Toast Farewell Joel Selwood, champion of the game and legend of the Geelong Football Club

[Tzatziki_Man]

You got me! Mods, can we change thread title to ‘Selwood was okay but not as good as anything Richmond has done’?

Then it would be main board worthy.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Storm Fan - selwood is the afl equivalent of Cameron Smith.
Divisive player that seemed to get away with murder. Storm would not have traded him for the world, neither would Geelong with selwood

 

[PhatBoy]

Storm Fan - selwood is the afl equivalent of Cameron Smith.
Divisive player that seemed to get away with murder. Storm would not have traded him for the world, neither would Geelong with selwood

Yes and no. I think Smith’s ‘crimes’ are greatly exaggerated. I think some of the other Storm players were more inclined to use ‘skills’ that bordered on illegal (the various grapple and wrestle tackling techniques that pushed the boundaries of sportsmanship). Smith was a master at dealing with referees but the blockheaded NSW fans who used to whinge about him refereeing the game himself were too stupid to realise that all Smith did that separated himself from others, was to talk to referees with respect.

Paul Gallen would get penalised and storm over to the ref waving his sakes gesticulating saying ‘for f***s sake these c***s have been laying all over us and we haven’t had a single f***en penalty, open both your eyes and call it both f***en ways!!!’

Immediately that rules out his side getting any 50-50 calls.

Smith meanwhile will say ‘ok sir I will have a word with them and get them to stop laying in the play the ball. I know we did it in that tackle - can you please just make sure to keep an eye on Greg bird in the ruck, he’s been slowing us down as the third man in all night.’

Immediately the referee feels respected, heard, and he will be conscious of Greg Bird.

Smith’s genius was in his football IQ and I’m certain that to the day I die he will be the smartest rugby league player I ever see. Had no small amount of courage or skill either

 

[uranium_death]

You should've asked to change cells

Couldn't. My mouth was full

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

I'm glad he made the decision to retire

Even though I reckon he could have gwone round again, it's the right call

That is also a skill, knowing that the cliff is coming and getting out on his own terms rather than dropping off the edge.

 

[Wojcinski]

It shouldn't even be on the main board

Richmond fans really aren't taking their slide into the void of irrelevancy well

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Some serious tall poppy syndrome here.

Can make a case that Selwood is the greatest player in Geelong's history, which I'd not a mean feat for the 2nd oldest football club in Australia (maybe the world too)

 

[Elmer_Judd]

It shouldn't even be on the main board

What the **** are you on about?

Selwood is easily a top 4 or so player of this Century IMO (along with Ablett Jnr, Buddy, Judd etc) and if not me, someone else would have started a thread celebrating an all time great of this game.

You Richmond fans and Dimma have really taken this Geelong flag hard)

 

[rye]

What the **** are you on about?

Selwood is easily a top 4 or so player of this Century IMO (along with Ablett Jnr, Buddy, Judd etc) and if not me, someone else would have started a thread celebrating an all time great of this game.

You Richmond fans and Dimma have really taken this Geelong flag hard)

good player but top 4 of this century is a stretch

 

[Sky]

Yes and no. I think Smith’s ‘crimes’ are greatly exaggerated. I think some of the other Storm players were more inclined to use ‘skills’ that bordered on illegal (the various grapple and wrestle tackling techniques that pushed the boundaries of sportsmanship). Smith was a master at dealing with referees but the blockheaded NSW fans who used to whinge about him refereeing the game himself were too stupid to realise that all Smith did that separated himself from others, was to talk to referees with respect.

Paul Gallen would get penalised and storm over to the ref waving his sakes gesticulating saying ‘for f***s sake these c***s have been laying all over us and we haven’t had a single f***en penalty, open both your eyes and call it both f***en ways!!!’

Immediately that rules out his side getting any 50-50 calls.

Smith meanwhile will say ‘ok sir I will have a word with them and get them to stop laying in the play the ball. I know we did it in that tackle - can you please just make sure to keep an eye on Greg bird in the ruck, he’s been slowing us down as the third man in all night.’

Immediately the referee feels respected, heard, and he will be conscious of Greg Bird.

Smith’s genius was in his football IQ and I’m certain that to the day I die he will be the smartest rugby league player I ever see. Had no small amount of courage or skill either

The only bad thing I can say about the legend Cam Smith is he supports Hawthorn! Absolute legend of Australian sports but so is Joel Selwood.

 

[Sky]

It shouldn't even be on the main board

Mate a couple years ago I made the retirement thread on the main board for Brent Stanton for his longevity and loyalty to Essendon after what he endured at that club.

Brent Stanton retires

Not in the top echelon of players during his time however managed playing at least 20 games over the 2006-2015 period. Durable 250+ gamers are hard to come by no matter what club you support. Came back after the year off and struggled to stay in the side under a new coach and game plan. Has an...

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If Cotchin or Riewoldt don’t get their own thread (assuming next year), trust me I am making it on behalf of all of you Richmond fans.

 

[gouki88]

Takes a particularly deluded Tigers nuff to think a) Selwood isn’t deserving of this kind of recognition (despite being a thorn in the side of everyone else forever), and b) that Richmond wouldn’t have been thrashed by this Cats outfit

 

[perplexed]

LT considered Joel his greatest protege. This is probably the biggest compliment a player could receive. Well played Joel. We will miss you!

 

[kickazz]

Look I’m not trying to pick a fight but Cotchin turned our club around from a laughing stock to a dynasty and Dusty around from being a trouble maker to the best player in the league at the time.

As great as Selwood is he’s never done that. His captaincy was straight off a dynasty and his first 3 flags he was in that dynasty. You can argue Selwood is a better captain or whatever (I don’t) but I think it’s a bit silly to say it’s daylight between them.


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There's a couple of other threads on the main board that haven't been made about Richmond yet. What are you slackers doing? Off to work!