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Some love and appreciation for Max Gawn

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I just thought we need to acknowledge how special a player Max Gawn is for the Melbourne Demons. Our Premiership Captain.

His 2nd half against Richmond yesterday was incredible.

Check the statistics. They are very impressive!

Is he still a sneaky chance of making it into this year's All Australian team in 2023?

It should also be noted he is getting close to reaching 200 games for the Demons now (finally)!

What an amazing player Max Gawn is. 

Gotta love big Maxy!

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    I've never seen a more influential player since I've been following the Demons (and that's since 1980).  His ability to change the course of games is second to none.  AFLCA Champion Player in 2018, two time B&F, Premiership Captain and the best ruckman of his generation.  No matter what name the AA selectors come up with this year for the ruck position, Gawn is the dominant player in that position and everyone knows it.

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    We are blessed to have this bloke fly the flag for us every season, a truly inspirational captain... and by far the best ruckman of his generation... 

    Excellent thread topic I also believe he doesn't get nearly enough media attention to how good he actually is. He does stuff no other ruckman can do.

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    Just picked up another 10 coaches votes as well.  That makes him the highest polling ruck so far this year - now 7 ahead of English!

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    4 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said:

    Just picked up another 10 coaches votes as well.  That makes him the highest polling ruck so far this year - now 7 ahead of English!

    I'm worried about his left eye. He certainly got bashed around again. Great game. 

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    Max is probably our greatest barometer in decades.

    When he’s on we are onnn, when he’s struggling it’s very difficult for us as a team to perform at an elite level. 

    Not bad for a beanpole with wonky knees

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    12 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said:

    Just picked up another 10 coaches votes as well.  That makes him the highest polling ruck so far this year - now 7 ahead of English!

    If I hear one more “pundit” tell me Tim English is the best ruckman in the game I will spew. 
    Show me the AA jackets and the premiership medal and I’ll show you where Tim English ain’t. 

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    When the whips were cracking yesterday, Maxy stood tall.

    If he keeps playing like this he'll be AA ruckman again this year.

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    I have a running joke with my wife based on the way Gawn sometimes just starts doing everything and rips open a game. 

    Variations on 'Oops, he's forgotten he's a ruck again'. 

    I think his first loose-ball-get on the run on Sunday was about mid-way through the third quarter, followed not long after that by a handball receive and inside 50 kick.

    Once the switch is flicked, there's just no keeping up. The effort required by opposition rucks to just try to be anywhere near him blows them up completely. After that they have no chance of recovering as fast as Max can, so Gawn spends the rest of the game physically and psychologically dominating.

    I suspect it is the same kind of overwhelming surge of effort on a team level which broke the Bulldogs in the grand final - not only beating them in the moment during the third quarter, but pushing them past their recovery rhythm and leaving them heavy-legged for the rest of the game.

    Gawn is the living example of how Melbourne win!

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    All going well he plays his 200th against the Hawks in Round 22. 

    All going really well he plays until he's 36 and retires with 300 games and 4 premierships. A guy can dream.

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    3 hours ago, chook fowler said:

    in the company of Ronald Dale and Tulip as a Demon legend.

    Agree chook Max is an absolute champion of the game, always plays the ball and leaves the low level stuff to his sniping opponents. We will all look back on his career when it finally ends in fondness and amazement.!!!

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    3 hours ago, chook fowler said:

    in the company of Ronald Dale and Tulip as a Demon legend.

    Sums it up perfectly 

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    Just now, Chook said:

    He is the best player I've seen wear red and blue. Bar none.

    Poor Oliver. 
    But I agree. A freak. 

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    3 hours ago, chook fowler said:

    in the company of Ronald Dale and Tulip as a Demon legend.

    image.thumb.png.c3a36a6d1f20bca5625ac1a6290ed003.pngFrom left to right:

    Neitz, Flower, Barassi, Gawn

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    I love and appreciate Max Gawn. Big Jim Stynes new what he was talking about when he predicted this guy would go on to great things.

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    I heard commentators on the weekend saying Tim English will be the AA and is the best ruckman in the comp.

    Spare me please…. 

    What a leader, what a player., when it matters most.

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    He's come a long way from smoking a ciggie on the way to work. He trains like a savage and has built a huge tank. He burns off other ruckmen through sheer aerobic capacity. They just can't stay with him. Nic Nat might have rivalled him over the journey but he couldn't resist the burger and fries.

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    6 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

    I just thought we need to acknowledge how special a player Max Gawn is for the Melbourne Demons. Our Premiership Captain.

    His 2nd half against Richmond yesterday was incredible.

    Check the statistics. They are very impressive!

    Is he still a sneaky chance of making it into this year's All Australian team in 2023?

    It should also be noted he is getting close to reaching 200 games for the Demons now (finally)!

    What an amazing player Max Gawn is. 

    Gotta love big Maxy!

    come on demons GIF by Melbournefc

    He only had 6 touches to half time.

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    We all love the great man. Live every moment he has left in the game in the fullest that you can because these generational guys don't come along often. 

    Our club didn't stand for much and was bereft of character. Forever burned in my mind are Jimmy's words that this kid was going to be something different and challenge the status quo, he saw something in him that he couldn't see himself at the time.

    I'm not religious but something or someone smiled on us when they gave us Max. 

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    18 hours ago, Monbon said:

    I'm worried about his left eye. He certainly got bashed around again. Great game. 

    There still in no justifiable protection from AFL umpires for the head bashings that Max manfully endures each game - in every quarter - for the good of HIS team. Just silence....

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