Vote for paddy

[local]

Vote for paddy for best goal of the year:

http://www.foxfooty.tv/

Saints supporters are making this one hard so need all votes!

Current standing:

Brendon Goddard
38%

Brendan Fevola
4.7%

Aaron Davey
6.6%

Patrick Bowden
38.8%
Eddie Betts
11.9%

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Brendon Goddard
35.3%
Brendan Fevola
3.8%
Aaron Davey
6.3%
Patrick Bowden
43.5%
Eddie Betts
11.1%

 

[Heisenberg_]

im interested to know why Eddie Betts is so far behind, his goal is easily GOTY so far. But i still voted for Bowden anyway

 

[tugga]

im interested to know why Eddie Betts is so far behind, his goal is easily GOTY so far. But i still voted for Bowden anyway

Agree. I'd rate Betts first, followed by Davey and not much separating Fevola and PB.

 

[IDGAF]

Agree. I'd rate Betts first, followed by Davey and not much separating Fevola and PB.

As a football purist , Eddie Betts goal was GOTY by a margin .... freakish , off balance , everything was wrong , but he nailed it .

 

[True Thylacine]

As a football purist , Eddie Betts goal was GOTY by a margin .... freakish , off balance , everything was wrong , but he nailed it .

I agree ID, which is why I think B2's was actually a tad more skillful and calculated. Call me biased but B2 gets my vote.

 

[Heisenberg_]

As a football purist , Eddie Betts goal was GOTY by a margin .... freakish , off balance , everything was wrong , but he nailed it .

yeah it was from an impossible angle, after he had done the hard work to get the ball in the first place

 

[tugga]

As a football purist , Eddie Betts goal was GOTY by a margin .... freakish , off balance , everything was wrong , but he nailed it .

Yep, spot on. The other four goals had skill, no doubt about that. But they had time to size things up (and in Goddard's case lots of time) and make a calculated move. Betts had none of that, and it wasn't a slap-it-on-my-foot and hope for the best goal either.
Having said that I voted for PB

 

[Infamy]

There are about a dozen freak snap goals like Betts every year.

Final results
Brendon Goddard 35.4%
Brendan Fevola 3.6%
Aaron Davey 6.2%
Patrick Bowden 43.9%
Eddie Betts 11%

 

[MTBTYT]

im interested to know why Eddie Betts is so far behind, his goal is easily GOTY so far. But i still voted for Bowden anyway

I suppose it all rests on how much you rate luck and pure arse and how much you rate skill. In Betts' case the only decision he made was to throw it on the boot and hope for the best (you can't tell me he actually sized things up). In PB's case he had the ball, looked at the goals and slotted it off the outside of the boot from an impossible angle.

An analogy for me would be the difference between a reflex catch at short leg or slip in cricket, they either stick or they don't, not much to think about really, and a catch taken at full length running backwards with the flight of the ball from a skied shot to cover.