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AFLW 2024 - Round 2 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I think it was Wayne Carey who first used "Joe the Goose" to describe JJIt's basically a handball over the top, leaving the defender flailing/looking like a goose.
Once again we can thank the infinite wisdom of David King for it becoming the 2016 buzz term.
I think it was Wayne Carey who first used "Joe the Goose" to describe JJ
The Duck would know his poultry.
And the Duck had sore shoulders and couldn't raise his arms above his head at the end of his career![]()
Wasn't the Pagans Paddock game plan based around Joe the Goose goals while the Duck was there.
He could get his leg over though.And the Duck had sore shoulders and couldn't raise his arms above his head at the end of his career![]()
Can anyone explain how this term originated?
I had never heard of it before this year, and now you can't mention Josh Jenkins in any media article without hearing about 'Joe the Goose'.
Haha!Originated back in 1905, Sturt full forward Joe Johnson would regularly pinch the buttocks of opposing full backs which would cause them to feel mighty uncomfortable and have them running away from big, butch Joe, who would be left by himself in the goal square for the easy goal.
He was made famous for the quote "every time I get a behind, a goal isn't to far away"
Haha!
It seems like a derogatory term, but if anyone's smart enough to get into the goal square without their opposition player any where near them, they're pretty smart. And if it happens all the time, they're even smarter.
I remember as a kid watching the Jumbo Prince getting a few JTG's. It had more to do with strength and smarts for him though as apposed to athletic ability.It was derogatory because in the past, when full forwards stayed at full forward and only came out of the forward 50 if the siren rang, they were last in the chain. They hadn't moved from the square the whole time and only got the ball when the full back left him to try and pressure the ball carrier, that is why it is seen as a put down to the goal scorer.
Jenkins is a little different in the fact that he out sprints his opponent when we have the ball ( and lets not get me started on him showing tht same enthusiasm to chase an opponent with the ball...if he did, he'd be much closer to being a 750k player) so when we do get a mark inside 50 he is continuing to run hard to give the option, which to me, is a good thing. For a team that can kick 12-28, we need all the JTGs we can get
Good point. Isolate him and let him run back towards goal
This could also be the origins of that other great game..Duck Duck Goose![]()
Hawthorn did it with Hudson in the early 70s
I remember as a kid watching the Jumbo Prince getting a few JTG's. It had more to do with strength and smarts for him though as apposed to athletic ability.
It is kind of funny to think of Davies now in the scheme of things with football now. He was only 6 foot 2 but a ruckman...he was 3cms shorter than Mitch McGovern who is considered too small to be a KPF. His size actually counted against him at VFL level but in the SANFL, he was a dead set behemouth at 188 and probably weighing close to 100kgs when he took up the FF position.
I used to go and watch Sturt play most times as a kid, even though I was a Tiges supporter because my best two mates were double blues supporters and I have never regretted it because I got to watch the player that I rank second to Gary Ablett as the best footballer I have ever seen...such a pity that car accident wrecked his career, he was such a talent.
I would call that an urban myth JohnK but it happened in the country so it must be true
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