He just can't remember the other seven."The idea that Joel's had 10 concussions is just wrong. The number is three."
Yea nar bullshit.
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He just can't remember the other seven."The idea that Joel's had 10 concussions is just wrong. The number is three."
Yea nar bullshit.
unless you have the strength and hand eye co ordination of Cyril so that you can grab the arm low enough to stop the shrug, but not many blokes like that out there
but yeah if anyone doesn't believe a normal tackle is in Selwoods favour should try to hug the upper arms of a friend and try to stop them dropping and shrugging, oh and they should do it while running just for science
He exploits a rule that is meant to protect players from injury. That's not "playing in the right manner"."He's been concussed three times and he plays the game in the right manner."
Scott missed the point. Concussions aren't the only thing that cause brain injury. Indeed, one of the biggest contributors is the repeated bumping of the brain against the inside of the skull. It happens every time Selwood draws a free kick. That's why Selwood (and others) should stop and why the AFL should clamp down on it.
He exploits a rule that is meant to protect players from injury. That's not "playing in the right manner".
By bending his knees and lifting his arm he deliberately tries to change a legal tackle into one that hits him high. If, as Scott says, he is shrugging to break the tackle then the contact he induces to his head should be treated the same way as when a player deliberately ducks - play on.
If players still tackled at the opponents hips like you suggest, the tackled player would accept contact then handball on (their arms not being pinned), also removing the tackler from the sequence of play. You have seen the results of this before, in the second half of the 2016 semifinal when the Bulldog midfield ran riot, only in that instance they chose to spill or throw the ball forwards rather than handballI'm 50/50 about the high tackle issue. Like many other areas in today's game, many basic skills are being ignored. I was taught to tackle the shorts. In other words, go in lower. If this happened, the Selwood style free kick would quickly be a thing of the past. No good aiming to tackle around the chest and shoulders.
I'm confused about it all because I thought the AFL were going to clamp down on it this year, but nothing has changed.
100% behind Clarko with prior opportunity, that's just too stupid for words. The strange thing about "prior opportunity" is the player rarely has prior opportunity. A player gets the ball, get's ridden into the ground, three people jump on top so he can't get rid of the ball, and the umpire says he had prior opportunity. Absolute rubbish.
Chris Scott, the David Brent of the AFL.
Nah mate, Mitchell is in a loving family that appreciates him nowWell said Clarko on the Selwood ducking rubbish! The AFL need to wipe that out of the game as a priority. It's getting to be only Caleb Daniels can tackle a few players running round at the moment.It's a bloody farce.
An instant free if you lower your body at the knees/raise the shoulders to incite high contact.
It's pretty bloody simple - and a lot easier to enforce that on 4 or 5 players than insisting everyone in the game has to change for them.
p.s. Tom Mitchell, will you please come back if we chuck Horse (Bring Clarko with you)?
So a quick search..."The idea that Joel's had 10 concussions is just wrong. The number is three."
Yea nar bullshit.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-03-01/joels-concussion-concernsSelwood has copped numerous bumps to the head during his career and has been knocked out twice.
The first time was during Geelong's narrow win over St Kilda at the MCG in round one of the 2011 season; the second was during a match against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba last year.
Geelong is optimistic that captain Joel Selwood will return for the Cats' round 16 clash with the Lions at the Gabba.
Selwood was withdrawn from the Cats' side that drew with GWS on the Saturday afternoon before that evening's game, due to a concussion he suffered in round 14 against Fremantle.
I think its the only way to get the umpires and the AFL to interpret the rules properly and him to stop cheating' And yes, he's a cheat. Can we continue to boo him?
Clever by Clarko, very clear.
He was really pinging Selwood for his cheating, this hopefully ensuring Selwood will get a little less love from the umps as well as generating some genuine debate in the football world .
Dressing it up as a concussion issue and tagging two of our own into it is a clever little cover for Clarko.
We were also told to grab the shorts/hips however tackling today has emphasis on preventing the player from handballing therefore the tackle on the arms.I'm 50/50 about the high tackle issue. Like many other areas in today's game, many basic skills are being ignored. I was taught to tackle the shorts. In other words, go in lower. If this happened, the Selwood style free kick would quickly be a thing of the past. No good aiming to tackle around the chest and shoulders.
I'm confused about it all because I thought the AFL were going to clamp down on it this year, but nothing has changed.
100% behind Clarko with prior opportunity, that's just too stupid for words. The strange thing about "prior opportunity" is the player rarely has prior opportunity. A player gets the ball, get's ridden into the ground, three people jump on top so he can't get rid of the ball, and the umpire says he had prior opportunity. Absolute rubbish.
Disagree, i have never ever seen selwood not do the "selwood shrug". Every time he is tackled he does it and close to every free kick he has gotten is because of it.He's not wrong on Poppy, he knows how to do the shoulder shrug and he knows how to get low/sideways, it's just that with his height he also often gets taken high without having to do anything because he's being tackled by a KPD
Not every high free Selwood gets is manufactured, he's just better at manufacturing them than most