Gary Ablett Mark Of The Century

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  • @-g7-955
    @-g7-955 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I was at this game with my old man as a 14 yr old kid all I remember is Gazzas figure flying up in the air followed by pandamodium and a huge WOOO from the crowd as it was shown on the replay,that's what I'm talking about!Thanks dad for the memories!✌️🍻

    • @Xscapeplan01
      @Xscapeplan01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was there too :)

    • @shramo
      @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awesome! Thanks for the story.

    • @chriskelly5102
      @chriskelly5102 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was there too, it was a tight finish with Collingwwod coming back from a long way down but that moment made you forget about the game situation, unbelievable leap
      Poor Gary never got up in the air again after that, it nearly killed him

  • @childishslinky324
    @childishslinky324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Even if it wasn’t really a mark, the umpires still called it as one, and the effort was still sensational

    • @childishslinky324
      @childishslinky324 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MU FC Aight, pretty sure it called Football tho

  • @capitainebonhomme1609
    @capitainebonhomme1609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Whether it's a mark or not, everyone would agree that play was spectacular !!!

    • @capitainebonhomme1609
      @capitainebonhomme1609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @J G
      You're getting carried away with the numbers !
      Hahaha 😂😸🤣
      Asia is home is 60 % of the world population. Soccer is only a minor sport there.
      Same with the US: soccer is a very minor sport.
      Haha 🤣🤣🤣

  • @mrbanjopete
    @mrbanjopete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    This video should be called ‘most of the quarter with a dropped mark being paid somewhere in it.’

    • @ablett9
      @ablett9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It bounced out when he hit the ground , it was a mark

    • @mrbanjopete
      @mrbanjopete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ablett9 I see what you are saying. In real time it looks dodgy but he did seem to have it as he hit the ground. Using only 1 arm didn’t help his cause.

    • @stevensmith1718
      @stevensmith1718 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen

    • @andymcrae4661
      @andymcrae4661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was there
      Greatest mark you will ever see

    • @jarradbaker8200
      @jarradbaker8200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Never controlled it, wasnt a mark

  • @newmanoinstagram
    @newmanoinstagram 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Greatest mark of all time!!! Greatest player of all time!!!

    • @charlick2
      @charlick2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Disco Roach 79 was better

  • @Ash_18037
    @Ash_18037 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pause the replay at 1:54 just as the bottom of his number 5 touches the ground. You can clearly see (unless you're blind or a Hawthorn/Collingwood supporter) that he has the ball controlled between his chest and elbow. People can debate that he possibly didn't control it for long enough, but you CANNOT watch this replay and say he had no control / it was just luck. This guy was probably the best high marker ever to play the game. He knew exactly what he was doing and deliberately used his left arm to push it to the corner of his right arm where it stays until his elbow hits the ground. Also the umpire was only about the 30 metres out from goal with no players obstructing his view AND in the perfect position to see the ball in Ablett's right arm.

  • @stevenmckee6134
    @stevenmckee6134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The mark you take, without taking a mark

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      without the ball touching your hand

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardbakadingo4261 it doesn’t have to

    • @Ash_18037
      @Ash_18037 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Salty Hawthorn supporter spotted (or maybe Collingwood... no I'm tipping Hawthorn) ;)

    • @stevenmckee6134
      @stevenmckee6134 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ash_18037 Freo actually

  • @shanelawson5072
    @shanelawson5072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Definitely a mark...!
    He tucked it in & controlled it.... & it only spilled out when he hit the turf.

  • @mattzurbo6890
    @mattzurbo6890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I LOVE Ablett, but we were there. He rose, the crowd rose! He dropped it. We sat down again, laughed, marvelled. Then we noticed him going back for a shot on goal. Everybody was puzzled. Where was the free? Then, someone said; "I think they paid the mark?"

  • @harleybaker8712
    @harleybaker8712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If that was a mark than I’m better than Dustin Martin in a finals series

  • @smashhimmungo5798
    @smashhimmungo5798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AUSSIES WHEN THEY TALK BACK IN THE DAY FUNNY AS !! 🤣🤣

    • @Ash_18037
      @Ash_18037 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LIKE... LOL OMG IKR FUNNY AF BACK IN DA DAY BRUH AMIRITE!!

  • @landerzone2643
    @landerzone2643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mark of the Century, not even a mark.

  • @brodiegriffin_is_Ozzy
    @brodiegriffin_is_Ozzy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've never thought that was a mark .

