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  • BRISWAN
    Warming the Bench
    • Aug 2005
    • 304

    #16
    What distance/angle and side of ground are we talking.?

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    • RogueSwan
      McVeigh for Brownlow
      • Apr 2003
      • 4602

      #17
      Originally posted by BRISWAN
      What distance/angle and side of ground are we talking.?
      Whatever part of the ground footballers usually kick from to win a game? [/smartarse]
      I kinda picture it being around 40m out and roughly 30degrees off dead in front.
      "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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      • swanwolf
        Warming the Bench
        • Apr 2013
        • 198

        #18
        McVeigh with the ball never damages my calm because what happens next will almost always be the right decision and executed well. Thinking back, I've not trusted the on-field judgement of a Swan so completely since Matthew Nicks wore the Red & White. Of course, upon gaining possession, no player wants to hear the crowds pulse rate fall but tough luck. It's the price you pay for consistent excellence in thought and action.

        Having now talked up the co-captain, this week I expect him to kick 1.8, lead the clangerlist, and be suspended four weeks for headbutting Lindsay Thomas.

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        • Jewels
          On the Rookie List
          • Oct 2006
          • 3258

          #19
          Originally posted by swanwolf
          McVeigh with the ball never damages my calm because what happens next will almost always be the right decision and executed well. Thinking back, I've not trusted the on-field judgement of a Swan so completely since Matthew Nicks wore the Red & White. Of course, upon gaining possession, no player wants to hear the crowds pulse rate fall but tough luck. It's the price you pay for consistent excellence in thought and action.

          Having now talked up the co-captain, this week I expect him to kick 1.8, lead the clangerlist, and be suspended four weeks for Lindsay Thomas headbutting him .
          Edited for accuracy (Thomas has more lives than a cat)

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          • wolftone57
            Veterans List
            • Aug 2008
            • 5857

            #20
            Membrey or Everitt. Either are great shots for goal. After seeing Membrey kick in the Twos I think I would love to have him kicking for my life. Drey is next.

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            • ugg
              Can you feel it?
              Site Admin
              • Jan 2003
              • 15970

              #21
              Jude's record from set shots is amazing, I wish I had the stats to back this up!
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              • Big Al
                Veterans List
                • Feb 2005
                • 7007

                #22
                Originally posted by wolftone57
                Membrey or Everitt. Either are great shots for goal. After seeing Membrey kick in the Twos I think I would love to have him kicking for my life. Drey is next.
                Membrey is a terrific kick no question but I'll reserve judgement on whether he could kick for my life until I seehim kick uunder the pressure of a senior AFL game.

                I'll use the Dennis Cometti answer when he was asked this very question. "I'd choose my mum... pause.... Terrible kick but at least she'd care.
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                • swanwolf
                  Warming the Bench
                  • Apr 2013
                  • 198

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Jewels
                  ...and be suspended four weeks for Lindsay Thomas headbutting him.
                  Edited for accuracy (Thomas has more lives than a cat)
                  It's not funny because it's true! Thomas is the only protected species whose extinction would greatly benefit the planet. I really don't like the way he goes about it.

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                  • RogueSwan
                    McVeigh for Brownlow
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 4602

                    #24
                    Originally posted by wolftone57
                    Membrey or Everitt. Either are great shots for goal....
                    Originally posted by RogueSwan
                    ... Then again his accuracy is only around 50%, 25.24 for his career
                    Should that read "great set shots for goal"?
                    "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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                    • 0918330512
                      Senior Player
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 1654

                      #25
                      I reckon I can recall Goodsey missing 3 clutch set shots, so he's out for me.

                      & if people are proposing the runner, can we pick coaches or assistant coaches? Stuey Dew had a handy leg on him & Horse's Coleman lends its weight

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                      • goswannies
                        Senior Player
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 3049

                        #26
                        Originally posted by RogueSwan
                        Who would you feel most comfortable with (current seniors ie:not Plugger) the ball in their hands for a shot on goal after the siren to win the game?
                        Ok, so not Rod Carter either? I really only remember him having one shot for goal, a set shot against Melbourne R15 1986. 100% from set shots? Though as a Swan, he's kicked 1 goal, 1 behind ... can't remember the behind, but if it wasn't from general play, he's still a 50:50 chance ...

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                        • 0918330512
                          Senior Player
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 1654

                          #27
                          Originally posted by goswannies
                          Ok, so not Rod Carter either?
                          Well I'm glad we can't pick past players, otherwise I'd have to consider players like Jason Daniels, Andrew Dunkley & Andrew Schauble ... or Barry Round if the shot was taken from beyond 40m (though he could probably have handballed after the siren in 1996 against Essendon instead of Plugger to get us into the Granny ... I suspect that it'd have gone through the big sticks if Digger had handballed it ... even from outside 50 )

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                          • sharp9
                            Senior Player
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 2508

                            #28
                            I picked Macca...but Parker should be in the list. Joey has kicked 32.12 or someting in the last couple of years.....and set shots I'm guessing 15.4....lots from long range too.
                            "I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005

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                            • Beerman
                              Regular in the Side
                              • Oct 2010
                              • 823

                              #29
                              From outside the 50, I would pick Jetta (despite last year's grand final, but he was cramping up then). Can make the distance easily and quite a good shot.

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                              • penga
                                Senior Player
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 2601

                                #30
                                Bradshaw..
                                C'mon Chels!

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