I place Cpt Cotch alongside players like Voss and Hodge in terms of the impact he has had in big moments in the biggest of games...... no less..... and they aren’t one off statements as he has regularly does it over many seasons - like those other two.
Players like Dangermouse aren’t even on the same page, let alone in the same sentence.
Edit: I love that footage AOC - I remember it clearly and that ball movement, so different to how we play now.
its a good call YOT.
Voss had an astonishingly ferocious attack on the footy. I watched him a lot live and his full pace horizontal launch at a contested ball was defiantly very T.Cotchin.
I might have missed it, but I cant recall Vossy taxing the physical toll on the opposition (Sheil - Mumford - Ablett - BOOM) that our superb captain does?
and as physically mighty and superb as Hodgey was, he tended more to land a stray elbow on a cold ear, rather than the full ribcage assaults our brave captain dispenses, didnt he?
But a superb conversation, the truly great toughs!
read Jack Dyers biography over xmas. A recurring theme was how his incredible football ability - his pace, his leap, his hands, his leg, has been a bit obscured by the toughness narrative, which was also a feature of his game. He was a revolutionary and unique champion big.
I certainly share his reverence in the value of uncompromising toughness in the game,
and like I told Cotchy, with love and a fixed gaze,
ive never seen a more uncompromisingly tough footballer in my life.