  • @lexl2357
    @lexl2357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Losing control of the ball when you hit the ground is still loss of control which equals no mark. Take the sentimentality out of it, it's not a mark for mine even though it was paid. I loved Gary Ablett as a player, but I will never consider that to be the mark of the century.

    • @greghollands3628
      @greghollands3628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree. No way that's a mark.

    • @vampyresgraveyard3307
      @vampyresgraveyard3307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In football if you have control of the ball and mark it and land and pops out it's a mark in cricket it's considered a drop catch.

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No actually, people drop it all the time after they take a specky, so I consider it a mark

    • @stephenhoward358
      @stephenhoward358 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't be a downer man

  • @klokar21
    @klokar21 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The GOAT mark from the GOAT

  • @TomasUjhelyi
    @TomasUjhelyi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The man looked so much younger when he retired.

  • @mickbrowne2378
    @mickbrowne2378 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Robbo you only need to have control of the ball for it to be a mark even if it spills after someone punches it after its grabbed or if you hit the ground and it spills out

  • @peterhead218
    @peterhead218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Never a mark.

  • @donaldbarnett4447
    @donaldbarnett4447 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was a mark. he had control of the ball all the way. It only spilled out when he hit the ground.

  • @Mattsretiring
    @Mattsretiring 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    WOW!
    Remember the days when AFL scores even threatened to make 3 figures.
    The rubbish we are served today is nothing like this.

    • @benlammardo538
      @benlammardo538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cos teams have learnt that to win you need a good defence. The defensive structure in this game was absolute appalling. No wonder they could reach 3 figures

    • @ronanrogers4127
      @ronanrogers4127 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, it’s really crap now. I haven’t watched a complete game in almost 20 years. The defensive swarm pioneered by the Swans killed it.

    • @valueyournationalsovereign4797
      @valueyournationalsovereign4797 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronanrogers4127 should be tried for crimes against football but it started with Wallace against the bombers just no talent charff stretching the rules to beat good teams and send spectators to sleep

    • @jamesobrien8527
      @jamesobrien8527 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shorter quarters in 2020 for a condensed season.

  • @raysgr
    @raysgr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No mark, play on.

  • @samsabastian5560
    @samsabastian5560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Having played full forward and centre half forward at a relatively high level, that was not a mark in any way shape or form.

    • @shramo
      @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahahahahahahahahahabababababababababababahahahahahahahaha

    • @shramo
      @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg. I bow to you. Please yell me why it wasn't a mark your highness great and big full forward/centre half forward.
      I am unworthy.
      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    • @shramo
      @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    • @samsabastian5560
      @samsabastian5560 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shramo He touched the ball, and it fell straight to the ground but he didn't hold it at all. Ablett was a great player, but on that occasion no way was that a mark.

  • @Simon-nv5zj
    @Simon-nv5zj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it rather hilarious that people still think he controlled it. He tapped it into his body bounced off stomach into his right arm then the ball flings out clear as day. Not sure what y'all are smoking. BUT...... im glad they did pay it because it makes for great history.

  • @mickossie
    @mickossie ปีที่แล้ว

    Alot of people say he dropped it, but he caught it, and it bounced out when he hit the ground, that's a mark!!

  • @Wutzmename
    @Wutzmename 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "(sniiiif), rip snorter." 😆 Still remember his interview where he's high on coke.

  • @marekbelly
    @marekbelly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    did he break a rib, an ankle, a little finger? I know that they were all big and tough men back then but, the palaver after he hit the ground?

  • @allisonhughes4348
    @allisonhughes4348 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Biggest not-a-mark of the century

  • @haigjansz5643
    @haigjansz5643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How can it be the mark of the century when it wasn't even a clear mark. There have been lots better actual marks. People associate it as a great mark because it was taken by a great player. If it was anybody else we would not even bother. Play on.

  • @scottclark1634
    @scottclark1634 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How was that s mark exactly, the ball spilled out?

  • @downtownneonlights
    @downtownneonlights ปีที่แล้ว

    Ablett almost died for our entertainment

  • @locky_socky62
    @locky_socky62 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5 yrs since this vid uploaded

    • @gnargnar1898
      @gnargnar1898 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      now 8.. how are you bro..

