Past #19: Sam Wright - "Mr September" - retiring from AFL in Round 20 - thanks Slammin' Sam

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Why was Wright put right on the angle he was by the umpire?

I would like to know the answer to that as well.

 

[Tas]

Shane Harvey..............................................................

Shane was more gifted than Brent, he just didn't have the work ethic, didn't have the same kind of ticker as Boomer does. Genetics bless you in some areas, curse you in others.

 

[stoja]

Did anybody else notice L.Thomas walking around Wright just before the kick? Would have put Wright off the kick imo

 

[Ghostwriter]

Did anybody else notice L.Thomas walking around Wright just before the kick? Would have put Wright off the kick imo

Needs it's own thread, if you want to be a conspiracy theorist you would say there is a lot of competition between Wright and Thomas, LT hadn't kicked a goal, Sammy had a chance to kick one ... just sayin'

 

[motlopfan]

Is that the goal where Krakouer got a 50/50 free kick . Then as the umpire was explaining it to the Geelong defender Krakouer, picked up the ball forward of the mark and waltzed into an open goal. Compare that with the treatment of the North forwards? Lined up as close to the boundary line whenever possible, and a 50/50 free kick in front of goal, in the last minute of a close game, when did that last happen?

 

[Deddy]

That's an unfair comparison. The only real similarity is that they are both small forwards.

Krakouer uses his pace and natural abilities to kick goals. Sammy uses his footy smarts and gets in the right spots.

Same animal, different beast.

 

[roomagic1984]

Maybe he was affected by his head clash...
Not sure how he didnt see the WCE player though.

Does that mean the WCE player will get 2 weeks because contact to the head was made?

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

Did anybody else notice L.Thomas walking around Wright just before the kick? Would have put Wright off the kick imo

Dunno what the **** LT was up to. I think it had something to do with the umpire allowing glass to stand to close to sammy, but in the end all he did was piss the umpy off so much that at one point I thought he was going to pay a free the other way. Meanwhile glass was forgotten, although he was initially being waved back before LT started mucking about.

 

[see see]

Why was Wright put right on the angle he was by the umpire?

I would like to know the answer to that as well.

+1

 

[Woodson]

Is that the goal where Krakouer got a 50/50 free kick . Then as the umpire was explaining it to the Geelong defender Krakouer, picked up the ball forward of the mark and waltzed into an open goal. Compare that with the treatment of the North forwards? Lined up as close to the boundary line whenever possible, and a 50/50 free kick in front of goal, in the last minute of a close game, when did that last happen?

Good point.. inconsistency and lots more controversy is the AFL mission statement. Not that it shocks me.. I expect it TBH.

 

[Devil Fish]

One is a small goal kicking indigenous player who shares the same genes as one of our most gifted small men, the other is a white half forward who has been expertly developed as a defender, midfield tagger and half forward.

A defender midfield tagger and half forward???? WOW. What sort of player is that???? Does he need leg speed and/or endurance to play any of those roles? Because if he does, Wrights in trouble despite being 'expertly developed'.

 

[JRoo]

I would like to know the answer to that as well.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but Wright marked the ball about 2 metres in from the line, the umpire then lined him up on an angle that put him right next to the point post.

 

[scottywiper]

Posted in absolute anger, but what a shit two weeks he has had.
Cost us the game last week and made four or five howlers when he came on today.
Must go back to VFL.

 

[giantroo]

Had the chance last week and this week and let us down again

 

[Flawed Genius]

Three chances to win the game in the last quarter, three times he ****s it up. Could have run into an open goal twice & didn't make the distance kicking from 50 instead. Then misses on his left when he had literal acres of space and rushed his kick.

Drop him. Absolutely pathetic.

 

[naturally north]

Yeah thank God we subbed off Majak, as was the cry from BF

 

[scottywiper]

Majak was worst on ground. Wright was just as bad. Not ideal. His sloppy high tackle in the dying minutes also hurt.

 

[FrangaRoo]

An absolute shocker. Worst sub performance I can remember. Consistently bombing from 45-55 metres to neither the goal square or a contest. Majak....werribee beckons.

 

[giantroo]

North Melbourne FC ‏@NorthKangaroos 57s
Scott: The question will be asked...are we mentally tough enough? Right now...the answer is no #NMFCMedia #aflnorthcrows

 

[Husk]

Slow, weak and bereft of any confidence.

Why he was named sub for the second time this year is beyond me, he is almost the exact opposite of what you need in those last few minutes of a match.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Wright and macmillan were weak in the last quarter, drop them

 

[Page8383]

He's an idiot

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Ninety degree turn and kept going to a hundred and eighty.

He has been ultra disappointing this year.

 

[Page8383]

Macmillan is ordinary. I posted as such in the Macmillan post where everyone was stroking their dicks as to how good he is / is going to be.

He's a bits and pieces back flanker.

I don't understand how anyone can pump his tyres up here. Got embarrassed today by squib opponent

 

[Pykie]

**** me.

Where do you start with those opportunities in the last.

I'll begin, Mason Wood.