Winderlich in the GF Sprint

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:58 pm

Fevola won off a 6m start but Winderlich came 2nd starting off scratch along with Danyle Pearce and a couple of other boys.

He's obviously quick. Looking forward to him being back in the middle next year.

Post by **danstar84** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:02 pm

Was clear second, so would have won if Fev started with the rest of them.

Need his speed next year. He was playing some good footy before the leg injury. Here's hoping that he is a late bloomer and really comes on soon.

billyduckworth · Post by **billyduckworth** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:05 pm

Good news! Presumably it means he has fully recovered from the broken leg.

Post by **Megan** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:38 pm

Fev went off a handicap? Humph. Typical Carlton.

Post by **danstar84** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:02 pm

Handicap was for being slow upstairs, rather than in the legs

Post by **Jazz_84** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:33 pm

oh thats great to hear, we can use that next year, just hope he plays 22 games, well as long as im hoping for things lets get him in all 25 of our games

Post by **boncer34** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:07 pm

Fevola winning it is a load of shit.

BenDoolan · Post by **BenDoolan** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:06 pm

Can someone please tell me what the hell this all proves? The winner of a GF sprints has a 6 metre head start. Surely you find out who's the fastest over the same distance. Morons.

bombercol · Post by **bombercol** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:15 pm

Licker did very well considering he is coming off a broken leg and Fevola got a twenty metre start.

antcl · Post by **antcl** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:17 pm

Winderlich also got a handicap.

Pearce was the only player off scratch.

Sol · Post by **Sol** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:00 pm

antcl wrote:Winderlich also got a handicap.

Pearce was the only player off scratch.

Yah thats what I thought too.

Pretty sure Winder was off 2 mtrs. Beat Pearce by about that too.

Fev was off 8, so he had 6 off winder.

They handicap because that is what they do in professional racing. Anyone heard of the Stawell?

Crowny · Post by **Crowny** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:04 pm

Im agree with Billy. I hope it means hes made a full recvoery from the broken leg and will have a good one next season.

Post by **boncer34** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:10 pm

Sol wrote:
antcl wrote:Winderlich also got a handicap.

Pearce was the only player off scratch.
Yah thats what I thought too.

Pretty sure Winder was off 2 mtrs. Beat Pearce by about that too.

Fev was off 8, so he had 6 off winder.

They handicap because that is what they do in professional racing. Anyone heard of the Stawell?

They've run off scratch for the last how many ever years they've run it. And at least at Stawell the handicapping isnt ridiculously biased.

Filthy · Post by **Filthy** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:26 pm

I thought he had "arrived" until he busted his leg which sorta summed up our year!

Sol · Post by **Sol** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:10 pm

boncer34 wrote:
Sol wrote:
antcl wrote:Winderlich also got a handicap.

Pearce was the only player off scratch.
Yah thats what I thought too.

Pretty sure Winder was off 2 mtrs. Beat Pearce by about that too.

Fev was off 8, so he had 6 off winder.

They handicap because that is what they do in professional racing. Anyone heard of the Stawell?
They've run off scratch for the last how many ever years they've run it. And at least at Stawell the handicapping isnt ridiculously biased.

Sorry Bonce, I didn't think it was that biased at all, in fact I was surprised by the pace Fev displayed over 92 mtrs for a top heavy full forward. He did very well up against mostly outright midfielders.

I was expecting a quick 20-3 mtr burst from him but thought they woud peg that back easily after the 50 mtr mark but it wasnt to be.

All in all I liked the format

Post by **boncer34** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:33 pm

Sol wrote:
boncer34 wrote:
Sol wrote:
antcl wrote:Winderlich also got a handicap.

Pearce was the only player off scratch.
Yah thats what I thought too.

Pretty sure Winder was off 2 mtrs. Beat Pearce by about that too.

Fev was off 8, so he had 6 off winder.

They handicap because that is what they do in professional racing. Anyone heard of the Stawell?
They've run off scratch for the last how many ever years they've run it. And at least at Stawell the handicapping isnt ridiculously biased.
Sorry Bonce, I didn't think it was that biased at all, in fact I was surprised by the pace Fev displayed over 92 mtrs for a top heavy full forward. He did very well up against mostly outright midfielders.

I was expecting a quick 20-3 mtr burst from him but thought they woud peg that back easily after the 50 mtr mark but it wasnt to be.

All in all I liked the format

Not Biased? Fevola being able to slow down to a jog over the last couple of metres and still win it by 2-3 metres doesnt mean it was biased?

BenDoolan · Post by **BenDoolan** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:32 pm

So let's have the Melbourne Cup with horses starting at different markers. What a crap system. First over the line from the same starting point proves you ARE a winner. Starting ahead of everyone else and getting across the line first, proves NOTHING.

billyduckworth · Post by **billyduckworth** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:43 am

Actually, the Melbourne Cup is also a handicap race. Horses are handicapped by weight.

swoodley · Post by **swoodley** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:54 am

Why the angst

(I've been wanting to use this emoticon since I first saw it

)

It was just a novelty race to entertain the crowd

F111 · Post by **F111** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:11 pm

swoodley wrote:Why the angst (I've been wanting to use this emoticon since I first saw it )

It was just a novelty race to entertain the crowd

We wanted the windowlicker to win.