  • @jeffallen981
    @jeffallen981 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ball bounced right off his chest no mark

  • @SuperDukes18
    @SuperDukes18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Even if it was a mark (which it clearly wasn't), how could you look at that and say it was anything special? He basically fell over while reaching out and touching the ball. once. with one hand. It's not even the ruck hit out of the week.

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      which hand was that it hit his wrist and his stomach and the ground

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardbakadingo4261 it didn’t

  • @Adam-XL
    @Adam-XL ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most spectacular pushes in the back in history👍

  • @christophertraficante9058
    @christophertraficante9058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    01:23 Shivers. Down. The. Spine.

  • @dippy9119
    @dippy9119 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Held the ball to his chest all the way down.

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh yeah it bounced off his right wrist and landed on his stomach near his left hand so which one of his hands held it on the way down mate. held to his stomach by gravity as the ball fell and he fell.

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardbakadingo4261 so that makes it not a mark? As long as it was touching between his arms and stomach I don’t see a problem

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexandertahn9896 so if I kick a ball into you and it hits you in the stomach near your arm and it bounces off, it mean you marked it?!

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sliat1981 If you kicked the ball and it hit my arm then bounced onto my chest before I hit the ground, then yes.

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sliat1981 He didn’t drop it before he hit the ground so it is a mark.

  • @mickbrowne2378
    @mickbrowne2378 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If there was a bed of pillows under him the ball wouldn’t have spilled out ???

  • @didierkureno4344
    @didierkureno4344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AFL is the best sport by far

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s not because AFL is not a sport. AFL is a governing body. Aussie rules is the sport

  • @qyzah8362
    @qyzah8362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To everyone saying it’s a mark
    He didn’t even hold it longer than half a second
    No mark

    • @darylpurdy7717
      @darylpurdy7717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You try taking a mark like that and hitting the ground with an injured leg. Dickhead

    • @landerzone2643
      @landerzone2643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darylpurdy7717 pfft. Did he catch the ball. Not even close. No mark. Certainly no mark of the century. Like best in 100 years? Haha

    • @qyzah8362
      @qyzah8362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darylpurdy7717 ok bro next time I tap the ball and I hit my head it better be payed as a mark
      Dickhead

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am not sure that he even touched it with either hand

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@qyzah8362 ABsolutely you should have Don Scotts job your description was brilliant

  • @jonm2522
    @jonm2522 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was not a mark and definitely not a mark of the century but because it's Gary Ablett they gave it to him

  • @andrewgurney5525
    @andrewgurney5525 ปีที่แล้ว

    Clearly a mark. Only need to control it for an instance which he more than did.

    • @BannanaBlue
      @BannanaBlue ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you a Geelong supporter by anychance?

  • @tupickscc368
    @tupickscc368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He had it till the impact of the ground and he hit the ground pretty hard

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh yeah it bounced off his right wrist and landed on his stomach near his left hand so which one of his hands held it on the way down mate.

  • @connormccarthy8481
    @connormccarthy8481 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Has no comparison to the lift and actual mark that Sean Smith took.

    • @XXMDQ-o9y
      @XXMDQ-o9y 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who is Sean Smith??

  • @hoddo33
    @hoddo33 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This will always be hotly debated. I guess as the umpire paid it as a mark it has to be in the conversation, but surely when comparing the greatness of various marks one of the things that should be considered is the amount of control of the ball the player had. In this case the control was minimal which moves the "mark" well down the list of great ones.
    It's a moot point though. Officially the mark of the century has been awarded to Sean Smith for his towering mark on the goal line when playing for Melbourne.

  • @alexbonner5862
    @alexbonner5862 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Boo cats but amazing mark

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alex bonner more like amazing effort

    • @JacintaGib
      @JacintaGib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Respect given where respect due

  • @andymcrae4661
    @andymcrae4661 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was there never for that mark
    No one at the ground thought it wasn’t a mark.
    Only the commentators doubted it

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      well you are kidding you must have been in the center of the geelong cheer squad if you believe that.

  • @briangc6104
    @briangc6104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorry wasn't a mark, not even the first time.

  • @graemecouch5010
    @graemecouch5010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spectacular leap but not a mark !

  • @johncurtis9900
    @johncurtis9900 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Missed the kick

  • @clydethroat
    @clydethroat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve seen better unpaid marks

  • @eggspanda2475
    @eggspanda2475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    would of been a great mark if it was a mark

  • @samcash6131
    @samcash6131 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No way was that mark of the century.

