Past #1: Majak Daw [Part II] - 54 NM games/43 NM goals - delisted end '20 - SSP selection for MFC '21 - retired mid-'22

[3051]

The amount that Maj has experienced and achieved seems like 12 normal lives worth. Great to see him back and hoping him he can return to senior footy this season.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Obviously not where he was before, but for a first hit out it was great to see him so ready to get involved and to get through.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Sopwiths North]

Love how everyone cheered when he took that mark. He looks good! Hearts to hearts Maj - welcome back!! I wonder how long it'll take before I stop wincing every time I watch you get tackled! gaagh.

Nah, today was a great day. Wish I could've been there. Go all you Roos who showed up and cheered him! You're the best Shinboners ever.

 

[giantroo]

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Just awesome to see him out playing footy.

Clearly lacked any sort of touch and feel. Fumbles galore.

And it doesn't matter whatsoever.

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

 

[hellas_johnny]

I'm not crying. You're crying

 

[Snake_Baker]

Yep, it's turned in to a circus.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Yep, it's turned in to a circus.

I expect Maj and the club are the only people whose judgement matters in this case. If it's a circus for you then tune out of it, go outside and do something else.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I'm not the ringleader champ.

 

[shintemaster]

Obviously a bit out of touch but his acceleration looked very good still. Slow and easy from here, if he plays AFL this year so be it but the most important thing is to build slowly and let build confidence in the body.

 

[The acurate one]

Obviously a bit out of touch but his acceleration looked very good still. Slow and easy from here, if he plays AFL this year so be it but the most important thing is to build slowly and let build confidence in the body.

Yeah he looked like Maj of three years ago- NFI Let's see how he pulls up over the next couple of days, imo Bruce doesn't kick six with maj of 2018 in the back line.

 

[dogboy]

Gees that is just the greatest start to a new working week that I could have hoped for. What an effort by Maj.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Obviously a bit out of touch but his acceleration looked very good still. Slow and easy from here, if he plays AFL this year so be it but the most important thing is to build slowly and let build confidence in the body.

He was motoring across the ground but as you expect - zero awareness. It was great to see him out there. Garner had a belter as well

 

[DesertRoo]

Yeah he looked like Maj of three years ago- NFI Let's see how he pulls up over the next couple of days, imo Bruce doesn't kick six with maj of 2018 in the back line.

Geez, tough task master, A guy who had to learn how to walk again, playing his first game back, isn’t in All Australian form..

 

[ferball]

I'm not the ringleader champ.

It was always going to be a circus. With any luck its out of the way now and he can get on with getting back into form while the ADf'nHD media find something else to bang on about for a few hours.

 

[ferball]

Yeah he looked like Maj of three years ago- NFI Let's see how he pulls up over the next couple of days, imo Bruce doesn't kick six with maj of 2018 in the back line.

He didn't really. He looked like he was still finding his feet tho. I think he'll be back as good as last year. he didn't look like he had no clue, but like he was trying to fit what he knew into something that was a bit faster than he was ready for. First game in six months and with all the media bullshit attached so its not really a surprise.

 

[Mav]

I'm not the ringleader champ.

Correct, you're the clown.

 

[The acurate one]

Geez, tough task master, A guy who had to learn how to walk again, playing his first game back, isn’t in All Australian form..

Man was just messin, was great to see him on the field, I'm as big a fan as there is of Maj

 

[Hearts to hearts]

It was always going to be a circus. With any luck its out of the way now and he can get on with getting back into form while the ADf'nHD media find something else to bang on about for a few hours.

Being there, it actually didn’t seem like a circus at all. He ran out past his family and friends holding up home made signs, otherwise it was just your basic televised VFL game setup for media. There were a few hundred extra people watching in the crowd but with the AFL side away and the VFL playing at Arden St for the first time, that wouldn’t have been much different with no Majak comeback.

 

[DesertRoo]

Man was just messin, was great to see him on the field, I'm as big a fan as there is of Maj

I know, just playing along, I probably should’ve added a sarcasm face at the end to make it clear.

 

[Sopwiths North]

Well, I guess define circus. Because it seems like things have been kept as low key as possible, and in one of those clips above that Giantroo posted they said that Maj chose NOT to speak on camera, preferring instead to keep his comeback as low profile as possible.


Honest question Snake_Baker - are you happy to see Maj back?

Honest question # 2 - How did you feel about the media's handling of Jason McCartney's comeback?

Not trying to pick a fight here. I genuinely want to know.

 

[Caracas]

I was there. It was pretty much like the JLT game against Hawthorn two years ago except there were less people yesterday. I hung around the NM bench area to get a close-up of our young guys. No sense of circus at Arden Street at all. Television and newspapers later were a different story.


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