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Johnston's accuracy stats aren't terrible on face value. I agree it was the manner which he missed them that sticks in the mind. They didn't include out on the full stats either, he would have had a fair few of those.

I remember an interview with him where he said over the course of his career he lost all confidence in his technique, and if he shanked one early he was generally in for a shocker. Wasn't bad in open play though, probably because he didn't have to think about his action too much.

I remember going to the old Junction Oval with my old man to see the Cats play the Lions. Johnson had an absolute 'mare. Couldn't hit the side of a barn. There was a moment when a free kick was given to a Cats player in the forward line late in the game (we were flogged - Wilson killed us, again..) and the player was unable to take his kick (injured). My Dad shouted out "Give it to Johnson!!" which was brought a few laughs. The Cats faithful used to tear their hair out when he played.
 
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I remember going to the old Junction Oval with my old man to see the Cats play the Lions. Johnson had an absolute 'mare. Couldn't hit the side of a barn. There was a moment when a free kick was given to a Cats player in the forward line late in the game (we were flogged - Wilson killed us, again..) and the player was unable to take his kick (injured). My Dad shouted out "Give it to Johnson!!" which was brought a few laughs. The Cats faithful used to tear their hair out when he played.

There was one game I was at, might have been Melbourne at the G. He was clunking some big marks as he usually did, but if I recall correctly, there were three or four set shots for goal that went out on the full. One of them he was inside the boundary, about 20 metres out level with the goal line, and his kick never even got back into the field of play. Which meant he had to take it again, so he came in a bit further, and bang, straight out of bounds again.
 
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There was one game I was at, might have been Melbourne at the G. He was clunking some big marks as he usually did, but if I recall correctly, there were three or four set shots for goal that went out on the full. One of them he was inside the boundary, about 20 metres out level with the goal line, and his kick never even got back into the field of play. Which meant he had to take it again, so he came in a bit further, and bang, straight out of bounds again.

That sounds like the game at the Junction Oval I was referring to. Sure it wasn't there? Having said that , he had more than one shocker in front of goal!!
 

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Here's a little breakdown of my teams achievements as a collective.

At Geelong....

2691 games
1810 goals
16 B&F's (Todd 3, Hickey 2, Smith 2, McCarter 2, B.Nankervis 2, A.Eason, B.Rankin, L.Hardiman, Mahon, Sharp)
13 flags (Todd 2, Hickey 2, Smith 2, L.Hardiman 2, C.Rankin, Walker, Mahon, Sharp, Podsiadly)
21 GF's (Todd 3, Hickey 3, Smith 3, L.Hardiman 2, Sharp 2, Mensch 2, C.Rankin, Walker, Mahon, Newland, Poole, Podsiadly)
10 club leading goal kicker (Woods 4, C.Rankin 4, Mensch 1, Podsiadly 1)
13 State reps (A.Eason, McCarter, B.Rankin, C.Rankin, Todd, Hickey, L.Hardiman, Walker, Mahon, Smith, Newland, Neal, B.Nankervis)
3 State captains (B.Rankin, C.Rankin, Hickey)
6 club captains (A.Eason, B.Rankin, C.Rankin, Hickey, Smith, B.Nankervis)
2 premiership captains (Hickey 1, C.Rankin 1)
4 200+ club games (B.Nankervis 253, Hickey 245, Todd 232, Neal 200)
6 GFC team of the century (A.Eason, C.Rankin, Todd, Hickey, L.Hardiman, Smith)
3 AFL hall of fame (Todd, Hickey, Smith)
1 VFL leading goal kicker (C.Rankin)
1 Brownlow medal (Smith)
1 AFL team of the century (Smith)

and with other clubs/leagues

8 B&F's (Podsiadly 3 (Werribee, Geelong VFL), Browne 2 (Geelong West), Poole (Richmond), L.Hardiman (Subiaco), Smith (West Adelaide))
5 premierships (A.Eason 2 (Footscray), Smith, Browne, Mensch (Geelong VFL))
9 GF's (Browne 3, A.Eason 2, Smith, Woods, Mensch, Podsiadly)
5 club leading goal kicker (Podsiadly 5)
1 league leading goal kicker (Podsiadly 1)
3 club captains (A.Eason, Browne, Podsiadly)
1 premiership captain (A.Eason 2)
5 state or league reps (L.Hardiman (WA), Smith (SA), Browne (VFA), Poole (VIC), Podsiadly (VFL))
1 league best and fairest (Podsiadly)
 
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Here's a little breakdown of my teams achievements as a collective.

At Geelong....

2691 games
1810 goals
16 B&F's
13 flags
17 GF's
10 club leading goal kicker
13 State reps
2 State captains
5 club captains
2 premiership captains
4 200+ club games
6 GFC team of the century
3 AFL hall of fame
1 VFL leading goal kicker
1 Brownlow medal
1 AFL team of the century

and with other clubs/leagues

7 B&F's
4 premierships
7 GF's
1 club leading goal kicker
1 league leading goal kicker
3 club captains
1 premiership captain
5 state or league reps.
1 league best and fairest
Hey krisholio14, everyone knows 37.7% of statistics are made up!!......And repeated
 
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Hey krisholio14, everyone knows 37.7% of statistics are made up!!......And repeated

Mine are all pretty easily to verify.