  • @andrewd7586
    @andrewd7586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yeah it’s a mark...if you hold it on pause for a minute!🤪🤣👎🏼

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah but do you pause it when it bouces off his wrist (maybe a bit before that) or when it bounces off his stomach to the ground

  • @XXMDQ-o9y
    @XXMDQ-o9y 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Questionable mark and not mark of the century this or any other. But GA is still the best player of ALLTIME.

  • @royboy4571
    @royboy4571 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too bad it wasn’t a Mark . Jezza 1970 me thinks.

  • @alexanderpeattie3910
    @alexanderpeattie3910 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's not a mark!!!

  • @eminence529
    @eminence529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not a mark at all. But still amazing to see.

    • @mikey3920
      @mikey3920 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He marked it but it fell out of his hands

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fidget Spinner Guy41 then it’s not a mark

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sharon Edelsten he tapped it.

    • @Wilantonjakov
      @Wilantonjakov 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sliat1981 clearly controlled.

    • @antimony1161
      @antimony1161 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sliat1981 even if it comes out of his hands it’s a mark because he had control of the ball. It fell out because of impact. That means it’s a mark.

  • @ronjohns9592
    @ronjohns9592 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not a mark

  • @noopa0532
    @noopa0532 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shauns smiths was better

  • @mattjohn66
    @mattjohn66 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it's not a mark! wouldn't have come close to being paid these days.

  • @tobbygrant3839
    @tobbygrant3839 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    not a mark, he drop it and wasn't long enough

    • @megarneymor9568
      @megarneymor9568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      agree

    • @tiboryujika8699
      @tiboryujika8699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      shut up

    • @2wadeys
      @2wadeys 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is right he did not hold it for long enough he dropped it when Geelong dropped the game

    • @bradenferris
      @bradenferris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tobby grant not true mate he lost the ball from the impact

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, never had control. If he didn’t have control and lost it on impact, then it’s not a mark. Play on

  • @peterbyrne178
    @peterbyrne178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Some leap.. I m Irish and went to all 3 tests back in 87 when the compromise football between Ireland and Australia were played in Croke Park.. Lots of punch ups but some amazing football.. I remember being fascinated by how high the rules players could leap and how they could hang in the air waiting for the ball.. Great stuff.. Jim Stynes played then.. One tough cookie

  • @channelkerr
    @channelkerr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Unrelated: It shits me that they don't show the player name/number/stats on screen anymore. As a kid i knew most player names thanks to this. Now I only know the big guns...

    • @russdy1982
      @russdy1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Play AFL fantasy

  • @ash.green1322
    @ash.green1322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    not even a mark

  • @CraigAAG
    @CraigAAG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Not a mark, maybe in under 10s, that's ridiculous.

  • @jarradbaker8200
    @jarradbaker8200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    “Attempted “mark of the century

    • @Nathan-gd7xq
      @Nathan-gd7xq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leap of the century.

    • @shramo
      @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He paid it.

    • @jarradbaker8200
      @jarradbaker8200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only because his name was ablett, anyone else its play on

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Editing of the century when you watched it later it almost looked like he might have marked it, sort of, maybe, nah not really

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually it is a mark, no one else had touched it and it was in his arms when he fell to the ground so I am pretty sure it’s a mark

  • @leighsymons5619
    @leighsymons5619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not a mark.

    • @shramo
      @shramo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The umpires called it.

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shramo the umpires fucked up that goal in the 2009 grand final

  • @dannis8552
    @dannis8552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not even close

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Mother's Day 1994 was when my family went to the football, all 5 of us for the first time together at a football match.
    Watching Geelong Vs Collingwood and this highlight of the match was one I never forgot over so many years.

  • @MrOx85
    @MrOx85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Play on every day of the week 😂😂😂😂😂.The non biased commentator knew it, not a mark so can't be mark of the century gtfo.

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree but you’re seriously calling Maguire non-biased!?

  • @melvinleong3731
    @melvinleong3731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    AROUND THIS TIME IS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE GAME ALONE.. NOW ITS FUKT AND WAY TOO COMMERCIALISED .. sry caps

  • @himate5307
    @himate5307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:21
    your welcome

  • @jamesdavis5517
    @jamesdavis5517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Farce of the century.

