Oppo Camp Non-Eagles Discussion 2025

[Forward Press]

It will be a lot of fun for local supporters, hopefully a good close match for neutrals. But tbh I’d love to see the Suns smash it now and go further.

Fun fact - if Gold Coast win next weekend, it means that every AFL team since 2004 has made a prelim except one.

No prizes for guessing what that team is.

 

[Wosh]

Fun fact - if Gold Coast win next weekend, it means that every AFL team since 2004 has made a prelim except one.

No prizes for guessing what that team is.

Spicy stat

 

[The Dodger]

With all of the umpiring talk been going since the biggest travesty ever to befall a victorian team

It got me thinking about the way I believe that big Vic clubs are well looked after ie. Geelong, Collingwood & Hawthorn.
If those decisions were reversed IMO they would get a passing mention and maybe a "not a good look for the game" etc.

Now if you are an umpire trying to do your job in the finals are you going to make a call that is going to be treated as above and will no doubt miss more finals because of all the hoopla around it? Or are you going to err on the side of caution and not rock the boat, so that you get to umpire big games and your performance doesn't get scrutinised to the nth degree?

I give you the Freo game last night; that call on Cox that lead to Swallow (yes I hear how that sounds...because of the names there's no way of making not sound like that) kicking the winning point. If that was Collingwood on the end of it we probably wouldnt hear the end of it. Getting Maynard blocked vibes and various petitions to the AFL.

Imagine if what happened to the Crows a couple of seasons ago happened to one of the 3 teams mentioned above.

The people in these positions would surely be aware of scrutiny over some decisions and passing interest in others leading to the current climate. I mean the audacity of a field umpire to get something like that wrong against Geelong. It has never happened to any other team in the history of the AFL.

So no grand conspiracy just good old fashioned Pavlovian conditioning is the culprit.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Geez The West is a steaming pile of shit

Can't be said enough.

 

[MrKK]

Nah, today will be all about "Oh we're proud of the boys, great effort" despite what should've been a stomping of a win on their home deck against a first time ever finals side. Absolutely choked.

My particularly favourite comment was "we were never going to win it without Shitkowski and Wagner out". Shitkowski leaves them without a bit of forward pressure yet they still had Bolton and Frederick who should've covered him. But Wagner? LoL that spud wouldn't get a run in our side. I will say seeing Banfield continually get a run for them really does make me smile every time I see him out there.

Glorious Banfield moment in the last quarter where he air swung a defensive spoil, falconed himself and the Suns walked in a goal.

 

[JADED]

Hope this vid link works.

 

[BSD]

give us another backflip Freddy

you absolute fraud

He's an absolute turd. Glad to see his only score was a dribble kick that hit the goal post

 

[Cuzz09]

Question:

if Swallows kick was after the siren does the touch on the finger cancel the score or score counted ciz it crossed the line?

 

[UseR2006]

Question:

if Swallows kick was after the siren does the touch on the finger cancel the score or score counted ciz it crossed the line?

Still a behind as it crossed the line.

 

[Cuzz09]

Still a behind as it crossed the line.

but punched through from 1 metre is not counted?

 

[UseR2006]

but punched through from 1 metre is not counted?

It's why you see players kill the ball even post siren back in or mark it. If it crosses the line even post touch or siren it counts.

 

[Forward Press]

but punched through from 1 metre is not counted?

Punched through is counted.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

But what if the midget who kicks it thinks it was a goal, but it hit the post, does that count?

 

[the harry]

but punched through from 1 metre is not counted?

You can't punch it through for a score for your own team

 

[Quinz]

Question:

if Swallows kick was after the siren does the touch on the finger cancel the score or score counted ciz it crossed the line?

If after the siren, the attacking team cannot assist the ball to move.

If the defenders tried to punch it away and it still went through that would count.

 

[Cuzz09]

grey area really.

If it went off 4 sets of hands a metre out they'd have to zoom in to see if it was a defender/attacker

 

[Forward Press]

You can't punch it through for a score for your own team

I assumed it was punched by the defending team. Yes, you are correct.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Hope this vid link works.

That was excellent

Props for the Right in Front of Mes and the lad and his drink tray - at least he went home happy.

 

[Altum Volantes]

But what if the midget who kicks it thinks it was a goal, but it hit the post, does that count?

Only if he starts his lap of honour before the ball has reached the goals.

 

[Hasselhough]

Warm favorites - the Lions are well short of a full team. Hoping for a great match.

Suns so lucky to get an away final in their own state for a non vic team .

 

[Astro7]

Probably mentioned already, but when Swallow was tackled he had possession of the ball and dropped it as a result of the tackle - that's holding the ball, free kick to Freo!
There's no way he was tackled after disposing of the ball, or without the ball.
Shows how bad the umpiring can be in a high stakes game.

 

[new breed]

Probably mentioned already, but when Swallow was tackled he had possession of the ball and dropped it as a result of the tackle - that's holding the ball, free kick to Freo!
There's no way he was tackled after disposing of the ball, or without the ball.

Prolonged tackle though clear free kick .

 

[Altum Volantes]

Probably mentioned already, but when Swallow was tackled he had possession of the ball and dropped it as a result of the tackle - that's holding the ball, free kick to Freo!
There's no way he was tackled after disposing of the ball.

Nah he never really had a hold of it, and even if he did, he certainly didn't have prior.

Cox was over committed to the tackle and then brought him to ground when the ball was clear anyway, so it was always a free kick.

Not that it wouldn't be funny if it wasn't

 

[KERRPOW]

Days like this make a man wish he weren’t banned from the Freo board.

Ah well, incognito mode comes in handy…uh…again.

Two uses for incognito node

 

[JADED]

Probably mentioned already, but when Swallow was tackled he had possession of the ball and dropped it as a result of the tackle - that's holding the ball, free kick to Freo!
There's no way he was tackled after disposing of the ball, or without the ball.
Shows how bad the umpiring can be in a high stakes game.

Yeh, they don't seem to officiate "incorrect disposal" as a thing these days.