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Watch the last quarter bursts from the half back line and when he is tackle he handballs to himself and then retrieves the ball to kick down the ground, this is called awareness of your surrounding and being ready for anything on the football field.

You either have got this trait or not, Clayton has this in spades, Sparrow not so much.

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    15 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    This is a big call, so I don't need a great deal of advice on the comment. That aside, if I was asked to describe a clone of a mid-career Hassa Mann, I would start with a summary of what Bowey has displayed, so far - and probably finish with where he could be in games to come.

     

    I wasn’t around to see Hassa Mann play but I understand what a legend of the game he was. It is pretty exciting to think we could have another player coming through of that calibre to join a team already brimming with talent. I can’t wait to see what this team could achieve over the next 5-10 years.

    TBH I can’t wait for next season to start and hopefully a full season where we can be at games.

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    16 hours ago, cantstandyasam said:

    Definitely meant the chip kick to space where Gus was calling for it. Smart decision.

    No one seems to have questioned whether that chip kick went the required 15 metres? 

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    23 hours ago, tiers said:

    In the lead up to Angus' third quarter goal, it was Jake Bowey who found the ball and in a nanosecond summed up the situation and deliberately delivered a short pass to Angus to mark and goal.

    Smart footy. He has shown many times in his few games that he has the footy smarts to be a star. Impressive.

     

    How very true - presence of mind which was a game changer.

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    1 minute ago, Spirit of '87 said:

    No one seems to have questioned whether that chip kick went the required 15 metres? 

    It was deem a mark by the Umpire so whether it travelled 15 metres or less is irrelevant now but I reckon it went between 10 and 15 metres.

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    Just now, mauriesy said:

    According to the umpire it was 15 metres. That's the only decision that is needed!

    I doubt you'd be saying that if you were a Dog's supporter or it happened the other way around.  Well, perhaps you might, but you'd be spitting chips.

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    6 minutes ago, sue said:

    I doubt you'd be saying that if you were a Dog's supporter or it happened the other way around.  Well, perhaps you might, but you'd be spitting chips.

    If I were a Dog's supporter, I'd have to suck it up. Never seen an umpire change their mind.

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    5 hours ago, Spirit of '87 said:

    No one seems to have questioned whether that chip kick went the required 15 metres? 

    Earlier, somewhere in the mass of other threads and posts since '25/9', I did. Or rather, I described my thought, watching in real time on the night, that it had not travelled 15 but that I later realised, after the multiple replay binge, that during the change in camera angle Brayshaw added another 5 metres with his run and dive, from where he'd called. In that post I also posed that Bowey was intending to kick to the Brown/Daniel mismatch (equally demonstrating the smarts discussed here) to which someone suggested (probably quite rightly, and even better demonstrating the smarts) he was kicking to the space in front of it. Per the discussion above, I'm in the school of Brayshaw's raised - not pointing - arm, and whatever call went with it, having been for the handball.

    Maybe someone will ask them one day?!

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    On 10/29/2021 at 1:02 PM, tiers said:

    Angus raises his arm, Jake sees him and deliberately pulls his kick to pass to Angus. It was a pass or otherwise it would have been a longer kick.

    Watched it multiple times and I am certain.

    And just before he kicked he took a couple of steps backwatds to probably ensure it travelled 15 m and wasn't smothered.

    Unbelievable talent and footy IQ. Find of the season i reckon. Still looks like he belongs at home though to be in bed by 9.00pm

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    5 hours ago, mauriesy said:

    If I were a Dog's supporter, I'd have to suck it up. Never seen an umpire change their mind.

    Correct. For example the umps didn't change their mind on the play on call after kossies around the neck travesty just before.

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    On 10/29/2021 at 2:00 PM, Jontee said:

    Still a kid.  He looks like he has been told to report to the headmasters office when whatever he has attempted hasnt come off.

    ....which has been very rarely

    7 hours ago, Spirit of '87 said:

    No one seems to have questioned whether that chip kick went the required 15 metres? 

    I think the Bulldogs player must have as they piled up on top go him.

    Maybe we should be asking, being very technical, should it have been 50?  (As it turns out that would have spoiled the narrative for the night - just a bit).

    But back to Jake -  an unbelievably mature thinker for one so young.

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    7 hours ago, Spirit of '87 said:

    No one seems to have questioned whether that chip kick went the required 15 metres? 

    I did! I reckon it might have travelled 14.9 metres. But given that the umpiring in that match was overall okay-ish and not as dire as your average AFL match, and also with the minor consideration that it was to the MIGHTY DEMONS' advantage, I will give the umps a pass. Just this once.

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    The stature of Bowey created an optical illusion, making it appear as if the ball had traveled 40 metres 

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    1 hour ago, Demon17 said:

    And just before he kicked he took a couple of steps backwatds to probably ensure it travelled 15 m and wasn't smothered.

    Unbelievable talent and footy IQ. Find of the season i reckon. Still looks like he belongs at home though to be in bed by 9.00pm

    I believe his Mum was very angry one Sunday morning late last month...

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    1 minute ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    I believe his Mum was very angry one Sunday morning late last month...

    He was out all night and when he finally got home, he told her a [censored]-and-bull story about winning a football cup, or something, with the perennial no-hopers the Melbourne Demons. She sent him to his room and he has to stack the dishwasher every night for the next month.

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    Like the way after the pass to Brayshaw one of the players gives some advice and he just nods like he's done it 100 times before.

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    15 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

     

    Such natural poise.  Usually doesn't try to bite off the miracle pass, so just picks sound options most of the time, in the blink of a eye.  But when he does decide to go big and hit up the target with a switch kick through the centre, it 'hits his team mates on the chest' as the man himself would say.  His awareness of players around him and ability and agility to get out of a tight spot are elite as well.

    Nail on the head.

    It's the combination of excellent technique, spatial awareness and good decision making that marks out the best kicks (but it starts with technique).

    That skill is why they were so keen to get him in to the team.

    I watched the preseason game v the dogs a week or so back, and I'd forgotten he played. Same role and signs of that same package.

    They picked him with a clear plan in mind. He was a gun mid-forward as junior. The dees had other plans.

    The other thing I love about his game is he is aggressive in his positioning and attack on the ball. Looks to get territory. 

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    16 hours ago, Demon17 said:

    Unbelievable talent and footy IQ.

    Displayed by both Gus and Bowey in that split second - that's the kind of stuff that wins premierships.

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    10 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Displayed by both Gus and Bowey in that split second - that's the kind of stuff that wins premierships.

    Big call. Got any evidence to back that up?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Joke!

     

    GO DEMONS!!!!!!!

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    Just now, Mazer Rackham said:

    Big call. Got any evidence to back that up?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Joke!

     

    GO DEMONS!!!!!!!

    I learnt this - as an interpretation of possible evidence - from Gus and Bowey during the Grand Final. I can recall yelling out to 'she who must be obeyed' the exact same words at that time from the telecast. Nearly spilled my beer on the sofa! 

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