Biggest "Joe the Goose" poachers to play the game

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kenneje

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Not so much at Sydney, but when with us, Franklin bloody loved pushing the guy in front over so he could get a loosie from a few metres out. A few supporters would get annoyed he wasn't flying for marks (which the Swans have drilled him to do), but he was bloody good at it so I never really cared.

The amount of times he would run into the goal square, boot it to the third level and do a single armed fist pump to the crowd ... God I miss the campaigner.
 

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If getting one in your career to date is the determining factor then yes Tom Boyd is the undisputed King of the Goose!

Never mind the four free kicks that have been paid to Boyd that Jake Stringer has played on from and kicked goals over the back from 1m out. Incidently Stringer is my nomination.
 

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#60
Lance Franklin. Kicked the most unimpressive 8 goals I've ever seen. Probably three Joe the goose, 1 where Carlisle led him to the ball and it bounced over Carlisle's head and two that he took on a lead when Carlisle was sagging off him to cover the long kick. Can't remember the other one. It might have been contested mark!
 

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#62
Joe the Goose goal is an awesome term in footy.
Where did the term originate from?
Back in the 1700s when the AFL players had to go to war the coaches enlisted animals to fill empty spots on the list. As you can imagine, a farm animal named "Joe" made this move his trademark.

Joe was a cow though so dunno where the **** the term came from.
 

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Aaron Lord during his brief career at Hawthorn was the greatest JTG exponent in the history of the game. Built like Tarzan, Aaron appeared to consider any physical aspect of the game like tackling as not part of his job description. His MO was to hang close to goal, wait for one of his teammates to become involved in a contested situation and then sprint toward the goal square in the hope that the ball cold be kicked or hand balled over the top into his grateful hands. The fact that his teammate would usually be battling both his and Arrons direct opponent for the ball meant the tactic was usually unsuccessful but when it came off, wow, could he give the crowd the victory salute.
As soon as I saw Joe the Goose written,the image Aaron"Pistols" Lord sprung to my mind. In the wet he was a shocker, while everyone else followed coaches instructions by attacking the ball he regularly lagged off and ended up with a couple of cheapies during the game. You are spot on about his celebrations, far better than the current crop of bland Hawks celebrations (Burgoyne excluded). Bruest barely bothers to raise a finger these days.
 

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In the 1971 GF Hudson received a Joe the Goose for goal 151 and the umpire didn't allow it and made the hawk who went over the top (free or mark) go back and take the Kick. Might have been Keddie. Someone older than me might remember further details.
I thought Hudson took it but kicked into the man on the mark?
 

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It's usually players from good sides as it represents a complete breakdown of a teams defence. Didak was good at it.
It certainly doesn't have the same stigma attached to it that 'Cherry picking' used to. These days it's more to do with work rate than unaccountability.
 
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