Lace Out
Full of it.
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Port would have stolen it,Hawks deserved the win.
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I too thought he deserved a free in the incident prior to actually getting a free for something I was staggered was paid.
Port would have stolen it,Hawks deserved the win.
I dunno - they had a lot more scoring shots
You could be right - I didn't see much of itI dunno - they had a lot more scoring shots
Plus, the whole buddy franklin thing of "going to Sydney for premierships" will be a laugh if the Hawks win, next saturday.
I thought he went for the $$
I thought he went for the $$
IMO the hawks were screwed by the umps all day
No, no, no, no.I dont really have a problem with that HTB decision, he did dive on it so I think it was there.
15.1.1 Spirit and Intention of Awarding Free Kicks
It is the spirit and intention of these Laws that a Free Kick shall
be awarded to:
(a) ensure that a Match is played in a fair manner;
(b) provide to a Player, who makes obtaining possession of
the football their sole objective, every opportunity to
obtain possession;
(c) protect Players from sustaining injury; and
(d) a Player who executes a Correct Tackle which results
in an opponent failing to dispose of the football in
accordance with these Laws.
I would strenuously argue that he did not dive on top of the ball. The lowest he got was on his knee briefly before regaining his feet. He was merely picking the ball up. In fact he was off his knees before picking the ball up. At no stage was he on top of the ball before being tackled.15.2.5 Diving on Top of the Football
Where a Player is in possession of the football by reason of
diving on top of or dragging the football underneath their body,
the field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against that Player
if they do not immediately knock the football clear or Correctly
Dispose of the football when Correctly Tackled.
WHAT?Oh no, Skoob has got the rule book out again. Quick, someone distract him. Hey, is that a Greg Davis article with the wrong player's name captioned under the article?!
Dunno about that. The umpires gave Hawks momentum with the 100m down the field free kick for holding, and then the 50m free kick when Polec slapped the ball out of the Hawks hands.
The first one was very questionable, 100m off the ball, at least 2 kicks away, you can't tell me that Gunston was leading towards the kicker. The second one was there, but pretty harsh considering that the play with the ball wasn't slowing down in a straight line, he was curling off to the side and looked like he might've played out. Had to be paid though.
After those 2 goals they found their flow and confidence and took control of the game. Massive turning point, especially the first one, the entire flow of the game changed on that umpires call.
Other than those 2 incidents I thought there were good and bad calls both ways which mostly evened out.
And should be penalised 1000 times a game. Holding is illegal. If you're going to do it within your opponent's scoring range, right in front of the umpire, you should be penalised for stupidity alone. Football is messy enough as it is without giving scraggers carte blanche.These incidents so much. I thought the first free kick to gunston was a joke. That kind of stuff must happen a 1000 times a game, you just don't call it 100m off the ball and give a team a shot on goal for that.
This is where common sense should come into play. The umpire must have realised the player "took off" and Polec had reacted accordingly. Get the bloke back behind his mark and make him take his kick.The second incident was a case.of the umpire probably should have called play on cause he was off, but didn't so had no choice but to give 50 against polec.
Disagree on both points
And should be penalised 1000 times a game. Holding is illegal. If you're going to do it within your opponent's scoring range, right in front of the umpire, you should be penalised for stupidity alone. Football is messy enough as it is without giving scraggers carte blanche.
This is where common sense should come into play. The umpire must have realised the player "took off" and Polec had reacted accordingly. Get the bloke back behind his mark and make him take his kick.
Roughead > Franklin?