Cor tigris
Debutant
- Oct 4, 2017
- 117
- 481
- AFL Club
- Richmond
If you don’t speak German or are not familiar with the word, backpfeifengesicht translates to a face "in need of a punch”. This is different to someone who has done something that deserves to be punished by a punch in the face. This is simply the instinctive (and probably completely unreasonable) urge to hit someone.
Now, I absolutely do not condone violence and this thread is intended as an entirely humorous exploration of our Tiger-eyed reactions to opposition players. Please treat it as such. To be honest, it can be an interesting exercise in self-reflection when you take a moment to ask why you might want to hit someone based on nothing.
I tried to be as unbiased as possible, although I left RFC players out completely. I tried to ignore previous indiscretions (e.g. Tom Stewart), history (e.g. Adam Taloar) and pain inflicted on the playing field (e.g. Mason Cox), but that was hard, and looking through the hundreds of mugshots I actually felt more sorry than surly for many of the truly unfortunate photos. We’ve all been young and had regrettable hairstyles and facial expressions. I’m sure they’re all (probably) perfectly decent humans.
Please have a look and let me know who you would drop into this smorgasbord of smugness, this bumper block of backpfeifengesicht, club by club.
Adelaide
Taylor Walker
Brisbane
Shadeau Brain and Rhys Matheison
Carlton
Jordan Boyd
Collingwood
Jordan De Goey
Essendon
Nik Cox and Jake Stringer
Fremantle
Nathan O'Driscoll
Geelong
Patrick Dangerfield
Gold Coast Suns
Brandon Ellis
GWS
Cooper Hamilton
Hawthorn
James Sicily
Melbourne
Lachie Hunter
North Melbourne
Cameron Zurhaar
Port Adelaide
Willem Drew
St Kilda
Tom Campbell
Sydney
Issac Heaney
Western Bulldogs
Caleb Poulter and Cody Weightman
West Coast Eagles
Jai Culley and Shannon Hurn
Now, I absolutely do not condone violence and this thread is intended as an entirely humorous exploration of our Tiger-eyed reactions to opposition players. Please treat it as such. To be honest, it can be an interesting exercise in self-reflection when you take a moment to ask why you might want to hit someone based on nothing.
I tried to be as unbiased as possible, although I left RFC players out completely. I tried to ignore previous indiscretions (e.g. Tom Stewart), history (e.g. Adam Taloar) and pain inflicted on the playing field (e.g. Mason Cox), but that was hard, and looking through the hundreds of mugshots I actually felt more sorry than surly for many of the truly unfortunate photos. We’ve all been young and had regrettable hairstyles and facial expressions. I’m sure they’re all (probably) perfectly decent humans.
Please have a look and let me know who you would drop into this smorgasbord of smugness, this bumper block of backpfeifengesicht, club by club.
Adelaide
Taylor Walker
Brisbane
Shadeau Brain and Rhys Matheison
Carlton
Jordan Boyd
Collingwood
Jordan De Goey
Essendon
Nik Cox and Jake Stringer
Fremantle
Nathan O'Driscoll
Geelong
Patrick Dangerfield
Gold Coast Suns
Brandon Ellis
GWS
Cooper Hamilton
Hawthorn
James Sicily
Melbourne
Lachie Hunter
North Melbourne
Cameron Zurhaar
Port Adelaide
Willem Drew
St Kilda
Tom Campbell
Sydney
Issac Heaney
Western Bulldogs
Caleb Poulter and Cody Weightman
West Coast Eagles
Jai Culley and Shannon Hurn
