Best kick for goal ever ?

[Superduperouzel]

Lockett, Blight, Ablett Snr, Carey, Coleman (before my time), Hudson, Quinlan were amazing but Franklin is just off the scale. You´d back him from 60 out on any angle nearly every time. Who else comes close for set shots ?

 

[Wackelpudding]

Lockett, Blight, Ablett Snr, Carey, Coleman (before my time), Hudson, Quinlan were amazing but Franklin is just off the scale. You´d back him from 60 out on any angle nearly every time. Who else comes close for set shots ?

Jacob Townsend. Kid never misses.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Simon Madden

 

[Angus Young]

Dunstal

 

[Superduperouzel]

Jacob Townsend. Kid never misses.

His goals to kick ratio is astonishing and he keeps getting better. He got 4 again this week. Don´t know if he is the luckiest ever
campaigner to grace a football ground or he is just that good. Mindblowing accuracy in play or from a shot at goal.

 

[kozi]

Jacob Townsend. Kid never misses.

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[Mitchell Madness]

Dunstall.
It didn’t matter if he was in the pocket or the square, he’d always go the drop punt without the run around (only player I’ve seen do that), and 99% of the time he’d nail it

 

[Headless]

I'd always back Watts.

 

[boncer34]

Franklin?

Has the OP only just started watching? His accuracy was very suspect early years.

Dunstall for mine

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Franklin?

Has the OP only just started watching? His accuracy was very suspect early years.

Dunstall for mine

First few yes he was very accurate, then he started arcing his run up and began spraying it

 

[Captivating]

Matthew Lloyd was pretty deadly in front of goal.

 

[darcytiger]

Dunstall.
It didn’t matter if he was in the pocket or the square, he’d always go the drop punt without the run around (only player I’ve seen do that), and 99% of the time he’d nail it

66.17% of the time he’d nail it

 

[JimDocker]

Tony Lockett has scored about 500 more goals than Buddy and less behinds.

Lockett, then Dunstall.

 

[ManOfClay]

Until the past season Tory Dickson.

Was on the wane in 2017

 

[Captivating]

Statistically, Michael Murphy is the most accurate. But for players who were goal kickers, then it is

Lockett 69.74%
Hudson 68.78%
Lloyd 68.59

Dunstall is at 66.17% which is below Mark Jackson


https://afltables.com/afl/stats/accuracy.html

 

[Mitchell Madness]

66.17% of the time he’d nail it

Actual figures don’t indicate set shots vs in play, distance, touched, etc...

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

I'd always back Watts.

Watts goes at around 67-68% over his career. Over the last 2 seasons he's kicke d 60.27 which puts him at 69% for that period.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Statistically, Michael Murphy is the most accurate. But for players who were goal kickers, then it is

Lockett 69.74%
Hudson 68.78%
Lloyd 68.59

Dunstall is at 66.17% which is below Mark Jackson


https://afltables.com/afl/stats/accuracy.html

I reckon Plugger had better length on his kicks than the rest of that bunch also. He'd be my pick.

 

[Superduperouzel]

Franklin?

Has the OP only just started watching? His accuracy was very suspect early years.

Dunstall for mine

Yeah man just tuned in today, my first time ever watching footy son
He still has alot of misses that is true but who else in the history of the game could / can kick them from 60 like he does ?
Most of his scoring attempts are outside or just inside the F50 so yeah he does miss a few but you back him more often than not to nail those big goals. Which key forwards aren't shaky when they start ?
Danniher is much more reliable than his first couple of seasons which were on Travis Cloke level.

Lockett, Dunstall and Ablett were brilliant kicks for goal while Daicos, Milne and Betts are freaks from tight angles in play. Out of those 3 small forwards Daicos was also the most powerful and reliable kick at long range.

A side note, Blight´s goal against Carlton is probably the most iconic Hail Mary set shot of all time which raises his standing just on that but the best accidental goal I´ve ever seen live was Jeff Fehring´s 86 metre ping from the centre of Moorabbin. I can still remember the crowd´s collective shock as the ball just kept going and going. I think we were flogged that day but that was unbelievable.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Yeah man just tuned in today, my first time ever watching footy son
He still has alot of misses that is true but who else in the history of the game could / can kick them from 60 like he does ?
Most of his scoring attempts are outside or just inside the F50 so yeah he does miss a few but you back him more often than not to nail those big goals. Which key forwards aren't shaky when they start ?
Danniher is much more reliable than his first couple of seasons which were on Travis Cloke level.

Lockett, Dunstall and Ablett were brilliant kicks for goal while Daicos, Milne and Betts are freaks from tight angles in play. Out of those 3 small forwards Daicos was also the most powerful and reliable kick at long range.

A side note, Blight´s goal against Carlton is probably the most iconic Hail Mary set shot of all time which raises his standing just on that but the best accidental goal I´ve ever seen live was Jeff Fehring´s 86 metre ping from the centre of Moorabbin. I can still remember the crowd´s collective shock as the ball just kept going and going.

Ablett could do it on both feet.

 

[ashep]

Buddy can lose his radar but when he's on, he's one of the best.

Look at this shit at 4m40s below. You simply cannot kick a footy better than that.

 

[Van_Dyke]

John Butcher

 

[HairyO]

Lockett, Blight, Ablett Snr, Carey, Coleman (before my time), Hudson, Quinlan were amazing but Franklin is just off the scale. You´d back him from 60 out on any angle nearly every time. Who else comes close for set shots ?

Cloke and the Roccas were as good as anyone from 60m out.

 

[darcytiger]

Actual figures don’t indicate set shots vs in play, distance, touched, etc...

You’re right, it probably was 99% then

 

[coryne]

Max Gawn

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