Basically there is only one player in my team that has not either played in a Grand final, won a major club award, or represented their State (or AA selection) while with us, and that's Mark Browne. He did all three of those things at Geelong West though :)
 
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My pitch is the toughness of my team, the strength of my midfield and the overall evenness across each line.

A midfield of Farmer, Bartel, Marshall and Alistair Lord is mighty. Both talented and tough, it includes one legend of the game, two Brownlow medalists and another absolute champion. I reckon my team would win it's fair share of ball.

I have an equally hard half back line with proven big game players. Mansfield, Toohey and Devine just don't shirk. O'Reilly has the ability to play on the monster forwards, Guthrie and Callan are both class running players with the versatility to also play midfield.

My forwardline is perhaps the weakest of my lines but with Goninon, Ryan and Sarah it still has terrific goal scoring power with players (including Brown) that are excellent contested, overhead marks. Hawking and Morgan provide great run and carry.

All in all a very even team.


B: Cam Guthrie, S.O'Reilly, Terry Callan
HB: M.Mansfield, B.Toohey, J.Devine
C: Alistair Lord, D.Marshall, F.Hawking
HF: P.Sarah, B.Ryan, J.Snell
F: D.Flanigan, G.Goninon, P.Brown

Foll: G.Farmer, J.Bartel, S.Denham

19th: Darren Morgan
 
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My pitch is the toughness of my team, the strength of my midfield and the overall evenness across each line.

A midfield of Farmer, Bartel, Marshall and Alistair Lord is mighty. Both talented and tough, it includes one legend of the game, two Brownlow medalists and another absolute champion. I reckon my team would win it's fair share of ball.

I have an equally hard half back line with proven big game players. Mansfield, Toohey and Devine just don't shirk. O'Reilly has the ability to play on the monster forwards, Guthrie and Callan are both class running players with the versatility to also play midfield.

My forwardline is perhaps the weakest of my lines but with Goninon, Ryan and Sarah it still has terrific goal scoring power with players (including Brown) that are excellent contested, overhead marks. Hawking and Morgan provide great run and carry.

All in all a very even team.


B: Cam Guthrie, S.O'Reilly, Terry Callan
HB: M.Mansfield, B.Toohey, J.Devine
C: Alistair Lord, D.Marshall, F.Hawking
HF: P.Sarah, B.Ryan, J.Snell
F: D.Flanigan, G.Goninon, P.Brown

Foll: G.Farmer, J.Bartel, S.Denham

19th: Darren Morgan

I'm just waiting for NSFB to reply to me, I've offered to get the information from all selectors and organize them for him. I mainly put some stats up so I don't lose them lol.
 
I'm just waiting for NSFB to reply to me, I've offered to get the information from all selectors and organize them for him. I mainly put some stats up so I don't lose them lol.
Sounds good. Was at cricket practice so have been off line.
 

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Ok then, if selectors can PM me a brief description of each player a la the St Kilda example from earlier, that would be good.

I am happy to do a write up of each team also, but if selectors want to use a write up of their own, shoot that thru too.

I have all the teams saved separately, so descriptions are all I need.
 
Ok then, if selectors can PM me a brief description of each player a la the St Kilda example from earlier, that would be good.

I am happy to do a write up of each team also, but if selectors want to use a write up of their own, shoot that thru too.

I have all the teams saved separately, so descriptions are all I need.
Looking forward to doing a write up of my team. But hard on the train sitting on 5% iPhone battery. Stats will not be my selling point necessarily
 
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Looking forward to doing a write up of my team. But hard on the train sitting on 5% iPhone battery. Stats will not be my selling point necessarily

Not a worry.

What I'm gonna do, if it's ok with people, is do a write up of my own for everyones team to use for the poll thread. Of course I will pass it with each selector before I post it. Then if anyone would like to give a run down of how their draft progressed, thoughts on strengths and weaknesses etc I can add that too :)

Also, think of a name for your team and send it thru to me.
 
The Vdubs Team.
Aka The Lovecats- For our Theme Song



B:- Ainsworth, Vinar, C.Mitchell
HB:-Bos, Colbert, Hickmott
C:- Blicavs, K.Matthews, Wojcinski
HF:-Sharrock, Graham, P. Lynch
F:- Breuer, N Ablett, Murdoch
R:- R.Blake, Pickering, G. Ablett jnr
19;-Dr. Alex McGregor

Starting at the first bounce, big Rod Blake punches the ball 40 metres to the elusive Ablett who takes one bounce and goal.
OR
The ball is kicked out from FB by Vinar 75 metres to the high marking Graham at CHF, who kicks the goal from 75m out.
OR
Wojo pounces on a loose ball, takes 3 bounces, mesmerises all who try to chase him, and goals.

