Does anyone else reckon the AFL Captains’ photo is a bit weird? They’ve gone with that faux-casual look that’s actually really obnoxious. Fortunately, I’m a body language expert, so here’s my analysis of the respective poses.
Front Row
Rubbish Murphy: Why does everything have to start with Carlton. Boring. Next.
Travis Boak: It is unclear whether he was asked to pose like Paris Hilton, or that’s just the way he sits. Either way, if that was Paul Haselby sitting there, we would probably have seen his privates.
Gablett: Looks a little surprised to be there, or just trying hard to not look down and right.
Jack: As co-captain, he only got given half the space of the other captains. Looks as tight a squeeze as Sydney’s salary cap.
Hodgey: Looks about as relaxed and comfortable as someone three or four pints in; but he can’t be, because he drove home from this photo shoot. Top bloke.
Hurn: I know the Eagles lost to Hawthorn, but does Hurn really need to accept sitting at King Hodgey’s feet? It's degrading. Have some pride man.
Mundy: Presumably after explaining to the rest of the Captains that he wasn’t ‘filling in for Fyfe’, he ensured that commentators will continue to talk about the size of Freo’s midfield by copping the tallest squat ever.
Cotchin: Shoulders slumped, vacant look. Tiger fans can almost taste September.
Back Row
Walker: One of the great thinkers in the game, you can just see on his face that he is mentally practising his leading patters.
Default Essendon* Captain: The previous shot was him just pointing and yelling at the camera guy for not making him look better.
Selwood: What’s with the leg? He looks like he’s about to expose himself to Gablett.
Pendles: Representing Collingwood fans by posing as if this is a mugshot.
Riewoldt: Looks stoic. I guess it’s all the practice from losing Grand Finals.
Best Murphy: Wins this photo. Everyone else is trying desperately to look natural, Bob says ‘bugger that, I’m posing as a superhero’.
Swallow: This is the look God gives you when you masturbate.
Jones: When they gave him a chair, he thought it was to strike the Selwood pose. They actually meant for him to stand on it, so he would be roughly the same height as the rest of the captains.
Brisbane Guy: Could have rocked up in a singlet and thongs, because no-one even knows who he is.
Davis: Best contribution is that his orange socks make it look like Cotchin is sitting on a traffic cone.