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8 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Whether it is the best mark ever taken is arguable. What is not in question is how incredible the photo is. Perhaps only the photo of Shai Bolton's mark earlier this year is better.

Surely the photo of the Sean Smith mark is the greatest. Heightened by the fact in the footage you see the flash go off in the crowd at the perfect moment.

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6 hours ago, Dr.D said:

did we really need to start a new thread just for 1 pic of a good mark. 

Genuine question coming up.

 You’re so negative about the club in all your posts, it wasn’t a surprise that you’re also negative about the types of posts that show up in the forum. 

which begs the question (s)

Why on earth do you keep logging in to Demonland?

are you a masochist?

are  you hyper vigilant about anything that upsets you AND compelled to always comment?

do you interact with the general public in the same way?

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59 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Genuine question coming up.

 You’re so negative about the club in all your posts, it wasn’t a surprise that you’re also negative about the types of posts that show up in the forum. 

which begs the question (s)

Why on earth do you keep logging in to Demonland?

are you a masochist?

are  you hyper vigilant about anything that upsets you AND compelled to always comment?

do you interact with the general public in the same way?

Agree with this for a couple of other posters who continuously pot the same players, coaches and the club generally. I wonder why they follow a club that they feel regularly lets them down. Surely life is too short and if people start to develop a resentment to the club the follow, find another sport? 

If footy no longer gives you pleasure regularly, why continue to follow?

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11 hours ago, Wrecker46 said:

Surely the photo of the Sean Smith mark is the greatest. Heightened by the fact in the footage you see the flash go off in the crowd at the perfect moment.

Isn't that a frame taken from the TV recording? I seem to recall that there was no professional photo taken at the time and that the person with the camera that flashed was sought out for her (his?) photo. If that amateur, well-timed photo was ever published, I've never seen it.

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2 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Isn't that a frame taken from the TV recording? I seem to recall that there was no professional photo taken at the time and that the person with the camera that flashed was sought out for her (his?) photo. If that amateur, well-timed photo was ever published, I've never seen it.

Yes it was published, days later. 
from a cheap camera. I had it on the wall for years

The girl nailed it

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8 hours ago, Dr.D said:

did we really need to start a new thread just for 1 pic of a good mark. 

I know!

Surely new threads are only allowed to be about how we are pretenders, at what point we should panic, and how we can’t be trusted.

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There was one bloke I would have been more cheesed off at coming to our club than Moorcroft and that was Boris Bewick. My lord those two blokes s***ted me.

Moorcroft did exactly what I thought he would when he came from Essendon: stuff all. He was a role player at Essendon, and why we got him is still mystifying to me. It's up there with getting David Rodan and Shagger Byrnes in during 2013 as far as melon scratchers go.

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On 7/7/2021 at 10:00 AM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Isn't that a frame taken from the TV recording? I seem to recall that there was no professional photo taken at the time and that the person with the camera that flashed was sought out for her (his?) photo. If that amateur, well-timed photo was ever published, I've never seen it.

The bloke got the shot at the perfect moment. They had him on the footy show to talk about it back when it was watchable.

Today's photographers with their technology take pictures like machine guns, they just keep firing but that bloke just mailed it.

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On 7/6/2021 at 11:23 AM, Lord Travis said:

Incredible mark. Seriously mental when it happened. Other classic high flying marks like Shaun Smiths have been taken more out in front or on the chest. Moorcrofts mark was at full extension overhead from a great leap. It’s probably the best mark ever for that reason. 

 

Without actually doing the research I dont reckon that Moorcrofts mark was in the best 10 I have seen.

 

Smith, Sampi, Bolton, both Riewlodts, Tarrants even the wizz mark was better. Its just well known because it was Essendon at their zenith and Bruce carrying on like Dennis Commetti had  just given birth unexpectedly in the commentary box.

And Moorcroft himself was an extremely overrated plodder in reality.

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Was an outstanding Jr Footballer.
Very limited Senior Footballer.
Role player in an excellent team.
Exposed in an average team.

Talent-wise, was probably on par either ANB.

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1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

The bloke got the shot at the perfect moment. They had him on the footy show to talk about it back when it was watchable.

Today's photographers with their technology take pictures like machine guns, they just keep firing but that bloke just mailed it.

Eddie: Talk to us about the photo you took. 
Photographer: I picked up my camera, hit the button and took a photo. 
Eddie: Fabulous. We’ll be back after this break. 

I can’t imagine there would have been much more to it than this. 

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