Big Gazoongas
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What a pick up he has been.
Well done Eddie, how lucky are we to have him playing our great game.
Rip it up great man!
Well done Eddie, how lucky are we to have him playing our great game.
Rip it up great man!
Toast Put your Betts on Eddie - 250 Games
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174 goals from 65 games for us. Amazing record for a small forward.
haydo
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Averages out to be just over 2.5 goals a game
Fantastic record since crossing over
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Eddie always enjoys himself against the Power. I can guarantee they won't put Impey on him this time. Put him down for 4-5 goals.
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I might even put some $$$$ on 6+
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They have not had one for three years at least.
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I have two nephews that idolise Eddie. He's practically raising the next generation of Crows supporters. Hoping he grabs a bag on the weekend to crack his career high goals.
He has made us the most entertaining team in the AFL. As one who remembers the dark days when Scott Welsh was our forward line, having the best attack in the comp is not to be taken for granted.
Thank you Eddie!
Thank you Eddie!
GreyCrow
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I said it in a match day thread but Eddie is in the same grandstand as Modra.
Not only for his goalkicking but how he raises the level of anticipation whenever the ball is heading his way. I recall how the Football Pk crowd would wait for McGuinness to sneak around Rehn and deliver the long left footer to the forward line , that's when the crowd would murmur , knowing Modra wherever the ball was kicked would run to the spot and fly and get the ball , either as a mark or as a crumber for his own spills.
The Adelaide Oval crowd has that same sense. The ball kicked to a contest , Eddie v 2. Doesn't matter Eddie will get it we say to ourselves. If he doesn't he brings it to the ground where he will jink left jink right all the while paddling the ball to his advantage and stands up where the defenders don't think to look and kicks towards goals. This time the crowd is erupting only to find a higher louder voice when the ball sails through
EDDDDIE EDDDDDIE EDDDDIE EDDDIE
#PutYourBettsFootForward
Not only for his goalkicking but how he raises the level of anticipation whenever the ball is heading his way. I recall how the Football Pk crowd would wait for McGuinness to sneak around Rehn and deliver the long left footer to the forward line , that's when the crowd would murmur , knowing Modra wherever the ball was kicked would run to the spot and fly and get the ball , either as a mark or as a crumber for his own spills.
The Adelaide Oval crowd has that same sense. The ball kicked to a contest , Eddie v 2. Doesn't matter Eddie will get it we say to ourselves. If he doesn't he brings it to the ground where he will jink left jink right all the while paddling the ball to his advantage and stands up where the defenders don't think to look and kicks towards goals. This time the crowd is erupting only to find a higher louder voice when the ball sails through
EDDDDIE EDDDDDIE EDDDDIE EDDDIE
#PutYourBettsFootForward
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If he masters the 30-m set shots, put him down for 8.
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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When we first got Eddie as a free agent I was happy. I thought $500k/season was about $100k/season too much, but I was ok with it as I understood our need to make up for the draft sanctions and also the need to overpay a little to get free agents to move.
What I didn't expect was for $500k/season to end up being a bargain price! I also didn't expect him to kick the most goals he's ever kicked in a season for 3 seasons in a row (I'm assuming he'll kick more than 3 goals before the season is finished) and make AA twice in his first 3 years with us (he's a lock for this year).
The other thing I didn't expect or realise was just how unselfish a player he was. I always thought of him as one of those selfish little goalsneaks when he was at Carlton. That was fine though. You want your small forwards to be selfish a lot of the time. However, Eddie is anything but that. While he does go for the impossible goals, he's also very quick to hand the ball off to team-mates in a better position to kick the goal.
I can now count on more than one hand the number of times I have cracked up laughing after watching him kick a goal from a seemingly impossible angle or situation. I now have no expectations of a situation where he can't somehow kick a goal. He just seems to be able to create goals from nothing.
So cheers for 3 awesome seasons Eddie. I hope you have a couple more good ones left in you at the very least.
What I didn't expect was for $500k/season to end up being a bargain price! I also didn't expect him to kick the most goals he's ever kicked in a season for 3 seasons in a row (I'm assuming he'll kick more than 3 goals before the season is finished) and make AA twice in his first 3 years with us (he's a lock for this year).
The other thing I didn't expect or realise was just how unselfish a player he was. I always thought of him as one of those selfish little goalsneaks when he was at Carlton. That was fine though. You want your small forwards to be selfish a lot of the time. However, Eddie is anything but that. While he does go for the impossible goals, he's also very quick to hand the ball off to team-mates in a better position to kick the goal.
I can now count on more than one hand the number of times I have cracked up laughing after watching him kick a goal from a seemingly impossible angle or situation. I now have no expectations of a situation where he can't somehow kick a goal. He just seems to be able to create goals from nothing.
So cheers for 3 awesome seasons Eddie. I hope you have a couple more good ones left in you at the very least.
Interesting on 5AA today he said Carlton offered him 2, Crows and North 4. He loved Carlton and had they given him 4 he would have stayed. What w***ers.
As for Eddie, there is no doubt he made the right decision.
As for Eddie, there is no doubt he made the right decision.
Well said WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot couldn't have said it better myself
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Eddie is a huge reason why we love going to watch AFL.
Just a joy to watch him as you just know another magical moment is coming...
Just a joy to watch him as you just know another magical moment is coming...
Heard they'd offered him 2x250K, he asked for 3x350K and they told him to pack his bags. Absolutely mind boggling decision, but their stupidity has been our gain.
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And Thomas worked out well, didn't he? Would be a whipping boy at our club.
GreyCrow
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Even I would join in that one
Simmo28
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Career he is 1.86 a game so he has really steamed ahead after coming home.
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Simmo28
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Quite the opposite. He was our only quality forward.
GIMPEY
Nah, you would back him in cos the coaches can't be wrong. Then you would tell us we don't understand his non-statistical role or how important his elite run and carry is
GreyCrow
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Yeah maybeNah, you would back him in cos the coaches can't be wrong. Then you would tell us we don't understand his non-statistical role or how important his elite run and carry is
Once a Crow- gun should be playing
I backing the little legend to kick 5, I would go more but he is too unselfish and you can guarantee JJ will be waiting in the square for a couple.
