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Meteoric Rise said:
I did notice Egg was shy in some contests as well, but left him out on the grounds he only played a few games as a fill in. He is not 100% soft either, he can thread his way through traffic without panic kicking at the first sign of oncoming traffic.
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Agree [emoji817]. I think the knocks on the Egg are a bit harsh . I can’t remember all a moment when he has done a Miers. Should be no comparison whatsoever.
If he gets traded or delisted , I’ll remember quite a few ..... miraculously.

Really sh$ts me when we bag our own.



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Cotchins Hair Piece said:
For his size, Jack Darling.
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Eaglespur said:
This is probably the worst call I have read on bigfooty. If anything he is one of the hardest players on our list that has had this reputation tarnished by a few bad moments in big finals.

For a key forward who is 191cm he cops double teams and contact more than almost any player in our side and bounces back up and keeps going. Incredibly durable hard player.
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And this is where supporters get pissed off when the soft accusation is thrown around.

I agree with Cotchins Hair Piece but for a different reason.

My nickname for Darling is "Grassy knoll" throws his head back everytime he gets tackled trying to milk a free and whenever he is in a marking contest and knows he cannot take said mark will always go to ground at the slightest contact again trying to milk a free kick.

Now I don't think Darling is soft in the footballing definition of soft but the way he plays for free kicks is bloody soft.
 

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definitely a geelong player. accentuating contact/diving psychologically deteriorates your winning mentality, it's infested the entire club. maybe not soft in the traditional sense you're thinking but i can't think of anything softer than playing the umpire over the man or the ball
 
simba_ said:
definitely a geelong player. accentuating contact/diving psychologically deteriorates your winning mentality, it's infested the entire club. maybe not soft in the traditional sense you're thinking but i can't think of anything softer than playing the umpire over the man or the ball
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So what you are saying is Chris Sook is a soft coach then....I like it. 😁
 
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Agree with the Darling call, albeit a different way

I have no doubt he would go back with the flight and put his head over the ball when it's his turn.

But there are some contests, maybe 1 or 2 every 100, where instead of imposing himself physically and throwing his weight around he just tries to play for the free or try and finesse it.
 
Jack Lonie.
 
THECHIEFTON said:
Jack Lonie.
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Can’t say I’ve personally seen him shirk contact, have seen him get cleaned up due to his small stature a few times though.



He does duck for free kicks however, probably the only bloke on our team that does it and it gives me the shits. I consider that soft.
 
12Chill said:
Can’t say I’ve personally seen him shirk contact, have seen him get cleaned up due to his small stature a few times though.



He does duck for free kicks however, probably the only bloke on our team that does it and it gives me the shits. I consider that soft.
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Obviously I don't watch him as closely as you but I watch a lot of games and every time I've watched him he ducks and falls over very easily for frees.
 

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THECHIEFTON said:
Obviously I don't watch him as closely as you but I watch a lot of games and every time I've watched him he ducks and falls over very easily for frees.
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I was just wondering what the main premise of “soft” was for you with Lonie. When I think of soft I first think of guys who don’t like contact and like to play bruise free, which I wouldn’t say applies to Lonie.

But secondly I think of ducking and flopping for free kicks is soft and he’s definitely a repeat offender of that, so I agree with you.
 
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Strattonsphere said:
Everytime Pickett attempts to take an overhead mark his head retracts into his body like a turtle
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Its weird because he in other areas goes really hard. Generally looks for contact and often bumps instead of tackling. Maybe he has been cleaned up backing into a pack before? Lacking confidence? There's that mark of his running back with the flight in the VFL which is as brave as you'll see.
 
AFLOnline said:
Hannebery really? I can name at least 5 saints players who I think are actually soft, unlike Hannebery, and since your footy IQ is so low let me help you out by providing them; Bradley Hill, Jack Billings, Seb Ross, Jack Lonie and Nicholas Coffield.
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Agree on all this except Coffield.
 

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