AFL: Should Essendon's Kyle Langford have handballed to Jake Stringer for an easy goal against the Western Bulldogs? Nathan Buckley thinks so.
The Bombers stormed into a big 29-point Friday night win over the Western Bulldogs , but they might have missed a trick when Jake Stringer nicked a goal off a teammate.Stringer drew a free kick at full forward, however Langford took the advantage and kicked the goal despite Stringer standing in front of him in the goalsquare asking for a handball.
Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?Of course, while it mattered not to the final result, Stringer is such a “confidence player” – as put by Demons great Lyon – plus he was the one who drew the free kick in the first place.But luckily the pair were able to laugh about it on the field after the match, with Langford saying: “I didn’t even think. I just saw the goal and thought ‘kick it’.
“I think it’s an opportunity missed. I think it’s just a chance to feed into that teammanship. I think Kyle Langford’s been one of the more selfless Bombers that I’ve seen.” Lyon added: “He’s played well tonight … but there’s a psychology to it! The psychology is – I look at my teammate, I know that he’s a confidence player. I know when he gets up he’s good for us. He won the free kick, I’ve got the ball, it’s better off giving it to him.”
Buckley said: “You don’t even have time to think about all of that. It’s just ‘it’s our goal, not my goal. You’ve earned it, so here it is.’”
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