Martin Flanagan Article

[Bartram_Class]

In 2010, Liam Jurrah won the AFL Mark of the Year. In 2011, he's not flying for his marks any more, instead playing as a scavenger forward. As Leigh Matthews alluded in his call, imagine if Jurrah was still at Collingwood playing in a forward line structured around two big strong players like Cloke and Dawes. He'd be unstoppable.

Jack Watts is improving each week. The first thing I would say about Watts is that I haven't seen him intimidated. He might be the golden-haired boy from Brighton Grammar but he's not afraid. Nor is he slow. He's 196 centimetres but he can gather the ball at his ankles, he is a fine mark over head. He's becoming Melbourne's Brendon Goddard.

Melbourne has characters, too, like mid-field duo Sergeant-Major Brent Moloney and ''Chunky'' Jones. Chunky is a modern footballer in that he has a nude head, a much-inked arm and a following on Twitter. He is old-fashioned in that he takes the blows and keeps going. Similarly, when surrounded by foes, the Sergeant-Major inflates his chest and charges. Also tough in the clinches is Jordie McKenzie. Such is his appetite for the tackle, you would be reluctant to shake hands with him in the street for fear of being wrestled to the ground. Jordy's a rich man's Mitch Robinson.

Full article here.

Could read Flanagan articles about the Demons all day long, I miss the 150th year when he would write one a week.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Was enjoying the article until I saw "Trengrove".

****in pisses me off.

Love the bit about Jordie being a rich man's Mitch Robinson.

 

[Higgs Boson]

Gee he's good, isn't he?

I, too, loved the Jordy McKenzie quip. Terrific article; not quite sure about the very last paragraph though.

 

[Crusty Demon]

I'm a little tired of hearing that the QB match is 'our grand final'. Until we start playing finals and winning premierships, I guess we will have to cop that on the chin. It's certainly our biggest game of the home and away season, but a grand final it is not.

Good little article though. He's definitely right about Jurrah. I think it was the Hawthorn game where he flew for everything. Since then, I've hardly seen his feet leave the ground. The coaching staff have definitely had something to do with that. We need Liam to be a more consistent player, which I believe he is becoming. Not just a flashy drift in and out of a game and try for mark of the year every week. And yeah, the Trengrove thing annoys me as well. A journo of all people should get a name correct...

 

[shortbus]

I thought the article was very poorly written, sounds like something you would read in a year 9 english class room.