Carey & Brown (bris) were pretty good big game players physically too IMO.
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Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVII
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Losing Holmes was a major blow. Lost all their drive as it was left entirely to Danger.
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Dunstall was the most powerful player I have seen but didn't have endurance. Just all fast twitch. At the age of 46 (also had two knee recos at the end of his career) he still ran sub 3 seconds for 20m when Hawthorn tested him at training. In 94 saw Dunstall live against McIntosh who was a champion runner and it was a contest not to be forgotten. Greg Williams told some crazy stories of Gaz Snr at early Geelong training including throwing the medicine ball several metres further than the next best and blitzing all the sprints but then declining to take part in any runs past 400 metres. Not sure I have mentioned this already but seeing Dangerfield one out at full forward occasionally took me back to that era.
West Coast version of Judd has to be in that conversation. Most explosive midfielder I've seen and had the strength to do it with blokes hanging off him.
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Remember when he gathered the ball against Port and one of the Burgoynes (were quick) who was chasing got further behind then tried lunging and fell to the ground while grabbing fresh air.
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Good shout,
He was my favourite non Essendon player while he was at eagles, those swans/eagles finals all decided by like a point were awesome. Judd vs Goodes was box office.
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Plenty of those who saw him live say Coleman was like no one else they’ve ever seen, just an athletic freak who was also a very gifted footballer…and I’m talking about many non-Essendon supporting accounts too.
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There is a pic of him on the lead taking a mark in the clear (no opponents back to propel him higher)
and the bottom of his feet looked like they were 1.5m off the ground.
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Weird to think Hawkins, Touhy and Duncan, Stanley (both likely) are suddenly finished now. That's it for them.
I think Geelong will be around for a bit. Bruhn, Bowes, Dempsey and Neale will have learned a lot this year.
Again, I hope Brad takes a page from his brother's book and plays the kids next season.
I think Geelong will be around for a bit. Bruhn, Bowes, Dempsey and Neale will have learned a lot this year.
Again, I hope Brad takes a page from his brother's book and plays the kids next season.
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Dad grew up in a Carlton family but as a teenager he was going to Windy Hill to watch Coleman. They used to be all up the end we were kicking too and changed every quarter. He went against his old man's wishes and became a Bomber supporter. Mums family was Collingwood...they made a deal. Kids were going to be catholic like her but Essendon supporters like him...so here we are.
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