I reckon there was 5-6 instances like this during the game.
Autopsy 2nd Elimination Final, 2020: St.Kilda v Western Bulldogs
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Doggies board has put up Coff as the spud they make look good for the match... little do they know it’s just the first of many great displays as clubs under estimate the kid.
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Nearly smashed my phone and genuinely went to some dark places in the last quarter (we stopped dead) but so so happy to get a win. Ryder BOG, Coff, Clark, Dougs, Membrey and Gears were huge.
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He's done that so smoothly on both occasions that I can't help but believe they train and coach that technique to get BS frees
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Weirdly I give credit to players who have worked out how to draw or milk free kicks. The one really late where he dropped his knees and drew the push in the back was really smart (I did nearly throw the remote through the tv though)
Has anyone posted these on the dogs board to see if they train for this?
UNBELIEVABLE - subtract 2 goals right there.
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wallis’ grief stricken face makes it so much better.Has to be our photo of the year
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I watched them heaps this year. They get the same frees every week, it's definitely trained into them.
I get players dropping in a tackle or falling forward to try and accentuate contact for a free, but this grappling an arm and falling forward business is flat out cheating.
No wonder Wallis managed 25 goals, absolutely shameful stuff… what a filthy bunch of flogs.
No wonder Wallis managed 25 goals, absolutely shameful stuff… what a filthy bunch of flogs.
How does this not qualify as staging?
Looking at the umpire still playing for the free
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I also have little doubt Macrae threw his back back & flopped his body when he felt contact by Long. He made the bump look high & worse than it was. And it could cost Long a finals match. What a campaigner of a bloke.
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The club should be making an official complaint so the cretin doesn’t get anymore frees next year. It needs to be called out.
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The Hunter 50 looked like he shook himself to make it look like Long look like had assaulted him. Long was fully engaged arguing with the umpires and he's meant to have multitasked and aggressively shaken the guy he's holding. They do it as a ploy and umpires don't care.
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What a dirty flog.
No surprise it was that blonde umpire in the 2nd one who also fell for their ducking in the last quarter.
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He was taking the piss with some of the stuff he was pulling out.
Has no right to be that calm and composed in his first final.
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Who’s that dogs player with the perm?
Our boys only had to go near him and he was given a free.
Our boys only had to go near him and he was given a free.
Didn't even try to touch the ball.
Deliberate attack of the Saints player's injured shoulder.
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Mitch Wallis, 4 frees for in the match. Very dodgy effort from him, did enjoy seeing him slumped at the end when his cheating didn't get them over the line
StKilda's defence for Long should be that the Bulldogs have deliberately made things appear as hits and wrong contacts.
Video can easily be produced to show that their actions are in -general fake.
If nothing else it would generate some good publicity for the cause.
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The issue though is that happens 15 times in a match where someone being tackled falls forward - in fact Lonie tried to draw that same free kick 3 times and got none. Then they decide to actually pay it in the last quarter with game in the balance? defies logic.
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That’s ok - he’s the “spud” who took about 4 contested marks at the death to knock them out the finals.