The key elements of this team are

VERSATILITY, EXCITEMENT/WEAPONS, DEPTH

VERSATILITY

A.Starting in defence,
Paul Vinar-
-a superb kick, prodigious enough to rival Benny Graham
-able to play ruck
-possessed mongrel
-45 goals
Chris Mitchell-
-another ruckman, beautifully skilled
-equally adept playing the tall defender and forward
-excellent mark and mobility
-33 goals
Leigh Colbert-
-a true swing player
-courageous
-at home as a KF , and mostly at NM as a KB
-50 goals
Adrian Hickmott-
-able to play as a ball magnet mid
-tough, uncompromising HBF
-24 goals
B.Midfield
Mark Blicav
s-
-undeniable emerging supertalent
-capable as a winger, ruck-rover, and 2nd or 3rd up ruckman
-can plug holes in defence
-16 goals
C.Forward
Ben Graham-

-so tempted to slot him at FB, but Vinar would argue
-145 goals as a power CHF
Shayne Breuer-
-very brilliant HFF 77 goals
-very capable damaging midfielder
Jordan Murdoch-
-superquick, long kick, forward, mid or defence
-45 goals
D.Bench
Dr Alex McGregor-
-midfield or HBF capabilities
-was known to assist the team at 1/2 time by suturing teammates-true story

EXCITEMENT- X-FACTOR- WEAPONS

Gary Ablett jnr-
-the most brilliant mid the GFC has seen
-262 goals
John Sharrock-
-able to blitz an opposition with brilliant marking, ground play, and goal scoring
-109 goals
- a true match-winner
Ben Graham-
-how often did the crowd woo Benny to go for the torp when 70 m out from goal
-who saw his legendary kickouts from FB?
David Wojcinski-
-the most electrifying speedster we have seen at Geelong
-the metres gained specialist
-66 goals
Paul Lynch-
-unstoppable skills in attack, marking, ground play,
-55 goals
Nathan Ablett-
-unpredictable focus at FF
-capable of big goals with both feet
-great mark, superb athleticism
-46 goals
Rod Blake-
-hitouts of 40 metres on a regular basis
-excellent around the ground mobility and marking
-113 goals

DEPTH
*3 Rucks
*Beautifully balanced MF, with Pickering to "manage" Ablett,
players to slot in easily, such as Hickmott and Breuer,
*2 recognised Fullbacks
*Huge goal scoring potential with Kelvin Matthews (70goals) also a capable FP.
*A balanced solid defence with the ever-reliable tackling machine Mark Bos backing up Colbert, and the very capable and effective full-time Back Pocket Geoff Ainsworth to negate the FP rover types that always trouble Geelong teams lately
*Abundant pace- Wojcinski, Murdoch, Ablett
*Marking prowess- Blake, Graham, NAblett, Colbert, Mitchell, Lynch, Sharrock, Hickmot

ACHIEVEMENTS
Captaincy.(3)
1.
Geoff Ainsworth
2. Ben Graham
3. Leigh Colbert
Best and Fairest (7)
1.
Mark Bos x 2
2. Mark Blicavs
3. Ben Graham
4. Rod Blake
5. Liam Pickering
6. Gary Ablett jnr
Premierships (8)
1.
Paul Vinar 1963
2. Kelvin Matthews(Hawthorn)
3. David Wojcinski 07, 09, 11
4. John Sharrock 1963
5. Nathan Ablett 2007
6. Gary Ablett jnr 07, 09
Brownlows
Gary Ablett jnr
AFLPA Awards/ Leigh Matthews Medal
Gary Ablett jnr 07, 08, 09
AFLCA Awards/ Champion Player of The Year
Gary Ablett jnr 07, 08, 09


Whatever way this is judged, it has been hugely fun being involved in this competition, reading everybody's contributions, learning about players from before even my time, and kind of sad it has ended.
Have hardly needed to or had time to look at other threads for a few weeks now.
 
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I remember going to the old Junction Oval with my old man to see the Cats play the Lions. Johnson had an absolute 'mare. Couldn't hit the side of a barn. There was a moment when a free kick was given to a Cats player in the forward line late in the game (we were flogged - Wilson killed us, again..) and the player was unable to take his kick (injured). My Dad shouted out "Give it to Johnson!!" which was brought a few laughs. The Cats faithful used to tear their hair out when he played.
Reluctant like .
So true.
Exceptional in the air
Diabolical off the boot.
 
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Ok then, if selectors can PM me a brief description of each player a la the St Kilda example from earlier, that would be good.

I am happy to do a write up of each team also, but if selectors want to use a write up of their own, shoot that thru too.

I have all the teams saved separately, so descriptions are all I need.

Not a worry.

What I'm gonna do, if it's ok with people, is do a write up of my own for everyones team to use for the poll thread. Of course I will pass it with each selector before I post it. Then if anyone would like to give a run down of how their draft progressed, thoughts on strengths and weaknesses etc I can add that too :)

Also, think of a name for your team and send it thru to me.

I already have a few teams submitted, if nothing else I need team names from ChookNorris Catgirl year of the cat NakedDeadGuy catempire Biggy_Boy Sttew 10lana
 
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I can't think of anything that doesn't make me cringe. Surprise me

I think that's the whole idea - to make the name as cringeworthy as possible!

Some suggestions for you: "Catgirl's Girls", "Catgirl's like really amazing team" or my personal favourite, "Not a patch on YOTC's team"
 

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