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MFC Goal of the Year

spirit of norm smith
in Melbourne Demons

MFC Goal of the Year 2017 197 members have voted

  1. 1. Vote for MFC GOAL OF THE YEAR 2017

    • Tom McDonald v Eagles - win the game
      56
    • Clayton Oliver v Crows - banana snap from boundary line
      33
    • Jayden Hunt v Crows - torpedo punt from 70 metres out
      66
    • Jack Watts v Pies - to win Queens Birthday game
      39

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1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

I reckon if you look closely, you'll see the spin of the ball change as it goes past the post.  You can see it on the replays.  Deserves to be a goal for the sheer brilliance of it, but I have a sneaky suspicion that it might have shaved the post.

what you saw was an artifact caused by the guy operating the slow motion

i.e. it wasn't replayed at the same constant slow motion

watch it at normal speed

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    Watts for a lot of reasons.

    Oliver's goal was a brilliant/fortunate snap that went through.

    McDonald's was important in the context of the game but just reflex.

    Hunt's was a wonderful long kick, special, but just one kick.

    Watt's was different.  He ran 100m to receive.  He ran 50m with the ball.  He had the awareness to judge his position in relation to his opponents.  He steadied and kicked a very good goal from a tight angle when he must have been exhausted.  He had time to worry and choke but didn't.  Oliver and McDonald's were reflex.  Hunt's just one kick.  Watts had to do so much right and he did it when the pressure was at its maximum.  Clearly the best for me.

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    Also option 5 would have been Wattsy goal v Cats where he grabs the footy runs 15 metres and kicks it from 60 metres out to run it through.

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    1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Also option 5 would have been Wattsy goal v Cats where he grabs the footy runs 15 metres and kicks it from 60 metres out to run it through.

    Forgot about this one. Absolute ripper.

    Definitely deserves a mention.

     

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    23 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    #4

    Watts stunning run and stirring goal vs the pies on QB to win us the game

    100%  Give me a hard running, high pressure, considered, well executed goal over  flukey torps or banana/checkside any day of the week.  I hate that freakish, but flukish, goals more often than not win GOTY.  I like pure football 

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    I like Tmacs, huge pressure, not known for his goal kicking, dying seconds of the game and slots it.  Then runs off to the defense rallying the troops as he goes.

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    Some really nice goals to choose from. See running goals and boundary snaps semi regularly these day though.

    My vote is for Hunts barrel from reasonably close to the boundary. Required pin point execution to achieve the combination of both distance and accuracy and would have the longest odds IMO.

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