{"id":12225,"date":"2018-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/malcolm-blight-explains-how-he-missed-out-on-the-team-of-the-century\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T00:00:00","slug":"malcolm-blight-explains-how-he-missed-out-on-the-team-of-the-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/malcolm-blight-explains-how-he-missed-out-on-the-team-of-the-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Blight Explains How He Missed Out On The Team Of The Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Malcolm Blight\u2019s exclusion from the Aussie Rules team of the century seems outrageous at first, but now the Messiah himself has explained how he came to be left out.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blight-player.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to remember the criteria,\u201d Blighty told Kane Cornes on FIVEAA. \u201cI was nominated in a forward pocket. Don\u2019t forget I never had a real position\u2026\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThese are the guys I was up against in the forward pocket: Leigh Matthews and Gary Ablett Snr &#8212; those two and me were nominated for the forward pocket. Tough.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But surely the great man could have nabbed a spot on the bench?<\/p>\n<p>BLIGHTY: \u201cI agree\u2026 that\u2019s probably what it should\u2019ve been.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PODCAST | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanecornes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kanecornes<\/a> couldn&#39;t believe Malcolm Blight wasn&#39;t in the Team of the Century, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PAFC<\/a> coach Ken Hinkley, Damien Hardwick&#39;s confrontation with a fan and more. <br>iTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AUGD9fcCLQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/AUGD9fcCLQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GnnEXrWc5D\">pic.twitter.com\/GnnEXrWc5D<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sportsday SA (@SportsdaySA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsdaySA\/status\/981115167915237376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm Blight\u2019s exclusion from the Aussie Rules team of the century seems outrageous at first, but now the Messiah himself has explained how he came to be left out. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to remember the criteria,\u201d Blighty told Kane Cornes on FIVEAA. \u201cI was nominated in a forward pocket. 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