1 hour ago, Pates said:

It's always fun when players line up for a shot after the siren from crazy distances, they load up for the barrel and 90% of the time they skew off badly and most of the other times they just don't make the distance. 

Seeing Hunt bang it through would've been something special for the Demon faithful who traveled up there. 

Love this kid, I reckon IS he'll be a star. 

 

Usually an attempt to kick a torpedo punt ends up as its poor relative ... the mongrel punt !!

3 hours ago, monoccular said:

 

He's got the attributes to get there but I rate stars as Paddy Dangermouse, Buddy Franklin, and Nat Fyfe. Ain't there yet, but boy the kids got some tricks up his sleeve. 

That ball just hung in the air and seemed to get higher and higher. Loved it. More torps please.

Also love Hunt's reaction- cool as a cucumber, although maybe due to being a little shocked. Would have been within his rights to have an over-the-top celebration, but he kept an awareness of where the game was at and held back.

(Jayden didn't actually kick the ball, it was beamed in from a UFO. #tinfoilhat)

 

On 7/15/2017 at 11:43 PM, Redleg said:

Just sensational.

#bring back the torp.

23 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Thanks for posting DJ. The Sporting Globe Hotel in Richmond went completely bonkers.

Not sure whether you were upstairs or downstairs but it was a great atmosphere downstairs when he kicked it. We were still in it!

If only he could have done that at the start... I had him in the first goal kicker sweeps..

Vote for the goal here

https://goaloftheyear.afl/vote/round/17?cid=GOTY_Fanzone_votenowstatic

Typical that only one angle of the kick is shown (even though they had the side angle to choose from, which gives a better context of height and distance) whereas Stevie J has 3 different angles.

Get on board and vote 

it was over 70 metres AFL

15 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

Not sure whether you were upstairs or downstairs but it was a great atmosphere downstairs when he kicked it. We were still in it!

If only he could have done that at the start... I had him in the first goal kicker sweeps..

Yes I'd never been there before. Great atmosphere. We were upstairs with the big screen and packed with demon supporters. I thought they would all go through the floor! Do they have something going with the club? Seemed to be demons raffles etc.

Edited July 17, 20178 yr by Wadda We Sing

On 7/16/2017 at 2:59 AM, jnrmac said:

Not eligible for GOTY because it wasn't voted as the weekend winner by the public. 

Is this certain? I vaguely recall Jurrah won MOTY despite not winning the weekly poll. Is it different with GOTY?

1 hour ago, Skuit said:

Is this certain? I vaguely recall Jurrah won MOTY despite not winning the weekly poll. Is it different with GOTY?

I think Jurrah did win goal of the week.

1 hour ago, Skuit said:

Is this certain? I vaguely recall Jurrah won MOTY despite not winning the weekly poll. Is it different with GOTY?

I stand corrected. From Wikipedia:

After each round of the regular AFL season, three "mark of the week" nominations are determined by a panel of football experts. The general public can then vote for a weekly winner on the AFL website.^[1][6]

After the regular season's end, the title is given to a single mark, which is chosen by the All-Australian selection committee; the public is not given a say in the final outcome. The selection committee is not restricted to choosing a winner from the mark of the week winners; indeed, in 2010, the two favourites both came in round 21, and although the public voted Brendon Goddard as mark of the week, the selection panel named Jurrah as Mark of the Year. The winner is announced during grand final week.^[6]

^GOTY 

Any one of the goals of the round is able to win the official Goal of the Year.

Edited July 18, 20178 yr by jnrmac

14 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

I stand corrected. From Wikipedia:

After each round of the regular AFL season, three "mark of the week" nominations are determined by a panel of football experts. The general public can then vote for a weekly winner on the AFL website.^[1][6]

After the regular season's end, the title is given to a single mark, which is chosen by the All-Australian selection committee; the public is not given a say in the final outcome. The selection committee is not restricted to choosing a winner from the mark of the week winners; indeed, in 2010, the two favourites both came in round 21, and although the public voted Brendon Goddard as mark of the week, the selection panel named Jurrah as Mark of the Year. The winner is announced during grand final week.^[6]

^GOTY 

Any one of the goals of the round is able to win the official Goal of the Year.

When Newton won Mark of the Year, in the week of his voting there was a fairly average slips catch mark by a West Coast player that was clearly inferior.

However, because West Coast had so many fans the result was suspiciously a tie between that mark and Newton's for the mark of the week.

No doubt the AFL realised that Newton's was the best mark and tweaked the numbers.

Jayden's torp gets it own article in The Age. Amazing, he was kicking into the wind.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/monster-torpedo-goal-from-melbournes-jayden-hunt-was-into-the-wind-20170718-gxdta4.html

 

Edited July 18, 20178 yr by america de cali

Perhaps there should be a torp of the year award as well ...

3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

When Newton won Mark of the Year, in the week of his voting there was a fairly average slips catch mark by a West Coast player that was clearly inferior.

However, because West Coast had so many fans the result was suspiciously a tie between that mark and Newton's for the mark of the week.

No doubt the AFL realised that Newton's was the best mark and tweaked the numbers.

Newton's law?

I dint realize it was into the wind! Just wow. That is a true torpedo.

Edited July 18, 20178 yr by Wadda We Sing

 

Slobbo carrying on on 360 about how it's a travesty that Buddy's goal isn't goal of the week, let alone the year.

"anyone can get into a torp" apparently...

4 minutes ago, Beetle said:

Slobbo carrying on on 360 about how it's a travesty that Buddy's goal isn't goal of the week, let alone the year.

"anyone can get into a torp" apparently...

It's not even decided yet is it?

What a moron anyway. Most weeks there's 2 great goals and one has to miss out. 

Let Slobbo kick a torp from 40 straight in front, if he nails it Buddy can have it. 

4 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

It's not even decided yet is it?

What a moron anyway. Most weeks there's 2 great goals and one has to miss out. 

Let Slobbo kick a torp from 40 straight in front, if he nails it Buddy can have it. 

Give him 10 metres and he'll still miss. You can't play footy after a dozen scotch and cokes.

14 minutes ago, Beetle said:

Slobbo carrying on on 360 about how it's a travesty that Buddy's goal isn't goal of the week, let alone the year.

"anyone can get into a torp" apparently...

It's funny because every week lots of players try the torp, and guess what it usually goes terribly wrong. 

4 hours ago, jnrmac said:

I stand corrected. From Wikipedia:

^GOTY 

Any one of the goals of the round is able to win the official Goal of the Year.

Looking at the GOTY wiki-page, it says no one has ever won the award from a set-shot. I also just read that NicNat, expecting a new car, received 52 boxes of Weetbix as a total prize for MOTY.  

7 minutes ago, Skuit said:

Looking at the GOTY wiki-page, it says no one has ever won the award from a set-shot. I also just read that NicNat, expecting a new car, received 52 boxes of Weetbix as a total prize for MOTY.  

Did he eat them in one go?