals’ have escalated sharply in the last few months, from Ayatollah Whately’s call for year-long bans to now, if you can believe it, imprisonment.

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Gold Coast defender Nathan Bock has been suspended from the first two rounds of the 2012 AFL season and fined $10,000 for disclosing he was selected in the forward line in a match this year.

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Everyone is happy to sit and chastise AFL players who continue to engage in forbidden betting activity. However, little thought is given to what must actually be occurring in the player’s mind when making such a decision.

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It seems betting scandals in the AFL are becoming so frequent they are losing their scandalous appeal. Last weekend, at least $20,000 was won, after an out of the ordinary bet was placed on Gold Coast defender Nathan Bock, to kick the first goal in Saturday’s match against Hawthorn.

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The AFL is now investigating two potential breaches of its strict betting regulations, following a successful plunge on Gold Coast defender Nathan Bock.

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The football world went into hysteria this week when Adelaide’s Phil Davis confirmed he will be leaving the Crows at the end of the year to join the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

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Even veteran defender Nathan Bock was feeling nervous ahead of the Gold Coast Suns’ historic AFL debut – and then Gary Ablett arrived at training.

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This is a look at players from each club in the AFL whose time has come to step up and live up to their promise in the 2011 season.

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The jury is still out on how competitive Gold Coast will be in their first AFL season after a weakened Suns side was thrashed by Sydney in Southport on Saturday.

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Success in the sporting landscape can be measured in many ways. Whether its membership numbers, attendance figures or premierships, it all depends on your opinion of what defines success.

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Campbell Brown’s move from Hawthorn to the Gold Coast Suns was AFL’s worst kept secret. Although his recent inclusion is a not a major coup for the AFL’s newest franchise, it’s nonetheless a handy one considering the names they have recruited so far, and look likely to recruit in the future.

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This week, and for the next couple of weeks, a host of uncontracted players will be picked up the Gold Coast Suns for their inaugural 2011 AFL season.

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Crows fans, understandably, will be feeling angry with Nathan Bock. As a talent who progressed through the ranks of the Crows and was thoroughly supported when he was arrested in 2009, many fans feel he has betrayed the club.

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A big day of announcements is on the cards, with Ben Cousins set to announce his retirement from football this morning and, according to one report last night, Adelaide’s Nathan Bock set to become the first current AFL player to announce he’ll move to the Gold Coast Suns.

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