charlie gardiner....

[stinger]

Charlie Gardiner
Fast Facts

Jumper No: 16

Height: 190 cm

Weight: 91 kg

DOB: 1 March 1983

Recruited From: Sandringham U18
2007 Home & Away Totals

Matches: 2

Goals: 1

Marks: 15

Disposals: 31

Kicks: 16







An important year looms for Gardiner as he approaches his sixth season at AFL level. Played five of Geelong’s first seven games in 2006 but none after that as the Cats endured a form slump. Thereafter, he struggled with ankle problems and finished the season playing in the VFL Grand Final. Has the ability but needs to make the most of his opportunities.


Records

Charlie Gardiner year by year
Year Club Gms Kicks HB Marks Poss Goals Beh Conv HO Tack FF FA B'low B+F
2002 GEEL 3 7 7 2 14 1 1 50.0% 0 0 1 0 0 29th
2003 GEEL 8 28 15 20 43 4 3 57.1% 1 2 4 4 0 31st
2004 GEEL 19 122 62 78 184 10 11 47.6% 7 33 12 11 0 22nd
2005 GEEL 14 91 66 74 157 5 6 45.5% 1 15 10 18 0 24th
2006 GEEL 5 45 30 25 75 4 2 66.7% 1 13 5 3 0 x
Totals 49 293 180 199 473 24 23 51.1% 10 63 32 36 0
Ave 6.0 3.7 4.1 9.7 0.5 0.5 0.2 1.3 0.7 0.7
Best 14 10 9 18 2 2 2 5 4 5


Charlie Gardiner history vs. opponents 2002-2006
Opponent Gms Kicks HB Marks Poss Goals Beh HO Tack FF FA
Adelaide 4 19 7 13 26 2 1 2 9 4 3
Brisbane 4 24 9 17 33 4 2 0 3 3 3
Carlton 5 20 18 13 38 2 1 0 6 5 2
Collingwood 3 20 8 13 28 0 2 2 3 0 6
Essendon 2 13 8 9 21 1 2 0 2 2 1
Fremantle 3 14 17 7 31 0 0 1 4 1 2
Hawthorn 3 14 16 12 30 3 4 1 2 1 0
Kangaroos 3 19 11 15 30 0 2 1 5 2 1
Melbourne 4 37 14 21 51 0 2 2 7 4 4
Port Adelaide 2 16 12 15 28 1 3 0 4 2 4
Richmond 3 16 9 11 25 1 2 0 2 1 2
St Kilda 4 12 17 7 29 2 0 0 3 0 0
Sydney 6 49 20 29 69 5 0 1 12 6 6
Western Bulldogs 3 20 14 17 34 3 2 0 1 1 1


Milestone games

Milestone
versus
round
venue
result
AFL debut
Carlton
rd 11, 2002
Telstra
W 4
Finals debut
Essendon
SF, 2004
MCG
W 10
50th game
Western Bulldogs
rd 1, 2007
Telstra
L 20

Additional playing record
NAB Cup
Geelong: 10 games, 7 goals
VFL
Geelong: 49 games, 64 goals
TAC Cup
Sandringham: 15 games, 12 goals

Draft history
Selected by Geelong with 23rd pick in 2001 national draft


Awards Honours

Geelong
Runner up VFL best and fairest 2007

Premierships
VFL 2002 (Geelong dft. Port Melbourne)
NAB Cup 2006 (Geelong dft. Adelaide)
VFL 2007 (Geelong dft Coburg)

TAC Cup
Team of the Year 2001
Sandringham runner up best & fairest 2001

Representative honours
All Australian under 18 2001
Victoria Metro under 18 2001

[Munga]

If he has a shot for goal 10 metres out directly in front, go get a pie.

[stinger]

If he has a shot for goal 10 metres out directly in front, go get a pie.

[claystreet]

bring back Jack Daniels

the drink that is

[Otiman]

Will be 25 at the start of 2008 season.

[barks4eva]

Charlie Gardiner, if ever the AFL had a Jason Blake clone then this guy is it

[plugger66]

Charlie Gardiner, if ever the AFL had a Jason Blake clone then this guy is it

I hope is that good then because Blake has played 100 games and finished in the top ten in the B&F.

[barks4eva]

Charlie Gardiner, if ever the AFL had a Jason Blake clone then this guy is it

I hope is that good then because Blake has played 100 games and finished in the top ten in the B&F.

and you wonder why we are mid table , which is where we have been for two years, if you bothered to look

[plugger66]

Charlie Gardiner, if ever the AFL had a Jason Blake clone then this guy is it

I hope is that good then because Blake has played 100 games and finished in the top ten in the B&F.

and you wonder why we are mid table , which is where we have been for two years, if you bothered to look

Every side has great players do they. No Blake is an honest battler who probably will struggle next year if we improve. Has nothing to do with excepting poor play. I certainly do not have rose coloured glasses when looking at our players.

[stinger]

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Every side has great players do they. No Blake is an honest battler who probably will struggle next year if we improve. Has nothing to do with excepting poor play. I certainly do not have rose coloured glasses when looking at our players.

yeah.....that is exactly what all the real "experts" ...said at the start of this year......