  • @brocky7470
    @brocky7470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not even close to a mark . , doubt he even new where the ball was after it left his hand

  • @25Anzac
    @25Anzac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Was definitely NOT a mark, he never caught it, or even CONTROLLED it at ANY point - even the commentators disagreed with it. Essendon’s Gary Morcroft mark against the Bulldogs was the greatest mark ever - this was a ‘sense of occasion’ joke !

    • @JacintaGib
      @JacintaGib 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The leap mate, the leap!

  • @jackstewart8766
    @jackstewart8766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Last time I seen a touch like that paid was at my younger cousins Auskick game ITS NOT A MARK

  • @stealerknob3658
    @stealerknob3658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No mark
    No mark
    The leap was great
    But did not keep control of the ball
    Should be leap of the century

  • @rickdaniels1000
    @rickdaniels1000 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It’s certainly a mark he controlled the ball all the way down and the force of the ground on his back knocked it out

    • @Andrew-gb4hj
      @Andrew-gb4hj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thankyou for this, it is so obvious

    • @chadchadderton
      @chadchadderton 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He never once had control of it... aside from a possible split second but that isn't enough to constitute a mark.
      Definitely a hell of a leap and incredibly athletic play, just shouldn't have been a mark.

    • @Ash_18037
      @Ash_18037 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chadchadderton Pause the video at 1:54. Step forward using the . key on your keyboard. Watch the ball clearly being controlled between his right elbow and chest until he hits the ground. Understand why this was named mark of the century.

    • @chadchadderton
      @chadchadderton 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ash_18037 Nope, didn't control it to be classed a mark. Well not in accordance to the law.
      Still an amazing effort however.

    • @off1k
      @off1k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ash_18037
      I too agree this is a mark, no bias here, not a Geelong or Collingwood supporter or hater.
      It was GeelongFC mark of the century not AFL/VFL mark of the century just to be clear.
      The AFL/VFL mark of the century was by Shaun Smith in 1995.
      Personally though, any mark that comes loose before or after they hit the deck shouldn't be in any best/top50 etc video and definitely shouldn't be mark of the year, I'm looking at Nic Nat 2015 (dropped before he landed) and Jeremy Howe 2012 (come loose after landing). We need to set higher standards.
      This mark by Ablett wouldn't even make my top 100, maybe even 200, only because the ball coming loose after landing. There's plenty better marks by him imo.

  • @derekbos4404
    @derekbos4404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nowhere near a mark. Booooo!!!!

    • @itsnotnate420
      @itsnotnate420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop being a salty collingwood fan and move on. He controlled it in his right hand before the impact of the ground knocked it out, so just accept it and stop complaining

  • @gavinmcrae9199
    @gavinmcrae9199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    If you run it in slow motion (repeatedly pausing it), you'll see that it was a mark. He momentarily held it in his right arm between his right elbow and body. That's why he claimed it too, because he knew he had control except for the fact that he hit the ground hard and it bounced out.

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gavin McRae Of course he claim it was a mark regardless if it was.

    • @frankmachin5438
      @frankmachin5438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gavin McRae don’t tell me...you’re a Geelong supporter. Never had control of it. Certainly was the leap of the century

    • @Yoshimitsu420
      @Yoshimitsu420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Momentarily holding it isn't a mark

    • @mux_x2711
      @mux_x2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes slow me down in real life and see if it’s a mark

    • @Thelivewire64
      @Thelivewire64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mate, I'm an umpire. Not a mark. A great attempt, but he did not control it.

  • @parabrahm
    @parabrahm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was not a mark.

  • @JacintaGib
    @JacintaGib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If that happened in todays footy he would have been subbed off and given a week for concussion. Those were the days!

  • @TypicalTonk
    @TypicalTonk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not a mark.

  • @marineboyocean
    @marineboyocean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That wasn’t a mark 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it was watch at 0.5x speed

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexandertahn9896 no it wasn’t. Bouncing off your wrist is not marking

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sliat1981 It bounced of his arm into his chest. The angle is still weird, so it is hard to tell.

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexandertahn9896 no it flicked off his wrist. Not a mark

  • @ampj1957
    @ampj1957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    no

  • @rodneycroft5889
    @rodneycroft5889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have seen it many times and I seen it the first time.
    No matter how many times you show it, it’s not a fucking mark, they paid it because it’s this bloke.

  • @de1623
    @de1623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Taking nothing away from Ablett, it was NO mark.

