Quote Originally Posted by Meg View Post

Adam said he deliberately held back from the pack (as he couldn't jump) and used his body strength to ease the closest Hawthorn player into the pack so he could gather the ball and kick. You're right, he did know precisely what would happen, the brain of a brilliant footballer.
Several times in that second half he did really clever things where he used his football brain to really help the team. That moment was a nutshell of goodes at his best - several steps in front of everyone else in the vicinity. Only the very very best footballers have that ability.