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Joel Selwood Appreciation Thread
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- Oct 3, 2008
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Bloke is a flipping champion....anyone who says anything different doesnt have a clue.
LMAO!! I'm glad we won just to see you lose your shit! LOL
Can't fault a player who throws himself into harm's way at every opportunity, but who never goes the biff himself.
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then you don't understand what he does. Drop your knees to lower yourself down, raise your arm to force the tackle higher, then slip out under the tackle. Works a treat, I don't understand why it hasn't been adopted a lot more. There was one at Geelong who used to try it but he wasn't breaking tackles, he was purely playing for a free, it was embarrassing to watch. It was Christensen. The young fella from the Bulldogs and the one from Brisbane were the same as Bundy, but I think they've both tempered it a bit now.
Christensen would stop cold and hold his opponents arm around his neck and drop to the ground whereas Selwood will just continue surging forward.
I was talking with my brother at half time tonight. He's in his 50s and I'm not far off it. We've seen a lot of tough players from the 70s up until now and we both agree, we've never seen one like him. From my point of view, it can actually get a bit emotional watching him play when you see what he puts himself through to win possession and give it off to a team mate, only for the team mate fumble it and waste Joel's work.
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3 flags in a row and you?
Really? You're calling a champ of the game a cheat when he's not breaking any rules! Damn that's lame!
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Would be the best player in 17 other opposition teams, and deep down supporters of those clubs know it, and they hate it. Riles them up something chronic. Absolute champion player.
Hanging on to the past are we?
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He'd be more bearable if Geelong supporters and McAvaney didn't turn the world's blindest eye to his ducking.
Elite, courageous player, but FFS keep your head up and your knees straight.
Elite, courageous player, but FFS keep your head up and your knees straight.
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Would be Hawthorn's best player, and by a fairly long margin dare I say. To think you could have had him if you didn't pick up Thorpe. What a stuff up hey.Wouldn't want cheaters/duckers at Hawthorn thanks
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Personally I think the ducking technique is cheating.
Plus Selwood is a sore loser when the team loses.
Wouldn't invite him over for a lamb roast thats for sure!
Would you invite Tom Cruise over though? That's what I'm more interested in.
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Would be Hawthorn's best player, and by a fairly long margin dare I say. To think you could have had him if you didn't pick up Thorpe. What a stuff up hey.
He'd be miffed too. He could have four flags.
Seriously though he's a champion player and one that I love to watch and love to hate.
Would be Hawthorn's best player, and by a fairly long margin dare I say. To think you could have had him if you didn't pick up Thorpe. What a stuff up hey.
And he could easily end up like Casey Tutungi by doing his routine........... Dos anyone want to see that ? NO!
Then what would happen ? the media and wider community would hang the tackler out to dry even though it would be JS's fault for doing the tactic.
Just like how everyone hates Macaffer for ruining Abletts shoulder with the tackle.
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And his stature only grows. To think he was overlooked by 6 clubs in the 2006 daft because of dodgey knees. Those knees have worked very well for Joel
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Who is they?
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Think Joel will be a bit sore tomorrow
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If he ended up like Casey Tutungi we all know you'd be the first one in there using it to rile Geelong fans up on how Selwood only has himself to blame.
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