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Today’s howler. Mihocek kicks a goal and the goal umpire wants to be sure it wasn’t touched. The first replays showed no conclusive touch but another angle was found which showed the balll clearly being touched. A behind was subsequently paid. One problem, it was a replay of another kick...

The only reason for the leg up is to push out his opponent. This is not going to ruin the speccy. 99% of overhead marks are taken without having to throw a leg out like that.

During the season opener, I think as Carlton were kicking the last goal, a guy in a reddish vest (doctor?) ran on and had words to Houli, who then immediately went off through the interchange. I don’t know why a doctor would need to do that to a player who isn’t obviously injured during the...

There was no advantage before there was an advantage rule. I think it came in sometime in the 80s. Before that, they would blow the whistle for every free kick and play would stop.

No, it never worked like that.

Brad Hill today picked up the ball after a free was paid to Freo. His momentum took him over the boundary but the umpire called advantage as he jogged back into play. Then the boundary umpire blows his whistle. End result, throw in. The rule is terrible and just causes so much confusion. Don’t...

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It can’t be just on the injury. Carlisle missed three quarters and a week after being kneed in the head by Fyfe, but no action was taken.

This was one of those that “clearly flicked the finger”. You have to wonder how many goals have been overturned on that sort of evidence, with no additional view to confirm or deny?

So with 5 minutes to go in the Tigers Pies game, that Collingwood guy who almost kicked the miraculous goal lying on his back, you would be happy for the Pies to challenge and stop the game.

So if the ball is punched into play from the goal line but is called play on can they challenge then and just stop the game because the opposition looks like they can take it all the way?

Until the field umpires are getting every decision right, why bother with this clunky, slow and inconsistent system?

The goal umpire should line them up. The field umpire has to turn his head 180 degrees from the centre of the goal back to the player and rarely gets it right.

Was it a Clayton's hit?

It's not marks that are the problem. It's free kicks where the whistle is blown and most players stop, one player tries to claim the advantage and the umpire makes an arbitrary decision on whether to call advantage.

The rule is too complex. Once they start referring to pressure and 9 metres it's too hard to interpret. It should be deliberate = free kick. On iPad using BigFooty.com mobile app

I think it is lower placed teams until Preliminary final week. Teams that won qualifying finals are ranked higher than teams who won semi finals regardless of ladder position. eg 2005 Saints 4th defeated Crows 1st in week one. They both lost in prelims but Saints were ranked higher and...

And we can trust players to be 100% honest in this? I agree with the OP. If it's brushed someone's finger and the umpire hasn't seen it. Then let it go. The system was brought in to overturn the howlers. Neither of those last night were howlers.

Why doesn't the timekeeper stop the clock in the NFL when the quarterback takes a knee, or between plays? It wouldn't happen in the AFL.

I didn't notice the Swans banner on the grass when I looked at his Twitter. But as I said, I think it's just a shot of the MCG on Grand Final day. I don't support the conspiracy theory. He just made some really bad decisions.

The photo wasn't doctored. But to me it looked like a photo of the MCG on Grand Final day, not a declaration of his allegiance.

On Friday night I think it was Hampson who tried to punch it through for a point, mishit it and it went out of bounds. Now I thought that was always a free if you tried to put it through for a point and missed. From the three games I've watched closely, the umpires seem to have dialled it right...

North would have been far more competitive if Boomer had of played last night.

I've never understood the shepherding in the ruck rules. If the Saints are playing Freo and Hickey and Sandilands engage at a throw in, and Farren Ray comes over the top as 3rd man that's OK. But if Ray engages with Sandilands and Hickey comes over the top that's not OK. Or if Hickey engages...

Really?

So when Steven Baker copped 10 weeks for incidents with Steve Johnson part of it was due to "unreasonable and unnecessary contact with an injured player" Now Johnson drops his knee on Thompson's chest and he gets off because it looked worse than it really was as Thompson was carrying an injury!

Joel Bowden has explained it all. It was Riewoldt's fault for jumping too high. Starts about five minutes in. http://www.afl.com.au/video/2014-06-24/joel-bowden-on-the-mrps-r14-findings

Pretty much the definition of tunneling there.

Gee if they wanted a decision to overturn, how about the Hibberd one that clearly hit the post? Or last week when Luke Delaney with his 3 metre arm jumped from a metre inside the line, reached diagonally backwards and touched a ball that was allegedly over the line before landing again a metre...

Not when Bruce is commentating.