Was this the most clutch piece of candy sold in the afl era?

[StillAtLarge]

There's 1 minute left on the clock. Mumford takes the ball out of the ruck (no mean feat) in his defensive goalsquare and somehow pulls off a ridiculous slight of hand vs Pendlebury. If it goes awry the pies probably take the lead and Mumford likely goes down in history for committing one of the biggest blunders in football history.
Instead...

 

[Orange Agent]

Where'd he go? Twinkletoes Mumford.

 

[Jack5]

Cool head in the moment. Very good.

And nice call.

 

[Upgrayedd]

You reach I teach.

 

[DirtySandman]

It was pretty good.

 

[2006_Eagles]

it was pretty great

 

[vaughany]

Good call. Underrated moment in the dying stages.

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[Stopher]

Considering how bad that match-up looked on paper, he did ok. That was some fancy work at the coal face though!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

(Nose) candy

 

[BobbyMorri]

That last 15 mins suited him. He didn't have to run.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Honestly didn’t know he had it in him.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Extra points because it made a smart footballer in Pendles, look stupid.

He had a DE of 37%, gave away more free kicks than anyone on the ground, his opponent had 73 hit outs, and he looked cooked for most of the day, like the game had past him by. But Mummy's last quarter, particularly the last 15 minutes where he just willed himself from contest to contest and made the right decisions, was a factor in them winning the game.

Will be huge for them this week, along with Shaw, the only premiership players on their list.

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

Grundy got a lot of hit outs but I reckon he has some bruises too.

 

[blitzer]

Have to give massive props to the big, slow and old ruckman pulling out that move in the dying seconds of a prelim against one of the champion footballers of the modern era. If he had messed that up he would have got his right whack so deserves some praise for pulling that one out.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Outrageously good piece of football.

At the time I thought, 'that is best candy sale I have ever seen'.

Glad to see it get its own thread. Deserves it.

Goal line, wet footy, opponents nearby, dying moments of a prelim, all the momentum with the opposition, a few points in the game.

Against Pendlebury of all people.

And it was by an aging ruckman.

Tremendous stuff.

 

[jwikked]

Didn't realise it was against Pendles at the time. It was super impressive, especially for a guy labelled a liability.

Thought he played well overall, too.

 

[tommyk72]

I only saw the last 5 minutes. Thought Mumford was massive.

 

[Wojcinski]

It was honestly amazing, I don't reckon he's ever sold candy like that, let alone to one of the best midfielders in such a crucial time of a high stakes game. He dun real good.

 

[demondavey]

Great story to share with your mates over beers*











*nose beers

 

[Shane Heard]

Good call. Right call.

I saw it at the time too. That ball just had to be cleared pronto.

It’s a game of inches sometimes..especially finals.

 

[10571z]

Huge play by him. If only we wrapped him up and got a free!

 

[turtle27]

Just went back and watched it on replay, massive moment.

 

[whatis]

 

[the harry]

If he kicked it and got smothered I imagine Pendlebury would have got a goal out of it and been the hero.

Incredible really.

 

[The Speaker]

Regardless of what BT says, it's called selling the dummy. We've called it that for over 100 years. It doesn't even make sense to talk about 'candy' when we don't use that word here - we call them lollies.