Goal of the year...people love to hate on essendon...if that was Buddy everyone would be talking about it for weeks and McPharlin would be the new Hooker!
Absolutely worthy of Goal of the Year...
Main difference between Franklin and Crameri is Crameri had the sense to run towards the goal instead of towards the boundary line..
But I said it at the time, and I'll say it again: Buddy actually started a few metres in front of Hooker before the chase began, and yet despite gaining metres initially, slowed down, with Hooker getting back to even pegging by the end.
Crameri started with McPharlin just behind him, and yet finished up with about 2 metres of space.
As the commentators said, McPharlin is no slouch. To turn around, see him so close behind and have the confidence to run into goal was something else. Lewis Jetta had an awesome run earlier this year, but this was far more difficult.