Past #1: Majak Daw [Part II] - 54 NM games/43 NM goals - delisted end '20 - SSP selection for MFC '21 - retired mid-'22

[King Corey]

mod edit - part II of Maj's adventures begins here as per bigfooty thread post limit rules. Part I can be found here:

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/1-majak-daw.662350/

That's a very binary view.

More importantly a flash drive has become self-aware.

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[domiroo]

Gotta persist until there is another option - agree. But I have no faith now. The lad has no football smarts. Don't hate him. Don't wish him anything bad. Hope he proves me wrong and I will be the first to stand and applaud. But, I think the experiment has failed. Good try, but nup.

You're not serious are you ...

 

[Groin guru]

I like Roughie but i think Maj edges this one.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I like Roughie but i think Maj edges this one.

 

[King Corey]

Majak has Roughead covered easily.

Either end of the ground and especially in the ruck. Should go a way towards setting us up on Sunday.

Edit: thought we were talking about Jordan

 

[Long Live the King]

trying to recall if they have ever played him down back prior to this year.....arguably the most comfortable he has looked...come this far..persist

 

[King Corey]

trying to recall if they have ever played him down back prior to this year.....arguably the most comfortable he has looked...come this far..persist

He dropped back a little bit against Carlton circa 2014 I think but was more freewheeling around taking marks where he felt like.

This is a much more defined role.

 

[Caracas]

Lol. If Maj has Roughhead covered, I’m calling it now - we’ll win the flag!


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[Twinkletoes]

He dropped back a little bit against Carlton circa 2014 I think but I suspect it was because he was lost and mistakenly thinking he was on the forward line.

This is a much more defined role.

EFA

 

[King Corey]

EFA

Harsh but fair!

 

[MaddAdam]

Footy evolves so quickly these days, that I reckon there's a good chance Majak The Defender could be a good thing for about a season.

Ultimately though, he's a bit too slow to dispose of the ball in the back half.

But in terms of intercepting high balls, he's brilliant.

 

[Sopwiths North]

Did that to maj after the hit too, not in that gif Koshari posted a page back. I don't think Maj nnoticed but can't remember for sure.

Yep, ran after him and punched him in the rib cage from behind, the creep. Maj didn't even break stride, or look back. T'was kinda awesome.

 

[ferball]

More importantly a flash drive has become self-aware.

<It's Happening.gif>

Didn't that happen 12 years ago?

 

[ferball]

Yep, ran after him and punched him in the rib cage from behind, the creep. Maj didn't even break stride, or look back. T'was kinda awesome.

That was it. He's a bit of a sniper that Lewis.

 

[Sopwiths North]

That was it. He's a bit of a sniper that Lewis.

Haha, very nicely understated Ferbs! My dislike of Lewis knows no bounds.. (it's right up there with that quality bloke Linds is strangling in my avatar)

 

[Snake_Baker]

Prattys "footsteps" moment and the rope a dope is a favorite of mine.

 

[Samsquanch]

punched him in the rib cage from behind,

Takes a special kind of bloke...

 

[naturally north]

trying to recall if they have ever played him down back prior to this year.....arguably the most comfortable he has looked...come this far..persist

Is getting very well coached/supported by the likes of Marley, Tarrant and Thommo on field, they're all enjoying him down back with them. And they're starting to have confidence in his ability to get the job done.

Could be a hell of a long year for those that hate.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Is getting very well coached/supported by the likes of Marley, Tarrant and Thommo on field, they're all enjoying him down back with them. And they're starting to have confidence in his ability to get the job done.

Could be a hell of a long year for those that hate.

Exactly - BS would have consulted the other established players in the backline about introducing Maj into the mix and those players obviously supported the move - the key now is to continue with this move for a series of games - even if there is the odd poor game by Maj.

 

[Rooboy 96]

Is getting very well coached/supported by the likes of Marley, Tarrant and Thommo on field, they're all enjoying him down back with them. And they're starting to have confidence in his ability to get the job done.

Could be a hell of a long year for those that hate.

I'm feeling for Pot Kettle Black already

 

[Flawed Genius]

Very cool to see him corralling the backline in the last quarter.

His most mature performance. Punched when it needed to be punched and marked when it needed to be marked

Was one out and never embarrassed

Crucial tackle on Duryea after Higgins & EVW got knocked out

 

[gokangas]

Excellent game today - all credit to Majak.

 

[roomy elephant]

I'm feeling for Pot Kettle Black already

ain't that the truth, but like most bigots, goes missing when it counts

 

[ShiNoBi]

life saver

 

[Devington]

Genuinely surprised at how at home he looks in the back line. Would love to find out the mechanics of it and what his instructions are. Seriously looks like we're just organised as shit and he knows when to go and when not to, and then his raw athleticism and power does the rest. Organisation aside though, today he genuinely looked like a defender. He did the marks and the spoils, some time one on one, and worked with the backline moving the ball around very well. Still very new down the back to. He's always had so much untapped upside, and I'm scared to allow myself to start hoping again we might still see it.

Genuinely proud of today's performance.