How will history remember Selwood & Pendlebury?

[Boxhead_31]

How many of the next 475 posts do you think make the egregious error of accusing him of ducking?

So many morons.

At least 400

 

[Art Vandelay_]

At least 400

400 morons.

 

[Horatio Hartung]

Unfortunately Selwood will always be remembered for leading the ducking pandemic of his era.

 

[Boxhead_31]

400 morons.

See above

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Both as guns.

Both multiple AA, one is multiple premiership winner, the other a Norm Smith medallist. Both have won several B&Fs, Pendles about the break the number at Collingwood.

 

[PetterdHoisted]

Unfortunately Selwood will always be remembered for leading the ducking pandemic of his era.

yep as a neutral, it's the first thing you think of with Selwood, certainly tarnished his legacy. And ducking aside he is a fairly nasty piece of work on-field generally. Pendlebury miles ahead in this regard.

Said it before, but you'd think he would have seen guys like Matty Lloyd coming out and saying he now regrets his constant push-in-the-back simulations when he played.

These guys retire in their early 30s as multi millionaires, having achieved the ultimate in the game, but still feel that loss of respect from playing without honour.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

See above

Just can't believe we've had to defend him to the dumbed down masses for a decade. Time does fly.

 

[citizen-erased]

Selwood - hard as nails. clutch player. unnecessary ducking has not endeared him to non-geelong fans.
Pendles - class player. Smooth in traffic and clean disposal.

both modern greats. Just behind GAJ, Judd & Mitchell for mine as the best mids in the last decade.
bit of a shame neither has a brownlow.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

I rate Selwood about the same as Pendlebury but some of those achievements shouldn't be included in a comparison. Ron Evans Medal? Most Courageous Player? Captain of Australia? Cormac McAnallen Cup? Just listing his B+Fs, premierships and AA selections gets it done already.

The Ron Evans Medal is the Rising Star award - which Selwood won with Pendles 2nd. Not the most relevant award but worth a mention imo.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

yep as a neutral, it's the first thing you think of with Selwood, certainly tarnished his legacy. And ducking aside he is a fairly nasty piece of work on-field generally. Pendlebury miles ahead in this regard.

Said it before, but you'd think he would have seen guys like Matty Lloyd coming out and saying he now regrets his constant push-in-the-back simulations when he played.

These guys retire in their early 30s as multi millionaires, having achieved the ultimate in the game, but still feel that loss of respect from playing without honour.

Lol Selwood will rightly not give a * what a bunch of flogs on a website think.

 

[sr36]

Unfortunately Selwood will always be remembered for leading the ducking pandemic of his era.

When tacklers shifted their target from the hips to pinning the arms, Selwood was the one who realised that you could break tackles by raising your arms and slipping out underneath them. He bacame fantastic at doing it. A by-product was a lot of head high contact resulting in free kicks to him. Unfortunately, this later led to many players actually buckling at the knees, with no intention of getting their arms free, in a bid to draw high contact.

Selwood's an absolute champion. It's funny watching those videos of Selwood supposedly 'ducking' with the sole intention of drawing a free kick, because on most occasions he either breaks the tackle or gets his arms free enough to shoot out a handball.

 

[Skeptic]

aaa Selwood...

big finals game, leads into the contest to win the hard ball, goes in head first, the opponent makes light contact with his shoulder and Selwood goes down like a $2.00 you know what.

everybody ooos and aaas about how tough he is and i die a little inside

 

[Carbine Chaos]

The Brownlow. The most irrelevant "award" in football. Judged by wannabes not good enough to play the game at the highest level.

Isn't that Bigfooty?

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

aaa Selwood...

big finals game, leads into the contest to win the hard ball, goes in head first, the opponent makes light contact with his shoulder and Selwood goes down like a $2.00 you know what.

everybody ooos and aaas about how tough he is and i die a little inside

No he doesn't. Like the dying part though.

 

[PhatBoy]

aaa Selwood...

big finals game, leads into the contest to win the hard ball, goes in head first, the opponent makes light contact with his shoulder and Selwood goes down like a $2.00 you know what.

everybody ooos and aaas about how tough he is and i die a little inside

Good.

 

[FoolCat]

No he doesn't. Like the dying part though.

So do I. He must be close to death by now which will be a win for humanity. One small step...

 

[TEDDY24INC]

your deluded

You're

 

[Rod Stroker]

Isn't that Bigfooty?

The Brownlow isn't judged by BF.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

The Brownlow isn't judged by BF.

Not surprised you missed the point to be honest.

 

[Skeptic]

So do I. He must be close to death by now which will be a win for humanity. One small step...

my goodness that was a cold response to a little harmless trolling

 

[FoolCat]

my goodness that was a cold response to a little harmless trolling

Was a bit harsh haha hope you have good healthcare.

 

[Skeptic]

So do I. He must be close to death by now which will be a win for humanity. One small step...

am watching the game today amd its clear i nailed...

Selwood, 2 ducks = 2 free kicks... one from contact with his own player... both incidental contact

 

[Skeptic]

make that 3

 

[Skeptic]

Selwood gets a bump on the side and throws his head back like he was slapped...

he deserves his rep... am objective viewer today cant deny it

 

[Cursed Cat]

wah wah wah duckwood, free kicks blah bloody blah
another match-winning effort from the Geelong captain today, carried his team to victory.