Charlie Spargo - mark of the year

[Deestiny Awaits 42]

The 3 finalists for mark of the year have just been announced and Spargo’s speckie against the dockers has made the cut! Let’s get around him 😈

Edited August 30, 2022 by Deestiny Awaits

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,706]

27 minutes ago, Deestiny Awaits said:

The 3 finalists for mark of the year have just been announced and Spargo’s speckie against the dockers has made the cut! Let’s get around him 😈

Bit freaky for Charlie. 

[BDA 22,315]

Very good mark but I'm surprised it made the short list of 3

[BAMF 4,126]

 

[Rivers Run Red 187]

Vote here

https://www.afl.com.au/mark-of-the-year

[I'va Worn Smith 954]

Running with the flight, eyes on the ball, would would have been easy to infringe his opponent.  Not a bad effort at all really, but doubt it will win MOTY.

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

Greene for mine. No hands, one grab, landed on feet. Georgiades: did he hold it? Himmelberg's in R23 was a corker.

[Demons1858 1,716]

24 minutes ago, Rivers Run Red said:

Vote here

https://www.afl.com.au/mark-of-the-year

ANB's reaction is awesome

[Little Goffy 14,069]

17 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

ANB's reaction is awesome

He is always first on hand for every celebration and always lights it up. Post-football he'll be a gorillagram.

[Flower Magic 776]

Easily Georgiades but I'll vote for Charlie, as will my father, two sisters, brother and two pet dogs 😆

[Tony Tea 2,806]

Joe Daniher will win with another chest mark, this time on his own.

[layzie 33,049]

If you really like Mark of the year as a contestthis won't win. Because you will vote for the best mark and not one just because it has a Melbourne player.

Great effort though.

[spirit of norm smith 15,281]

Hmmm. Not the best year for spectacular high marking ?!
 

[Rivers Run Red 187]

I'm assuming they gave us spargs due to Ed missing out on goal of the year

[WalkingCivilWar 39,264]

This year we’re in with a shot since Charlie is up against players from clubs that don’t have a bazillion fans voting. Think, Daniher 2017. That said though, Greene will probs take it out. 

[Webber 10,438]

Spargiepants mark easily the best on account of him running sideways to the ball’s trajectory and using the sit to stabilise himself for the grab with the body twist. Greene’s and Georgiades were both front on classic elevated presentations. Charlie’s degree of difficulty higher. Science, people. 

[DubDee 24,476]

If it wasn’t for that technicality of having to actually mark the ball Kozzi would have all 3 nominations 

[Lucifers Hero 38,985]

Didn't the AFL change how MOTY and GOTY are decided when Howe was denied the win by the weight of numbers of fans voting for others.

I thought the decision was taken 'in-house' by the AFL so this voting by fans could be a 'mock' vote to keep it in the news. 

 

Edit:  Just found this:  "At the end of all Competition Rounds the AFL Game Analysis Committee will select the best three marks from a selection of 28 (the 23 round winners, along with 5 other contenders as determined by the AFL Media). The best three will be based on a 5/4/3/2/1 vote given by each member of the selection committee".  https://www.afl.com.au/mark-of-the-year/prizes

It doesn't say where fan voting fits in.  It doesn't say who is on the selection committee that does the 5/4/3/2/1 voting or how many.

 

All the technicalities aside, fantastic that Spargo is in the final three!  Very courageous going with the flight of the ball and no idea who was coming the other way.  Deserves extra points from the voters for that.

 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Lucifers Hero

[Deemania since 56 6,562]

11 hours ago, Tony Tea said:

Joe Daniher will win with another chest mark, this time on his own.

...and just after the half-time siren sounds.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,654]

Presumably Spargo now gets an invitation to the Brownlow Medal count. Probably not something he would otherwise have expected to be doing on the Monday night before the GF.

[Engorged Onion 10,146]

It was a very very good mark. As seems to be Charlie's way, he appears very nonchalant as he went back which I think, dulls the experience for the person choosing to vote.

[Lucifers Hero 38,985]

16 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

It was a very very good mark. As seems to be Charlie's way, he appears very nonchalant as he went back which I think, dulls the experience for the person choosing to vote.

Agreed. 

I reckon the OTT commentators may get Draper GOTY because it sounded so exciting.  But Nic Nat has done that dozens of times so Draper's goal isn't really so special.  Just the noise is a few levels higher.

Bit disappointed one of Kozzie's miracle goals in Alice didn't make the final 3.  Or his match winning, top 2 ladder position setting, goal vs Carlton with 10 seconds to go while being tackled.  Right up there for a crazy, match winning goal in a clutch moment.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Lucifers Hero

[WalkingCivilWar 39,264]

2 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Didn't the AFL change how MOTY and GOTY are decided when Howe was denied the win by the weight of numbers of fans voting for others.

I thought the decision was taken 'in-house' by the AFL so this voting by fans could be a 'mock' vote to keep it in the news. 

 

Edit:  Just found this:  "At the end of all Competition Rounds the AFL Game Analysis Committee will select the best three marks from a selection of 28 (the 23 round winners, along with 5 other contenders as determined by the AFL Media). The best three will be based on a 5/4/3/2/1 vote given by each member of the selection committee".  https://www.afl.com.au/mark-of-the-year/prizes

It doesn't say where fan voting fits in.  It doesn't say who is on the selection committee that does the 5/4/3/2/1 voting or how many.

 

All the technicalities aside, fantastic that Spargo is in the final three!  Very courageous going with the flight of the ball and no idea who was coming the other way.  Deserves extra points from the voters for that.

 

So, I’ve wasted precious time voting for Charlie over and over. Cool.

Thanks for the info, Luci. 

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,806]

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

So, I’ve wasted precious time voting for Charlie over and over. Cool.

Thanks for the info, Luci. 

We must never think participation is wasted, WCW (though perhaps it can be a little overindulged in?) $5000 would be nice, too!

I've voted. There's no great distinction in the 3 elevations, and Charlie's 'hold' and landing are both close second bests to Greene's. So the running with the flight sets it apart, I believe.

(An annoying curiosity with the voting on-line (why am I surprised!...):  I accidentally highlighted Georgiades and it wouldn't let me change to my intended vote. Only solution was to vote on another device. Grrr... On the plus side, my vote registered, despite me not ticking the box that would have seen me inundated with Four n Twenty promos, Then again, they've probably put me in the 'not to win $5000' pile. Grrr again...)

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

[WalkingCivilWar 39,264]

24 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

We must never think participation is wasted, WCW (though perhaps it can be a little overindulged in?) $5000 would be nice, too!

I've voted. There's no great distinction in the 3 elevations, and Charlie's 'hold' and landing are both close second bests to Greene's. So the running with the flight sets it apart, I believe.

(An annoying curiosity with the voting on-line (why am I surprised!...):  I accidentally highlighted Georgiades and it wouldn't let me change to my intended vote. Only solution was to vote on another device. Grrr... On the plus side, my vote registered, despite me not ticking the box that would have seen me inundated with Four n Twenty promos, Then again, they've probably put me in the 'not to win $5000' pile. Grrr again...)

 

Entering competitions 101 - ALWAYS tick the promotional material box. Once the comp’s done just unsubscribe to the annoying emails. 😏