blueman2 wrote:
moshe25 wrote:
frank dardew wrote:
Agree also with Agro Doully owned Royce Hart who was a brilliant player
I always put it down to the fact that Bruce could match him in the air get the spoil in but was cat like in his recovery and would mop up the spilled ball whilst Hart was wondering how he didnt take the mark
Bruce was really the first attacking hbf who was the harbinger for the modern hbf who sets up the play and is the springboard into attack
Going on a little further it was sublime to see both Jezza and doull on the hbf -
I always put it down to the fact that Bruce could match him in the air get the spoil in but was cat like in his recovery and would mop up the spilled ball whilst Hart was wondering how he didnt take the mark
Bruce was really the first attacking hbf who was the harbinger for the modern hbf who sets up the play and is the springboard into attack
Going on a little further it was sublime to see both Jezza and doull on the hbf -
And McKay (and later big Val) as attacking CHB. Those 70s teams were unbelievable.
David McKay was the best consistent mark of a ball that I have ever seen. What a pair of hands!
The best one-off mark I ever saw, though, was by John Gould (I'm pretty sure it was an interstate game and he was playing CHB for Vic, of course). The ball was kicked high and long in the direction of Gould right on the half time siren, and I remember with one straight arm raised almost vertically above his head he marked it. What was so good about it was that he just plucked it out of the air as he had just begun walking off the field, like someone casually catching a tennis ball thrown at them in one easy grab or a fielder catching a baseball with a glove. The ball just flew into his hand and it stayed there. I remember the crowd roared in amazement as Gould just kept the ball aloft with that straight arm for a good five seconds or more before dropping it on the turf and continuing to walk off the field. I never forgot it although it happened some 40 odd years ago.
In fact, Goold was the most consistent spectacular one-handed mark I've ever seen. He seemed to take one every couple of weeks. And I don't mean ones like Fev did where he'd hold off the full-back and take a one-hander on his chest. No, Ragsy used to take finger-tip one-handers. I remember one where he rode a guy, had knees in his back, and plucked a one-hander. Awesome athlete. Represented the country in 3 sports too.
reminiscing about the good old days and the Blues champs and champion teams from a bygone era
