Biggest "Joe the Goose" poachers to play the game

[TheOutrageBus]

Which players (forwards mainly) have been constant recipients of "Joe the Goose" goals or cheapies out the back? I can only really comment about recent years (2000s) due to being quite young, so my list will reflect that. This is not a thread for potting players, I just am genuinely interested who has made a career out of cheapies (slight exaggeration) that has made them seem, statistically at least, better players than they actually are/were.

For clarity: A cheapie is a goal scored from a favourable position as a result of either a soft free kick, staging, or a kick to a player goal hanging who runs in for an easy goal. Basically applies to any goal that is gifted to a player.

We all know what a Joe the Goose is, so I don't need to clarify that.

I'll start.

Angus Monfries : I don't think anyone will disagree with me on this one

Leroy Jetta : See Angus Monfries

Matthew Stokes: Applies more to earlier in his career than in recent years, as he now spends time in the midfield

Lindsay Thomas: Seems to do it an awful lot

Steven Armstrong: Remember him during our premiership year, there was a reason he didn't last long at our club after our premiership year and the easy goals stopped flowing

Don't really remember much pre 2004.

Who do you know of?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Matthew Lloyd invented Joe the Goose.

 

[Sedat!]

The patron saint of the Joe the Goose is Stephen McCann - coincidentally why was there a Stephen McCann card in almost every packet of Scanlen's footy cards I bought in the early 80's?

 

[TheOutrageBus]

The patron saint of the Joe the Goose is Stephen McCann - coincidentally why was there a Stephen McCann card in almost every packet of Scanlen's footy cards I bought in the early 80's?

Was he at least a good player?

 

[SJ]

Shannon Byrnes actually patented the move.

 

[Sedat!]

Was he at least a good player?

A little shy of great but was a very good player - not too many duds get to 200 games.

 

[HBFlanker]

Robin Nahas loves a Joe the Goose

 

[Ashton Agar]

Jackson Merrett scores almost all his goals with the "Joe the Goose".

 

[The King!]

This thread and the could you play full forward thread, think the OP has a career in mind

 

[astrovic]

Was he at least a good player?

He had a good beard, does that count?

 

[L_W_P]

Alan Didak was a master at this.

 

[astrovic]

Robin Nahas loves a Joe the Goose

Nahas is definitely our club leader.

In olden days, Doug Wade when at North qualified - by then he was too fat too leave the goal square. Wouldn't have look out of place dribbling the footy across the goal line from 1 metre out with a meat pie in one hand.

Steele Sidebottom doesn't mind a bit of seagull action. Or maybe I just notice him more cos of that ridiculous shit eating grin on his mug every time he gets one.

Corey McKernan didn't get a lot of opportunities, but at least he had the good graces to always go the torpie and try to land the footy in the car park.

 

[estibador]

Cripps from the eagles seems to be forging a whole career out of it.

 

[Milenko]

Josh Hill has mastered the art.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Warren Ralph.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Jeffy Garlett doesn't mind one, though he is pacy enough to get out the back in the first place.

 

[maxmustard]

Bruest is a good player but scores plenty from one metre out.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Stephen Milne

 

[Plugger35]

Relton Roberts

 

[beerbandit]

Brent Harvey and Brad Johnson own this thread

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Brett Allison and Brent Heaver in the 90s without a doubt.

 

[vaughany]

Joe the Goose goal is an awesome term in footy.
Where did the term originate from?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Its mostly small forwards over the last ten years or so. Nahas is worse than Thomas in this regard.

 

[Tippett2Goal]

Joe the Goose goal is an awesome term in footy.
Where did the term originate from?

I'd assume its just Rhyming slang for Loose ?

Because these players are typically loose out the back with noone on them?

 

[vaughany]

I'd assume its just Rhyming slang for Loose ?

Because these players are typically loose out the back with noone on them?

Seems like a logical answer to me.