Liam Ryan’s mark

[garlic munchers]

Who remembers Daniel Chick chasing down Ted Richards a couple of minutes later? Or Andrew Embley running back with the flight to mark inside defensive 50 after that? Or Rowan Jones winning a 1 on 1 with Leo Barry in the middle of the ground (why the **** did you kick there, Cousins???) with 20 seconds to go...

This chase and the aftermath (poor old Teddy flopping around like a stranded goldfish) shows all that is good about footy and that most players have absolutely nothing left in the tank at the end of the GF.

With exhaustion it becomes all about skills and is the reason why WC got over a gallant magpies in the end and why the Hawks had an unbeatable GF period.

 

[garlic munchers]

The thing I enjoyed the most about seeing the replays of that final passage of play and Sheed's winning goal was the reaction from the Eagles fans and Magpie ferals in the first ten rows behind him. Every emotion was on display.

Isn't OZ sport great in that you can have your most cherished dream torn from your grasp, have an oppo player stick it up you & the worst response is the middle finger!

Like to compare the result if this happened in a mixed crowd Barcelona v Real Madrid or Rangers v Celtics game.

 

[blackus]

I just say thank fxck we had the umpires we did that day. Can you imagine how Razor would have umpired (ie ruined) those last few minutes in particular. He wouldn’t have been able to control himself and not insert himself into the limelight by paying a free to Maynard, or holding the pill against Howe in the goal square.

 

[Scotland]

I just say thank fxck we had the umpires we did that day. Can you imagine how Razor would have umpired (ie ruined) those last few minutes in particular. He wouldn’t have been able to control himself and not insert himself into the limelight by paying a free to Maynard, or holding the pill against Howe in the goal square.

Ha.

BT: 'Sheed, from the impossible angle, he's kicked a-'
Razor: 'Score review, umpire's call is a goal, want to confirm it didn't touch the post/man on the mark/low flying pigeon. Me me me me meeeeee.'
Everyone: FFFFFFUUUUUU

 

[DirtySandman]

the Ryan mark was sublime, the pictures on the first page of this thread, do it no justice, luckily the video angle captured it beautifully, the way he launched up, working between the two collingwood players, was amazing. so clean. after taking so many speccies in the WAFL in 2017, eagles fans were waiting all year for him to reproduce this for us, after a very good season, he saved his best for the last moments.

Also, lost in the passage of play, a shout out to Jetta, for some very close defensive work on Mihocek, almost set him up for a perfect launching pad, for Govs mark.

I needed a full hour to compose myself, after the final siren, before I could post anything on Bigfooty.

 

[juss]

That whole passage of play was unreal. It will live in the hearts of us West Coast fans forever.

But you are right. I think Ryan's mark, along with a whole plethora of other awesome moments in that game will always be overshadowed by Sheed's goal.

It was one of those beautiful passages where every kick where exactly where it needed to, every contested mark went the Eagles way, and the timing of it all just works. Definitely a memorable passage and in the context of when it happened, it will live on for a long time.

I do wonder however whether Collingwood fans have come to grips with De Goey's lazyness and unwillingness to hit the marking contest potentially costing them a premiership? In the last five minutes of a Grand Final it's not the time to be sitting out the back of a pack hoping to win the cheap easy ball. From 1:46 it really highlights the moment De Goey's lack of effort potentially costs them the game.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...72770D042463A7AA0CBB72770D042463A7A&FORM=VIRE

 

[adammania9]

It was one of those beautiful passages where every kick where exactly where it needed to, every contested mark went the Eagles way, and the timing of it all just works. Definitely a memorable passage and in the context of when it happened, it will live on for a long time.

I do wonder however whether Collingwood fans have come to grips with De Goey's lazyness and unwillingness to hit the marking contest potentially costing them a premiership? In the last five minutes of a Grand Final it's not the time to be sitting out the back of a pack hoping to win the cheap easy ball.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...72770D042463A7AA0CBB72770D042463A7A&FORM=VIRE

It was exactly that - a marking contest, with just as much chance of the footy rolling out the back toward De Goey as there was having a mark taken. There are a thousand ways to win and lose a game of footy.

 

[juss]

It was exactly that - a marking contest, with just as much chance of the footy rolling out the back toward De Goey as there was having a mark taken. There are a thousand ways to win and lose a game of footy.

And De Goey showed that one way to cost your team a flag is to allow the best intercept marking defender a free run at the ball to create a two on one.

 

[adammania9]

And De Goey showed that one way to cost your team a flag is to allow the best intercept marking defender a free run at the ball to create a two on one.

McGovern took the risk, not De Goey. If the ball goes over the top or hits the ground, Collingwood probably kick a goal and seal it. 4/5 smaller frame forwards would do the same as De Goey did.

It’s easy to sit back and analyse a dozen slo-mo camera shots from all sorts of angles six months later but moments are a second long in real time and the only reason De Goey is being scrutinised is because people love to point fingers. It makes complete sense to have an extra number behind the pack in case the ball sails over the top.

 

[garlic munchers]

And De Goey showed that one way to cost your team a flag is to allow the best intercept marking defender a free run at the ball to create a two on one.

Bit harsh.

De Goey had stints in the middle, had worked much harder than the Gov (albeit he had broken ribs) during the game and looked spent at that stage.

 

[Andreww]

Genuinely think i've seen it over 50 times now.

I've watched the passage of play so many times, but I'm still terrified as if one of the players is going to f**k it up!

 

[RookiePick]

Really feel for Langdon. He was one of the Pies best all day and then Ryan pulls out that bullshit mark. Langdon still makes the right decision and is clearly trying to hold the play up without conceding a free but Ryan picks his pocket with some ridiculous sleight of hand and Sheed does the rest.

Almost 2 hours of exceptional footy by Langdon undone in 10 seconds.

Langdon's 3rd quarter was immense, he almost single handedly stopped West Coast running over the top of them in the third with his intercept marking and contested work in d50.

 

[The wily weagle]

Also remember Darling's clanger in the last 2 minutes, had the potential to turn again the game and grand final on its head.

Im not sure he would have ever recovered had the Pies gone and kicked the next goal.

If the ball had of gone up the other end of the ground after that dropped mark, and the pies had of won the grand final, Jack Darling would have been run out of Perth

I am sure he was the most grateful man on the ground when the siren sounded

 

[Obeanie1]

There is another forgotten part that i'm sure a certain Collingwood captain is very happy slipped under the radar late in the game. If you watch the AFL 360 footage from the one camera angle of the entire match winning passage of play, you'll see Scott Pendlebury ends up in the defensive 50 not going near a single Eagles player the entire time he jogs down from midfield. He never gets into a sprint and he ends up only about 15 metres from where Sheed marked the ball. Had he busted a gut and not gotten caught looking around aimlessly for a loose West Coast player, he easily could have affected the contest where Maynard was left one on two. It might sound harsh, but a defensively minded player would have picked up on much quicker and done everything he could to get there.

27:15 in to the video.

A tad harsh on Pendles.

Last 2 mins and he didnt sprint hard enough?

Maybe he did bust his gut running but simply ran out of petrol tickets at that point?

Its easy behind a keyboard.

 

[Blackhawk42]

A tad harsh on Pendles.

Last 2 mins and he didnt sprint hard enough?

Maybe he did bust his gut running but simply ran out of petrol tickets at that point?

Its easy behind a keyboard.

You're a captain and the premiership is on the line. You just HAVE to go. It is a tad harsh, but in that footage he doesn't hit next gear, spends the run looking around aimlessly, ends up 20 metres from the nearest Eagles player. I feel like he would have liked to correct at least 2 of those 3 outcomes if he had his time over.