  • @Tedanson
    @Tedanson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was a mark, he was in the air that long it doesn’t matter that it bounced out after he hit the ground

  • @shannonsutherland2450
    @shannonsutherland2450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not a mark. Still awesome though

  • @ry4bfggfd
    @ry4bfggfd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:04 Rowe took mark of the millennium but wasn't paid. Controlled it as long as Ablett's.

    • @capitainebonhomme1609
      @capitainebonhomme1609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Following that line... Who took the mark of the million years?
      Haha 😂🤣

    • @ry4bfggfd
      @ry4bfggfd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@capitainebonhomme1609 Tim Darcy 0.59 :p

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and thousands of others not paid, as Robbo said what a great leap, and then the ball bounces off his stomach

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardbakadingo4261 I trust u have already seen my comments? Anyway he did control it in his arms or stomach or whatever you think until he hits the ground so it is a mark.

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexandertahn9896 yeah in your dreams so whe was it in his left hand in the numerous replays. You say 'controlled it in his arms or stomach' so make up your mind did he control it in his arms. no because its no where near his right arm after it bounced off his wrist. OR did he control it in his stomach I have watched it many times and I am quite certain that he did not eat the ball so it was not controllled in his stomach.

  • @cammo3876
    @cammo3876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was in the pocket that day
    Remember it well
    If you were at the ground it was a mark
    Cant sit at home in ya arm chair and say he didn’t control it
    I was there......Ump blew his whistle and said Mark
    As a North supporter i would go just to watch the great man
    What a player 👏👏👏

    • @MrOx85
      @MrOx85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂😂we can see it in hd now buddy so believe what you want.

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was there and i could see he the ball hit his wrist and stomach and the ground. so did his somach mark the ball or his wrist.

    • @Andrew-gb4hj
      @Andrew-gb4hj ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks mate for the confirmation

    • @BannanaBlue
      @BannanaBlue ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At the end of the day it got paid a mark so what difference does it make?
      But I absoloutely can sit at home in my armchair and say he didn't control it, because he simply didn't.

  • @martino7465
    @martino7465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Definitely a mark. Ball bobbles out only when Ablett hits the ground.

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      bobbles out? he fell on the ground and the ball bounced off his stomach hilarious

  • @jeffmcmahon3278
    @jeffmcmahon3278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No mark - play on!Obviously never seen real marks by Ian McKay or Don Lindner. (Oh, that's right, they're not Vics and therefore don't rate)

    • @edwardbakadingo4261
      @edwardbakadingo4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      anyone not from geelong knows it wasnt a mark. i mean the mark and goal of the year is decided by a phone vote and one year the winner voted for himself several thousand times so even the process to decide the mark of the year is a bad joke like everything else run by the AFL

  • @shanehayes857
    @shanehayes857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rubbish should never have been paid

  • @mot_wadd3441
    @mot_wadd3441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is not a mark lmao. What a joke

  • @terrythekittieful
    @terrythekittieful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The shock of hitting the ground and he lost control of the ball, but he had controlled it to that point, even for a brief fraction of a second...it would have been understandable if the ump hadn't paid it, but technically it's a mark.

    • @sandyian7058
      @sandyian7058 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't the rile at least 3 seconds of controlling the ball or something

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂🤣

    • @Yoshimitsu420
      @Yoshimitsu420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sandyian7058 well the old rules when I had rulebook when I was kid said that but the knew afl rules just say he has to control it its stupid as fuck because that wasn't a mark

    • @royboy4571
      @royboy4571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Technically it’s not a mark

    • @sliat1981
      @sliat1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@royboy4571 agree

  • @the66hobgoblin.45
    @the66hobgoblin.45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm a lifetime Cats Fan & even I have to say he was lucky to be paid a mark. Hmm hang on I just had another couple of slo- mo replays and it does appear he holds it to his right side on the way down and the impact with the ground knocks the ball loose. Did he have it under control long enough, going by similar marks I've seen paid, yes. I reverse my view, it was a mark.

  • @slurrpyattack__7941
    @slurrpyattack__7941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When footy WAS footy but no way near a grab..nice fly & hang but no cigar..not even in slow mo and didnt bod it.

    • @alexandertahn9896
      @alexandertahn9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When people drop it after they land on the ground it is still paid as a mark, and in slow mo you can see it, the ball is between his stomach and arms.

  • @waynesworld7804
    @waynesworld7804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah, I’ll pay that but mark of the century? There’s been a hundred better and Ablett himself has taken better.

  • @mark3716
    @mark3716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rubish!