[St DAC]

Charlie is no superstar but he came cheap, is at least as good as Blake for example, and at absolute worst provides depth. In his U18 days he was AA so he has some talent; perhaps the change of scenery will bring out his best. He may not make our best 22 but how often do your best 22 ever play regularly? Or ours at least ...

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

Dont start bagging the kid, FFS he has not even put on a St Kilda jumper yet

[Otiman]

I'd have 3 Jason Blake's in the side if we had them.

That said, I'd have 22 Riewoldts and 22 Robert Harveys.

[markinUSA]

Hi

I don't know Charlie Gardiner at all. Can you tell me what position he plays? Is he fast or slow? Kicking skills? Handball? Reading of the play?

I've never heard of him before. Any info would be appreciated.

And... welcome Charlie! Good luck to you with the Saints. I hope the change of clubs brings you (and us) a lot of luck!

Cheers
Mark

[Spinner]

Charlie Gardiner, if ever the AFL had a Jason Blake clone then this guy is it

I hope is that good then because Blake has played 100 games and finished in the top ten in the B&F.

and you wonder why we are mid table , which is where we have been for two years, if you bothered to look

Every side has great players do they. No Blake is an honest battler who probably will struggle next year if we improve. Has nothing to do with excepting poor play. I certainly do not have rose coloured glasses when looking at our players.

Blake is s***.

A top ten B&F finish rewarding he weekly negative roles due to the fact that he is one dimensional does not alter that.

[Spinner]

I'd have 3 Jason Blake's in the side if we had them.

That said, I'd have 22 Riewoldts and 22 Robert Harveys.

Obviously not a fan of premierships.

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

I'd have 3 Jason Blake's in the side if we had them.

That said, I'd have 22 Riewoldts and 22 Robert Harveys.

Obviously not a fan of premierships.

Obviously everyone has an opinion.
How many times do we have to talk about the same old thing with Blake
Its pretty clear half of us rate him, half of us don't

This thread is about Charlie, not BLAKE

[HarveysDeciple]

I've rated Gardiner for a few years.

thought certainly last year he should have been picked more often then he was.

Pretty happy with the pick up given it cost us nothing.

Handy third tall.

[Solar]

agree HD

In a side that barely changed their line up all year there were not many opportunities for him.

Averaged 15 possessions and 5 marks in his 5 games this year.

Will push for selection in that third tall position. How fast is he, can't remember how well he leads at the ball.

Look he will be in a fight for a forward spot along with watts, allen and kosi depending on the ruck situation.

[evertonfc]

Struggle to think he'll play more than 10 games for us.

However, it's clearly a make-weight to get King on the cheap (was Gardiner contracted?), and thus, if we delist him after a year, I've got no issues with that.

If he kicks on and does well, great. Unlikely however, and I'd suggest his future won't be a big one.

However, with that hanging over his head, maybe he'll be extra keen to show he's more than a makeweight...?

[n1ck]

hes not a bad player.

set shots arent his strong point but hes got a good pair of hands, moves along the ground nicely.

good ground skills, kicked a peach of a goal in the VFL granny, snap from 45 on the run... with his left foot if i remember correctly.

handy backup.

[spidoir]

I reckon he fits in well with St Kilda "culture" too. There is a Charlie Gardner hospital in WA, so almost seems like destiny for him to come to the Saints. Will compliment our wing at the Epworth nicely!

[SaintBot]

Has the talent, as all footballers do

however coming from a lifestyle where he got everything he wanted his obviously didnt have the same killer attitude that all the battlers at geelong had

get his attitude straight and he could be anything

great get with pick 90 (and King!)

[mad saint guy]

St Kilda = Hack central.

I thought we were moving forward after getting rid of all our old players...but adding Jones, King, Gardiner and Dempster onto the list just sends us further backwards. Hopefully we will at least cut Ferguson and maybe Rix now. I just don't understand why we are trading for players who just won't make a positive impact.

Look at the new players

Schneider - He is the one player I am genuinely happy to have. He adresses our lack of goalkicking half forwards and adds some spark into the team

Dempster - There is nothing that Dempster can do that Blake, Raph Clarke and Ferguson can't do. I didn't mind us trading for him, but it is unrealistic to expect him to play 100 games for St Kilda. He couldn't get a game when Sydney were missing their CHB and FB. He won't add anything.

King - Played about 5 games this year and none were actually good. He spends more time injured than playing and can't cover the amount of ground required in modern football. He is a less mobile version of Rix,

Gardiner - He is a forward who doesn't get the ball and very rarely kicks goals. Utterly useless.

I thought we were getting rid of the deadwood, but we are simply replacing it.

Gehrig, Hamill, Voss, Thompson, M.Clarke > Jones, Schneider, Dempster, King, Gardiner

[cowboy18]

however coming from a lifestyle where he got everything he wanted his obviously didnt have the same killer attitude that all the battlers at geelong had

Can you elaborate? This is too cryptic for me without some sort of context.