The speed and trajectory were chosen by Maynard as a professional to effect a football action. It wasn't unrealistic to attempt as he touched the ball. To slow or alter would lead him to fail to effect the smother and we are no longer playing a game of sport. His response to curl and turn was a reflex and not a deliberate action complicated by Brayshaws movement across his path, movement that could not be reasonably anticipated by Maynard in the leadup to the collision...