What about that goal from Milne ..

BelfastSaint · Sun 24 May 2009 5:57pm

I havent seen it yet ..... was it good .....very good .... or special .....

backit · Post: # 744218Post **backit** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:01pm

They didn't replay it check for the news later or on a highlights package somewhere. It was good, quick and at a time when we needed it.

battye · Post: # 744219Post **battye** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:01pm

Very good soccer off the ground, a clever trap by Kosi to get it to him.

busso mick · Post: # 744222Post **busso mick** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:02pm

It was Premier League stuff, a volley from 15 metres out and beat the keeper.

Even though he is a white guy it was not out of place in Indigenous Round.

Schillaci · Post: # 744242Post **Schillaci** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:18pm

battye wrote:Very good soccer off the ground, a clever trap by Kosi to get it to him.

Haven't seen it... but Kosi said on MMM that he spilt the mark so he could set it up for Milney.

Sainterone · Post: # 744243Post **Sainterone** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:22pm

Which one? - they were all great....

I liked the slow-mo of the one off the ground - shows him twist his foot to get better contact...

Or was it the set shot from 50m to give us the lead?

...or was it the shot around the body after the hurried pass from Roo....

Was it Commetti that said - no goals from Scheider or Milne to three quarter time - can Brisbane keep them quiet for the entire match?

I don't think so - great game-breaking goals from Milney when we needed it.

Devilhead · Post: # 744246Post **Devilhead** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:24pm

Yeah McGrath smashed him all day and then couldn't keep him quiet when it mattered

Griggsy · Post: # 744247Post **Griggsy** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:25pm

Had no idea how it got to his boot until the replay. The play was over in the blink of an eye. Great stuff. Good thinking by Kosi and great finish by Milne.

bigcarl · Post: # 744251Post **bigcarl** » Sun 24 May 2009 6:33pm

Great last quarter by the little rat. A front runner who can't produce under pressure I'm told

goodie · Post: # 744267Post **goodie** » Sun 24 May 2009 7:00pm

Perhaps he's considering an NFL punting career

bigcarl wrote:Great last quarter by the little rat. A front runner who can't produce under pressure I'm told

He brought us back into it, then I thought he'd lost it for us, then he sealed it. Classic Milne.

BigMart · Post: # 744292Post **BigMart** » Sun 24 May 2009 7:14pm

Up until the last quarter....he was clearly Worst on Ground....

he has to be better than that.....more consistent effort over the game.....his defensive pressure was woeful and he was back to his old habits......

but he did do what he does best.....kick crucial goals...

CeilidhSaint · Sun 24 May 2009 9:32pm

Milney - geez he can turn it over - just tries to steer his passes too much and he is a goal sneak but not actually that fast..............but he is great and a long term fantastic servant of the club.

BallBanger · Post: # 744680Post **BallBanger** » Sun 24 May 2009 9:36pm

BigMart wrote:Up until the last quarter....he was clearly Worst on Ground....

he has to be better than that.....more consistent effort over the game.....his defensive pressure was woeful and he was back to his old habits......

but he did do what he does best.....kick crucial goals...

Should have been dragged/kicked up the butt (told to go back to sandy and only come back when his footy brain ticks team) in the last when he prefered a solo/selfish act rather than popping it over to Kos for certain goal.

This would have iced the game instead of keeping it alive.

Reminiscent to him loosing the final against melbourne....he still gets too selfish most times to the teams detriment

battye · Post: # 744741Post **battye** » Sun 24 May 2009 10:10pm

CeilidhSaint wrote:Milney - geez he can turn it over - just tries to steer his passes too much and he is a goal sneak but not actually that fast.............

There was one point where he looked incredibly fast. He certainly isn't slow...

saintspremiers · Sun 24 May 2009 10:22pm

awesome last term by Milne - and let's not forget the jarred knee he copped early in the match - that could've caused him to struggle into the final term.

saintbrat · Post: # 744772Post **saintbrat** » Sun 24 May 2009 10:23pm

for two quarters he was struggling with knee injury and lucky to be on at all -

came to the fore in the last- maybe the lions had decided he wasn't going to ahve a good night by then

saint66au · Post: # 744780Post **saint66au** » Sun 24 May 2009 10:28pm

saintspremiers wrote:awesome last term by Milne - and let's not forget the jarred knee he copped early in the match - that could've caused him to struggle into the final term.

Agree. Thought the worst for the lil fella for a minute there..really looked in pain.

Drop him to the Zebra's?? Pfft. last week Milneys defensive pressure was second to none. This week not so, but he wasnt Robinson Crusoe there.

Yes he had a brain fade trying to run in and seal the game himself..but thats Milney.You're also gonna get those special goals like the soccer one today and the blinder against Port.

Just as well Motlop, Davis, Betts and Rioli never make mistakes isnt it?

Sainterone · Sun 24 May 2009 10:35pm

He's probably the slowest, most selfish, small forward that has kicked 350 plus goals in the AFL....

Lucky he doesn't read the rubbish posted on here....

Hope he pulled up OK as we need this selfish, slow small forward with no defensive side to his game....

ace · Post: # 745021Post **ace** » Mon 25 May 2009 12:48am

busso mick wrote:It was Premier League stuff, a volley from 15 metres out and beat the keeper. Even though he is a white guy it was not out of place in Indigenous Round.

Milne is better than all the small indigenous forwards.
He has the goals on the scoreboard to prove it.
White men can jump and kick goals too.

python · Post: # 745040Post **python** » Mon 25 May 2009 1:11am

ridiculous, drop him for not handballing? The game would have been iced in brisbanes favour had he not fired up. Its performances like that that win games, its unfathomable how anyone could be angry at milne after that game. He won it for us. Wasnt best on ground, not by a long shot, but when we needed someone to provide a spark, he lit up.

saintjake · Post: # 745080Post **saintjake** » Mon 25 May 2009 8:44am

MMM -"milne has just kicked the greatest goal etihad stadium has ever seen!"
sums up that it was pretty awesome.

perfectionist · Mon 25 May 2009 8:53am

One of about six carrying injuries at the moment (incl. Luke Ball, Nick Riewoldt, Jason Blake, Lenny Hayes, Jason Gram and Steven Baker) but they seem to find a way through the game. Their training is very light during the week.

hotdish · Post: # 745098Post **hotdish** » Mon 25 May 2009 9:49am

anyone got a link to his goal(s)?

Superboot · Post: # 745103Post **Superboot** » Mon 25 May 2009 10:02am

Superb goal.

It went high and sailed through the middle. Couldn't call it soccered. In soccer it would have cleared the bar by metres!!

Marvellous sight at a crucial point in the game.

bergholt · Post: # 745108Post **bergholt** » Mon 25 May 2009 10:11am

milne dropped? seriously?

he's kicked 20.9 for the year and had 6 goal assists. that's 2.2 goals a game. 2.7 tackles a game. riewoldt, kosi and milne are well ahead of anyone else, including schneider, in goals per game.

a team needs a small forward. so the only reason to drop him is because someone else can do the job better. we don't have any other 50 goal a year small forwards. the reason we don't have any is because there are very few of them in the competition. (schneider's best was 30 in his first year at sydney.)

so let's not drop the other dimension of our forward line, please.