"Clutch" Goal

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

Would someone please tell me what a "clutch" goal is? Chris Grant and other commentators have been saying it this weekend. Should I be watching more American sports?

[Twodogs]

It's a goal kicked when the pressure is on in a game. Say your team has been five goals up and the opposition have kicked the last few to get within a few points then one of the players on your team kicks a goal to grab the momentum back.

That's a clutch goal.

[LostDoggy]

Glad "Clunk" has almost disappeared put of the vocab.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

It's a goal kicked when the pressure is on in a game. Say your team has been five goals up and the opposition have kicked the last few to get within a few points then one of the players on your team kicks a goal to grab the momentum back.

That's a clutch goal.

Thanks for that

[ledge]

I would have called it a crunch goal, thats what it used to be called.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

I would have called it a crunch goal, thats what it used to be called.

I'll tell the pinch hitter and the quarterback

[LostDoggy]

Would someone please tell me what a "clutch" goal is? Chris Grant and other commentators have been saying it this weekend. Should I be watching more American sports?

It comes from Baseball they call it a clutch hit or play when one is really needed.

[MrMahatma]

The one Roo missed against the swans this week. Set shot. Would've put the saints within a kick. That would've been a clutch goal.

Then again, in a tight final you could argue every goal is a clutch goal.

[hujsh]

It comes from Baseball they call it a clutch hit or play when one is really needed.

I've heard it in NFL too.

Basically an important or game winning moment in the last quarter is a clutch moment.

[LostDoggy]

Also used in basketball -- the ability to hit the 'clutch' shot being a key skill in a sport where it so often comes down to the final shot.

MJ was renown as a gun clutch shooter, ever since he sunk the last basket to win a championship for North Carolina back in his college days.

Basically 'clutch' just means the opposite to 'choke' ie. someone who will rise rather than wilt when the pressure to win the game is on.

[Sedat]

Clutch goals can best be defined as the ones we didn't kick in the 2nd halves of the 08 and 09 PF's

[Cyberdoggie]

Clutch goals can best be defined as the ones we didn't kick in the 2nd halves of the 08 and 09 PF's

Gia/Higgins/Gilbee/Murphy, the list goes on.

Luke Hodge for the Hawks on friday night made a couple of big goals, didn't help in the long run but he kicked goals he had to kick, where as some of his teamates missed.

[Greystache]

There was a thread about this same subject last year, no one seemed to be able to agree if we had anyone with this attribute.

http://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=7753

[AndrewP6]

I reckon our only clutch goal kicker went when Baz finished... not sure anyone else fits the bill.

[ledge]

It will be little Dahlhaus.