Wells cuts out the middle man
WESTERN Australia. Brash. Bold. It remains Australia's frontier country, where the rewards go to those who wait for nobody, those who see an opportunity and then go out and grab it. North Melbourne's Daniel Wells, the pride of Kwinana and the Peel Thunder, is a case in point with this effort at Patersons Stadium in 2004. Goal square stoppage… see ball, get ball, kick ball through for a goal, all in one action and without the help of anyone else. Who needs ruckmen?Hover your mouse to pause the gif and scroll forwards or backwards
Thankyou very much Darling
Wells' effort 10 years ago earned him the Goal of the Year. Back in the day, that was good enough for a car. Not so for West Coast's Jack Darling in the same week as the theatrics from Marcus Bontempelli and Steven Motlop, but the similarities are eerie nonetheless – Darling is also from Western Australia, his goal also came at the city end of Patersons Stadium and also against Fremantle. There was no stoppage this time around, simply a gather, an instant assessment of the options and a goal all in the one action. Again gravity defying and again a prompt to kick off the Jackie Chan references..Hover your mouse to pause the gif and scroll forwards or backwards
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