Opinion Which current North player would you want kicking for goal from 60m after the siren?

[Thndr]

 

[Kimbo]

'Lukey Mac' to wink to a team mate, not make the distance, and then laugh about it with Jmac later, who says 'Don't worry mate, it would have been nice to win, but it wasn't a must win.'

 

[hilly]

Zurharr. I reckon he is one of the few players we have with the confidence/arrogance to execute under pressure.

Edit: didn't realise from 60 out. Point remains though.

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[Snake_Baker]

Zurharr. I reckon he is one of the few players we have with the confidence/arrogance to execute under pressure.

Edit: didn't realise from 60 out. Point remains though.

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He wouldn't crack 60 mate.

 

[hilly]

He wouldn't crack 60 mate.

Yep, I read the OP too quickly.

Another vote for big Tom Campbell.

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[Heaps of fun]

Anyone that has seen Tom Campbell line up shots at training would know he's the only one that can nail this distance with regularity. It's a freakshow, even compared to all the other professional footballers down there with him.

 

[Ischenko]

No point flying business class to Tassie.

True enough. Probably wasn’t even an option. Regardless, he looked like utter s**t. Hard to have much sympathy for the man.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

The bottom line is in the 1990's we had 10 players who could kick goals from outside 50m on a regular basis. Twenty years later we have zero. Great sports science & player development in my book. Is it human revolution that the human body can't kick a ball 50m+ anymore, or has it been coached out of the game? I'd say it's the ladder.

 

[LB2Snake]

no luv for Mase on here......Captain Clutch if ever there was one

 

[ferball]

no luv for Mase on here......Captain Clutch if ever there was one

Didn't he kick a 45m banana from the boundary off his right foot to win a game one year?

 

[Ischenko]

Didn't he kick a 45m banana from the boundary off his right foot to win a game one year?

vs Saints 2016. We were already in front, he ran the clock down then drilled it. Led to a rule change I think.

 

[tazaa]

I remember Jack dobbing one from the center against Essendon a few years back.
Has he lost penetration in his kicking or does he just not kick long anymore.

 

[ferball]

vs Saints 2016. We were already in front, he ran the clock down then drilled it. Led to a rule change I think.

Not the countdown shot, another one. It was a definite outside of the boot monster.

 

[Event Horizon]

From 60 after the siren? I'd just leave the ground as we'd be no chance whoever had the ball. Maybe Luke McDonald, if it was straight enough.

 

[75-77-96-99]

Greatest kick of all time? My old man was right on the wing that day apparently, mind-blowing scenes.

has anyone got the last 10 mins of that game to upload here - GR maybe? As stated before all his goals in the last few minutes were incredible...

 

[Themanbun]

The bottom line is in the 1990's we had 10 players who could kick goals from outside 50m on a regular basis. Twenty years later we have zero. Great sports science & player development in my book. Is it human revolution that the human body can't kick a ball 50m+ anymore, or has it been coached out of the game? I'd say it's the ladder.

Coached out of the game for sure.

1. Is just not being practised enough. Like fast bowling in cricket, powerlifting, javelin throwing or NFL punting, you've just sometimes got to get the CNS used to letting loose and going for distance above all.
2. The sports science has all been focused on keeping the ball low and accuracy over short distances. Apart from that, Australia's main sports (cricket, footy) are woefully lagging behind other sports when it comes to applying biomechanical concepts regarding the kinetic chain and sequencing to our own sports.

 

[Snake_Baker]

My guess is that the endurance running of modern football is the reason that kicking has dropped away.

Less leg musculature.

 

[D23D]

I remember Fev saying quite a few years ago that goal kicking became harder when the started using many new balls for each game.
He said that when there was only one ball, you would knock a bit of shine off it and soften it up slightly. From that point, kicking the thing straight got easier.
Not sure if this also effects penetration but it could.

 

[R00StaR]

I wouldn't bet on any of them from 50, let alone 60.

3/4s cant make the distance from 45 judging by last weeks game. 60? i dont think we have anyone.

 

[Snake_Baker]

3/4s cant make the distance from 45 judging by last weeks game. 60? i dont think we have anyone.

Robbie.

Luke on a wind up would give it a shake.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Robbie.

Luke on a wind up would give it a shake.

I reckon Campbell would too.

 

[Ischenko]

has anyone got the last 10 mins of that game to upload here - GR maybe? As stated before all his goals in the last few minutes were incredible...

This is on youtube - amazing watch.

 

[75-77-96-99]

This is on youtube - amazing watch.

cheers mate - gee the commentators can exaggerate a bit - his first goal he was 70 metres out lol... lucky to be 50 and the second one he was 40 metres out... 25 at best me thinks

 

[Falkroo]

Just on the Blight goal. With the recent passing of Mike Williamson, there has been a lot of talk about his commentary and some of the his classic lines in big games that have gone down in history, ie: "Jesaulenko, you beauty" and so forth, history of his calling of the Blight goal is well known, what isn't so much is what he described when the crowd invaded the ground and Blight was being chaired off, you don't hear on this youtube version, but i'll always remember Williamson's cries of "I Have Seen It All Now, I HAVE SEEN IT ALL"

 

[roosmad]

Currently no one on the list that can kick 60?

We would lose..........