He’s always been like that, and it’s why I’ve never feared he wouldn’t get the most out of himself. That doesn’t mean I’ve always thought he’d be any good, but I knew he’d leave no stone unturned in his pursuit of having an AFL career.I just watched the replay (again!) and picked up on this early in the first quarter. I think it beautifully highlights why Mason has developed at the pace he has, and why he continues to impress us week in week out. He is so incredibly hard on himself.
The Berg tries to kick long to Mason from the middle of the centre square.
Mason's run up to the content gets blocked and it turns into a 3 on 1 contest which he loses due to no real fault of his own.
His head drops straight away, he shakes it, and generally looks annoyed at himself.
Most other forwards would just whinge it was a 3 on 1 or complain about the delivery but big Mason seems to immediately blame himself for not getting to that ball. I might be reading too much into it, but it's strong body language.
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I just watched the replay (again!) and picked up on this early in the first quarter. I think it beautifully highlights why Mason has developed at the pace he has, and why he continues to impress us week in week out. He is so incredibly hard on himself.
The Berg tries to kick long to Mason from the middle of the centre square.
Mason's run up to the content gets blocked and it turns into a 3 on 1 contest which he loses due to no real fault of his own.
His head drops straight away, he shakes it, and generally looks annoyed at himself.
Most other forwards would just whinge it was a 3 on 1 or complain about the delivery but big Mason seems to immediately blame himself for not getting to that ball. I might be reading too much into it, but it's strong body language.
I just watched the replay (again!) and picked up on this early in the first quarter. I think it beautifully highlights why Mason has developed at the pace he has, and why he continues to impress us week in week out. He is so incredibly hard on himself.
The Berg tries to kick long to Mason from the middle of the centre square.
Mason's run up to the content gets blocked and it turns into a 3 on 1 contest which he loses due to no real fault of his own.
His head drops straight away, he shakes it, and generally looks annoyed at himself.
Most other forwards would just whinge it was a 3 on 1 or complain about the delivery but big Mason seems to immediately blame himself for not getting to that ball. I might be reading too much into it, but it's strong body language.
I just watched the replay (again!) and picked up on this early in the first quarter. I think it beautifully highlights why Mason has developed at the pace he has, and why he continues to impress us week in week out. He is so incredibly hard on himself.
The Berg tries to kick long to Mason from the middle of the centre square.
Mason's run up to the content gets blocked and it turns into a 3 on 1 contest which he loses due to no real fault of his own.
His head drops straight away, he shakes it, and generally looks annoyed at himself.
Most other forwards would just whinge it was a 3 on 1 or complain about the delivery but big Mason seems to immediately blame himself for not getting to that ball. I might be reading too much into it, but it's strong body language.
I hope you are right, but Cox has an amazing opportunity to earn a lot in a short time from footy. In 2020, when he comes out of contract, he'll also be pushing 30 so you couldn't blame him if he chased the $$$.
Then again he turned down offers at the end of 2017 from, according to this article, Brisbane and several other teams. We dont know what they offered him, but the offers would be bigger now. He only managed 9 (?) senior games in 2017.
Anyway, he should have a flag (or two) when his next contract is up.
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WAs wondering that myself but it did look lke a deliberate palm, but why wo0udnt' he have just taken the mark coz was basically uncontested at that point? Maybe assessed situation and figured that was a higher % option hwich is prob true given Degoey and the other player (Philips?) were running forward on either side. If true that's v impressive and a rare skill few players ever achieve. I guess his basketball ability coming into play.
It often involves pushing oppo away from fall of the ball at the right moment, then falling back into the mark. But taht's hard when you are 1 on 2 or 3, then I guess do that to the gorilla defender and then rely on the other 2 being pins at the bowling alley.
