Look Good In Leather wrote:1919 wrote:Down the Hill wrote:No different to the best midfielders in the AFL, the best midfielders in the SFL are masters at drawing contact as they dispose of the footy which in turn can draw a free kick or a free downfield often resulting in a kick for goal. Any player who gets bumped or tackled as they are about to dispose of the ball is always going to look as though they have been hit late but that is why they are so good, because they have the poise to cleanly dispose of the ball even with players bearing down on them.
Players like Eagleton, Bayly, Johnstone etc. will always look to come off second best in any contact situation because of their size. Supporters need to understand this before they think their favourite players are continually targeted.
Sidenote - I notice another favourite son of the Vikings copped a 3 game suspension in the SAAFL recently. Two solid suspensions in 3 seasons.
could that be Mister Footy's' top bloke again............one hell of a fella, as quite a few opponents will testify.
Possibly not quite the context that Mister Footy used:Mister Footy wrote:Definitely - a legend on the field and a gentleman off the field and one of the greatest captains our club has ever had
Keep digging LGIL, there were plenty of posts in a couple of threads on the issue, Mister Footy definately excusex the culprit be ause he's a 'good bloke' in more than one post. Pretty sure he also was of the opinion he shouldn't cop the abuse he does from the sidelines. The amount of defending Mister Footy does for the culprit suggests a huge man crush.