Best Picture of the Mark

[Agent 86]

Originally posted by Frog
The body buried below the three Wet Toasters and hanging onto Sampi is Tadgh

I thought that mighta been Tadgh's nose. Gotta be pretty stinky amongst all those armpits.

[Go Swannies]

Tiger should have been paid the free for the "in the back".

[giant]

Originally posted by punter257
there was a better pic in the australian yesterday and NMWBloods posted a great one that has been doing the email rounds with the ball replaced by the premiership cup

greatest picture of all time

http://img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?...rryscup5yz.jpg

Thank you! That's going striaght to the desktop!!

[Agent 86]

Originally posted by Frog
I have a picture from a different angle and that shows Leo has hold of the mark with the outstretched Wet Toast hands at least 3 or 4 feet away ... The angle on the picture you see here (I feel) is deceiving ...

Yeah, I thought that too. But then I thought that other pic was taken a fraction of a second later - Leo was moving across the pack & takes the ball with him. I have no doubt Seaby has those big eyes on the ball & has a big chance of catching it.

Would he have kicked it?

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Agent 86
Would he have kicked it?

Leo's mark was good but wouldn't it have been great to win from a WCE miss after the siren!

[giant]

Originally posted by Agent 86

Would he have kicked it?

Supposedly he's an ordinary kick so the WCE supporters would've been just as nervous as us if he'd had to.

Fortunately we can consign that qn to history's dustbin!!

[j s]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Leo's mark was good but wouldn't it have been great to win from a WCE miss after the siren!

Depends on whether you think 50,000 Bloods supporters having simultaneous heart attacks is "great" or not?

[swans05]

could somebody email me that pic of the cup been marked
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cheers

[barry]

Originally posted by floppinab
Still scares the bejesus out of me looking at that pic.

Take Leo out of the picture and who gets the mark???????

You are assuming that a West Coast forward could actually hold a mark. By no means guaranteed.

FWIW, I think its LRT's fingers in LRT's armpit. He was in the pack purely to cause carnage.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by barry
FWIW, I think its LRT's fingers in LRT's armpit. He was in the pack purely to cause carnage.

I think you're right, it's a left arm. Probably should have had his hands a bit higher for the spoil.

[swans05]

no one woulda taken that mark it woulda spilt lose and well i dont know what woulda happened then with judd in the vasinity barry round probably woulda jumped the fence and cleared it

[Slick Swans]

What the hell is Buchy planning to do? In every pic he looks like a retard

[Agent 86]

Originally posted by swans05
no one woulda taken that mark it woulda spilt lose and well i dont know what woulda happened then with judd in the vasinity barry round probably woulda jumped the fence and cleared it

Judd will still be on the ground under LRT.

[Agent 86]

Originally posted by Slick Swans
What the hell is Buchy planning to do? In every pic he looks like a retard

Blame that on Leo.

It's funny - Leo is taking amon one way & LRT is taking the whole pack in the opposite direction. They both coulda been Wallabies.

[SimonH]

Originally posted by Slick Swans
What the hell is Buchy planning to do? In every pic he looks like a retard

The best (or at least most spectacular) marks are taken with another player as a launching pad, or at least a balancing point, so that you're not jumping into thin air. Wayne Carey built the entire second half of his career on the principle.

It's been pointed out before that Leo, in throwing himself right to left (as viewed from the kicker's angle) had almost gone too far and had to lean back slightly against the direction of his flight to get both hands around the ball.

Something else I noticed on seeing the replay of the mark is that Leo used Bucky (who was otherwise hilariously out of position) just for a fraction of a second as a balancing-point against which to slow the momentum of his body. So in the course of downing his 89th beer, Bucky can claim credit for the mark.

As I posted yesterday, this is well and truly my favourite photo of it, because the expression on Nic Fosdike's face is priceless. He's doing a perfect impression of the look on the faces of half a million Swans supporters at the time.