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David the Cat
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But Bobby,……Hodgepodge told me Ablett only ever played full forward in reality, with occasional forays up to the half forward flank…..
Surely he can't be wrong…..
Surely he can't be wrong…..
I dont suppose there is any footage of Abetts 1000th goal agaist Freo at Kardinia Park? Have ever been able to find anything
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Unparalleled as always Bobby…
Much like #5 himself..
I will say this about the current #5 however.
I see similar things in relation to the thighs and hips. They are both very solid in that region and stable on the move. And seeing them both move, you can see why.
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Much like #5 himself..
I will say this about the current #5 however.
I see similar things in relation to the thighs and hips. They are both very solid in that region and stable on the move. And seeing them both move, you can see why.
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here is the magician at work, what more can i say
and im talking about both ablettt and booby
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Steady………...
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That's where I draw the line mate.
No other comparisons drawn and I'm not placing expectations.
I just see that one thing. I've made a similar comment regarding Luxford as well.
Very solid, sublime mover and solid and stable thru the mid section.
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That's where I draw the line mate.
No other comparisons drawn and I'm not placing expectations.
I just see that one thing. I've made a similar comment regarding Luxford as well.
Very solid, sublime mover and solid and stable thru the mid section.
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Bit like us mate…..
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That's all the footage I've ever seen.
I believe the Round 22 game versus Richmond at Geelong was recorded with commentary, but I've never seen footage aside from (very) brief clips on the Sunday highlights program at the time.
Sensational work. This is the greatest year of football I've ever seen from one player, and I very much doubt that it'll be equalled. His finals series never will be.
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Hi John
I just checked for that particular game and cannot find it. I know I did have highlights of all his 3 of his goals but it is a game I will end up buying from Name a Game as they have it in their archive (at least it is listed on their website).
Those later highlights are going to be included in his highlights reel which I will put up on YouTube soon. Still locating different bits and pieces in the meantime and adding them to the highlights reel.
As for 1989, I know there is still a great deal of stuff still out there which I'm eager to obtain. He took a couple of wonderful screamers against Brisbane in R8 and and another against Footscray in R19. Highlights of these games would be somewhere and it's just a matter of be patient and hoping a lead to some of that footage eventuates.
That Brisbane game is stunning to me, for all the wrong reasons. We won by 129 points; one of the bigger winning margins we've ever had (it certainly was then), he had 23 touches and kicked 4, and I can remember of this game - not a thing. And I was there too.
That's another reason the Richmond game in Round 22 would be great to get, as he kicked a 70m torpedo punt goal in the second quarter. Vividly recall (unlike the game above) the roar building up on the radio as the commentators lost their minds.
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Yep, it's on a cd somewhere and will try and find it later tonight.
I think he also took a terrific mark in that one too. The mark features on the bootleg video which is on YouTube (highlights reel 1-12) and he comes over the top of the defender to pinch the mark from out of his grasp. An alternate angle of that mark would be simply unreal as he had no right to even get near the ball let alone mark it.
I'd love to get footage of the goal you speak about. I am guessing it was similar to that torpedo he kicked against North Melbourne way back in 1985? Where he also took mark of the year. He booted a 70 metre torpedo punt goal off a couple of steps.
Anyone remember the night when it was pouring rain at waverley.
It was a pre season game.
The ball was kicked to ablett and it pretty much just plugged at about 51 metres out.
Ablett kicked it off the ground and it went straight through the middle? Now that was nuts.
I do remember it was Don Scott commentating.
It was a pre season game.
The ball was kicked to ablett and it pretty much just plugged at about 51 metres out.
Ablett kicked it off the ground and it went straight through the middle? Now that was nuts.
I do remember it was Don Scott commentating.
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Just sat and giggled like a school girl on her first date for the past half hour
It's easy to forget just how damaging he was when he played up the ground
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Just sat and giggled like a school girl on her first date for the past half hour
It's easy to forget just how damaging he was when he played up the ground
Magnificent work as always Bobby_ - not just the compiling of the highlights, but the editing is always bang on too.
agree with your comment Cat Attack08; as a kid I don't think I always appreciated just how damaging Ablett was further up the field, mainly because I just wanted to see him slot more and more goals - his pre-season and early home&away season form in '89 playing in defense was a revelation - you can hear in the first of Bobby's videos, the game against the Bulldogs, which was round 4; the commentators (Peter McKenna?) talking about how Ablett leads 'straight up the ground' and waxing lyrical about 'the beauty of having a champion player at full-forward'). He'd just been swung forward for the first time in the season and promptly dobbed a couple of goals in what was a tight win - until that point in the season he'd played half-back, and snuck forward for a solitary goal - he only had 5 goals on the board after 5 rounds. He ended the season with 87 goals from 23 games (and nearly 20 touches a game).
Missed 3 matches for belting Garry Lyon off the ball; footage was inconclusive but Ablett 'fessed up.
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and true to form, go check out the latest post by none other than HP over on the videos and pics forum where I posted links to these YouTube videos
Excellent, I would love to see it. Ive searched all over youtube and never found it. Thought it would be easily findable, pretty big milestone in AFL history. I remember I was there as a youngen that day, his 1000th goal sailed over my head. I ran on the ground, asked Stephen O'Reily for his autograph, he looked at me and said "No" and walked off.
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I exchanged a word with the great man himself that day!
was one of the last off the ground, got quite close and got a 'thanks mate' from Gazza after congratulating him
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He was probably feeling more than a bit jealous of GAS' popularity.
Torps, blind turns, riding the bump, weaving through traffic, pack marks, muddy grounds, lots of goals...what game are we watching in these clips Bobby?
