Unheralded Grand Final Moments

[Twodogs]

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Poor Jack Darling will be having nightmares. Didn't he shirk the issue in last years grand final exactly the same. Not filling your coach with confidence you will have your turn. Can't imagine any of our kids doing that little lone a senior player

Everybody does it. Just not so obviously nor in worse times and places.

And first year kids don't normally scare grown men.

[choconmientay]

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Magic Maclean's goal just before half time. I can remember looking up at the scoreboard and thinking that us getting a goal before halftime would make things really interesting, actually my exact words was "we desperately need a goal before halftime." And Toby came through. Not only did he kick the goal, he also kicked the ball to the goalsquare in the first place. And he kicked it at exactly the right time just before the halftime siren so it gave us some momentum going into half time and the second half.

Here you go:

[choconmientay]

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My moment is definitely Dale Morris' smother on Josh Kennedy. Kennedy and Mitchell had both got goals from stoppages, and we were about to let them get another one until Moz came from behind Kennedy and completely destroyed his attempt to kick.

Here it is:

[Twodogs]

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Here you go:

How does he have time to get goal side of the ball when he kicked it up there in the first place. I could understand if he was on the same side that the kick came from but that's a lot of running he does at the back end of a half of footy.

Here it is:

Hunter had the tackle arms out too and tackles the ball carrier when the ball stays in the zone as well.

[choconmientay]

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Fittingly this abc article describe some of the 'unheralded' moments which some of us already highlighted in this thread.

Western Bulldogs' moments of magic that decided the 2016 premiership

The other moment from Easton Wood in the first quarter hasn't got any mention but the author described it quite nicely ...

Easton Wood wins his 50-50

It was early days and a goal apiece in the first quarter, when a squaring kick hung at half-forward for the Bulldogs. Isaac Heeney was in pole position.


Easton Wood spoils Isaac Heeney gif

You can bet Easton Wood knew his team-mates were looking at him for leadership in this moment, and so he unflinchingly committed to the cause.

He did not take the mark, but he won the ball. Lachie Hunter profited on Wood's commitment and spotted up Tory Dickson, who made no mistake.

Wood stood up time and again during the game, but the skipper made his biggest mark earliest and the Bulldogs never looked back.

[Twodogs]

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His whole grand final from winning the toss to lifting the cup was a bloody good captain's knock from Easton Wood. In that one for instance he really puts his body on the line and to retain enough presence of mind to tap it to Hunter is such smart and courageous footy. He kept getting little things like that right all day.

[choconmientay]

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Hunter had the tackle arms out too and tackles the ball carrier when the ball stays in the zone as well.

Hunter efforts were great ...

... the pinpoint kick to Dickson resulted in a goal.

... he's also not bad with the overhead handball in this play ...

[Twodogs]

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That handball was great. Not one Sydney player cried throw incidentally. It can't be easy to pull off that skill while you're being dragged to the ground.

[1eyedog]

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That handball was great. Not one Sydney player cried throw incidentally. It can't be easy to pull off that skill while you're being dragged to the ground.

That handball to Macrae that set up Stringer was dodgy as. Certainly more dodgy than the overhead one.

[Twodogs]

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That handball to Macrae that set up Stringer was dodgy as. Certainly more dodgy than the overhead one.

They were facing each other surrounded by Sydney players yeah? I remember the goal from that play but I'm trying to think back before it.

[The Doctor]

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What about the 3 early set shots we nailed by Cordy, Dickson and Boyd. None of them easy. Miss those and we're 0.3.3

Our early accuracy was massive.

[bulldogtragic]

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What about the 3 early set shots we nailed by Cordy, Dickson and Boyd. None of them easy. Miss those and we're 0.3.3

Our early accuracy was massive.

7.1 in the first half, and the behind was rushed as it was going to bounce through from a goal from Libba. I'm pretty sure that's our most accurate first half for the year. Great snaps from Dicko & McLean too in the second. Good time to pull it out!

[bulldogtragic]

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Thought it would be good to get some views on some unheralded moments in the Grand Final. Some big plays were made all day by nearly everyone, if not evyone. But there's moments each time I watch the replay and think to myself, I'm so happy he took that moment.

So here goes. JJ kicks the winner, it gets overturned. Like Cometti said, we fear these moments. They kick a really long kick down the centre of the ground to their ruckman and start their assault, but Roughead outbodies him and takes a strong contested pack mark to stop that momentum. Stopped dead, snuffed out. These dogs don't let long down the line kicks get the opposition an easy out, nor build up a big turnaround. Ball back in our hands too. Just a brilliant moment, albeit unheralded, by a bloke who took his opportunity to impact the game when it came up. Sure it's no Zaine Cordy moment, but it's one of my favourite grand final moments.

And yours? A bump, handball, tackle, spoil, shepherd, pass, run or otherwise unhalded moment.

Finally got around to watching the Mike Sheahan special. So happy that Bevo rated the Roughy mark as critical too. Such an important contested mark in the scheme of the win. Cometti was 100% right, we fear these things (the illegimate JJ goal reversal), but thanks to that Roughy contested Mark, we don't fear them anymore.

[Twodogs]

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7.1 in the first half, and the behind was rushed as it was going to bounce through from a goal from Libba. I'm pretty sure that's our most accurate first half for the year. Great snaps from Dicko & McLean too in the second. Good time to pull it out!

I hate inaccurate kicking for goal and complain about it a lot. But I remember looking up at the score board at halftime and thinking "what a great day to pull a scoreline like that out" we kicked 6.10 after halftime. I'd have been bloody annoyed if we were 6.10 at halftime in the GF.

[1eyedog]

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What Prelim was it where we couldn't hit the side of a barn? Against Geelong? I remember it being the sole reason we didn't play in the Grand Final cause we had them drawn and quartered for the entire last quarter.