Biggest "Joe the Goose" poachers to play the game

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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.

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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.
 
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