All The Small Things, Round 5, Vs Brisbane

[Twodogs]

Re: All The Small Things, Round 5, Vs Brisbane

When play was near the boundary, can't recall what 1/4, a Brisbane player with the ball and a young kid decked in bulldogs gear leaning well over the fence giving him that "bent elbow" gesture (what's the right term for it ?). Anyway, when there is a remake of Romper Stomper that kid gets a gig.

It's a Don't Argue. Mark Kellet may not have invented it but he was the first player I saw who perfected it enough to turn it into a part of his game.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: All The Small Things, Round 5, Vs Brisbane

Stringers new found leg cannon. He kicked his running goal at the line of the square and carried at least 10m passed. That's a 70m drop punt!!

[comrade]

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Who would you choose to kick for you life, 60m out on the run: JJ or Stringer?

[bulldogtragic]

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Who would you choose to kick for you life, 60m out on the run: JJ or Stringer?

Stringer.

[Twodogs]

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Stringers new found leg cannon. He kicked his running goal at the line of the square and carried at least 10m passed. That's a 70m drop punt!!

It's great to watch. Such a weapon for when you really want a quick goal to follow up the ine you've just kicked. Get Stringer into the centre bounce, clear a path and get the ball in his hands. Then just stand back and watch.

[bulldogtragic]

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It's great to watch. Such a weapon for when you really want a quick goal to follow up the ine you've just kicked. Get Stringer into the centre bounce, clear a path and get the ball in his hands. Then just stand back and watch.

It a tad different to watching Farren Ray & Jordan McMahon bursting into the 50 to spray it into the crowd in the forward pocket.

I really didn't realise he was equal with Suckling for the longest kick in the team. Kicking goals from inside the centre square and getting it 10 rows back is phenomenally long. And we've got two of them. Maybe that stupid 9 point thing should come in.

[Ozza]

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Our trainer yelling out and pointing to the umpire that the Brisbane trainer ran through Bob's protected zone, getting a 50m penalty and certain goal. It's not often you can say a trainer was directly responsible for a goal.

There is clearly no 'trainers code' !

[Ozza]

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1. Early in the third quarter, we absolutely couldn't afford to give up a goal.
Stringer kicked in Dunkley's direction and Dunks had one player on his hammer, and another Brisbane player nearby - looking up at the field, if he doesn't mark, Brisbane would have opened us up easily. Dunks holds the mark under great pressure.
Sounds ridiculous - but it was a mark 70m out from our goal, which probably prevented a goal the other way.

2. JJ's little toe poke in the last quarter that started an end to end goal.

[bulldogtragic]

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There is clearly no 'trainers code' !

I've watched that clip a few times, it's as if their trainer had never watched an AFL game ever. It's up there with the dumbest thing I've seen on field. Not just near his 10m protected zone, but through the middle of the mark... I mean, thanks for gifting Bob a goal, but it's easily the dumbest thing I can remember in recent memory.

[bulldogtragic]

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1. Early in the third quarter, we absolutely couldn't afford to give up a goal.
Stringer kicked in Dunkley's direction and Dunks had one player on his hammer, and another Brisbane player nearby - looking up at the field, if he doesn't mark, Brisbane would have opened us up easily. Dunks holds the mark under great pressure.
Sounds ridiculous - but it was a mark 70m out from our goal, which probably prevented a goal the other way.

2. JJ's little toe poke in the last quarter that started an end to end goal.

Great call on point two. I had a flash back to the prelim when he did that. I love when the little things go our way.

[Twodogs]

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Flethcher Roberts (I think) staying alert enough to get a hand in to smother Beames's handball attempt from the goal square. Saved a certain goal and maintained the momentum we had built to that stage. A Brisbane goal would have knocked the stuffing our of us at that stage I reckon.

It was only one goal in a winning margin of 32 points but games are won and lost in moments and that particular moment could have swung the match back their way. It's the first moment I thought "we've got control back, we can win this"

[Mantis]

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Flethcher Roberts (I think) staying alert enough to get a hand in to smother Beames's handball attempt from the goal square. Saved a certain goal and maintained the momentum we had built to that stage. A Brisbane goal would have knocked the stuffing our of us at that stage I reckon.

It was only one goal in a winning margin of 32 points but games are won and lost in moments and that particular moment could have swung the match back their way. It's the first moment I thought "we've got control back, we can win this"

It was Easton Wood, Adams then smothered the kick.. Roberts wasn't a part of the play.

[Ozza]

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I've watched that clip a few times, it's as if their trainer had never watched an AFL game ever. It's up there with the dumbest thing I've seen on field. Not just near his 10m protected zone, but through the middle of the mark... I mean, thanks for gifting Bob a goal, but it's easily the dumbest thing I can remember in recent memory.

I'm not sure what the story is with Brisbane and their trainers for interstate games - but I understand (form a mate who works with him) that the trainer that gave away the 50m lives/works in Melbourne. Feel sorry for him.

I think that, a bit like the interchange, you can look at it and go "one off, one on - how hard could it be"....but its a pretty chaotic game, and a lapse in concentration get very very severe penalties.

[westbulldog]

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It's a Don't Argue. Mark Kellet may not have invented it but he was the first player I saw who perfected it enough to turn it into a part of his game.

Yep, it was a combination of that and "up yours"

[choconmientay]

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Marcus Adams was the only one who motivated the guys (all of them were heads down and not talking to each other to get the defence set-up right after Brisbane scored few goals in a row) when he went back to the defence.

At one stage, he also ran to Biggs and motivated/told him to get his act together after he got out-marked by Zorko.