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Roosurgence said:
Paul Puopolo and Ben McGlynn do it constantly, yet nothing is said about their ducking tactics. The hypocrisy of the AFL media is just staggering and to make it worse our dumbarse coach just fed their agenda.
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Well no-one is talking about the amount of umpiring errors from Saturday nights game, which suits the AFL perfectly. I think the term for Lindsay this week is 'scapegoat'.
 
verypoorboy said:
I try not to have my supporter glasses on when dealing with these issues. My 2 cents is that I have no problem at all in Scott calling him out at all, I thought Lindsay's diving antics are disgraceful and I feel ashamed that we have a player representing North that does it. DO NOT WANT TO SEE AGAIN.
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Give me a spell.
 
I wonder why Chris Scott didn't highlight Christensen simulating death when Boomer pushed him in the chest?

I just don't understand why Lindsay is being hung out to dry when there was a free kick anyway? The act of simulating by Christensen is far worse than anything that Lindsay did as he drawn a free kick from a situation where there wasn't a free kick, in fact his acting caused a reversal. But for some reason a guy that staged to accentuate a legitimate push is the bad guy? **** me, the AFL media is living in la la land. It seems it's ok to dive, stage, simulate or do whatever you want if you play in a top 4 side or a well followed club like Collingwood. In fact they will tell the world how smart a player you are for drawing the free kick.
 
verypoorboy said:
I try not to have my supporter glasses on when dealing with these issues. My 2 cents is that I have no problem at all in Scott calling him out at all, I thought Lindsay's diving antics are disgraceful and I feel ashamed that we have a player representing North that does it. DO NOT WANT TO SEE AGAIN.
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Are you for real?
 

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This will go down like a lead balloon imo.

Grima and Brad can GAGF as far as im concerned, and so can all the other campaigners that get stuck into LT on a weekly basis. The bloke pours his blood, sweat and tears for this club and this is the repayment he gets? He has shown more ticker in 1 game than half a dozen of his team mates have all season. When is that ****wit of a coach going to call out all the soft campaigners he has reared? As for Grima, STFU and get out on the paddock for once!

LT will be requesting a trade if this keeps up. Imagine playing for a campaigner that calls you out in the media for trying your hardest to help the team win. Brad is an idiot.
 
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Roosurgence said:
I wonder why Chris Scott didn't highlight Christensen simulating death when Boomer pushed him in the chest?

I just don't understand why Lindsay is being hung out to dry when there was a free kick anyway? The act of simulating by Christensen is far worse than anything that Lindsay did as he drawn a free kick from a situation where there wasn't a free kick, in fact his acting caused a reversal. But for some reason a guy that staged to accentuate a legitimate push is the bad guy? **** me, the AFL media is living in la la land. It seems it's ok to dive, stage, simulate or do whatever you want if you play in a top 4 side or a well followed club like Collingwood. In fact they will tell the world how smart a player you are for drawing the free kick.
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In fairness to Christensen I thought he hardly reacted at all.
 
DarkPhoenix said:
Because if Scott/Grima commented on someone from another team Diving/Exaggerating you'd all be whinging that they should focus on item x or y in regard to our own team rather than commenting on opposition players.

It's not the first time someone from the club has commented on Lindsay's diving and nothing has changed since then, I haven't seen the Grima comment so won't comment on that but barring that every single time it's been commented on has been in relation to a direct question from someone in the media.

What do you want them to answer? 'Yea we love it when LT exaggerates contact, gets us all dem frees"?
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How about they back the bloke to the hilt? You know the same bloke that hits the contest with absolute commitment with no regard for his well being. Puts it all on the line for the club only to be dragged through the wringer for it. Well played NM.
 
archereleven said:
How about they back the bloke to the hilt? You know the same bloke that hits the contest with absolute commitment with no regard for his well being. Puts it all on the line for the club only to be dragged through the wringer for it. Well played NM.
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There's no place in the game for diving. Full stop. Has nothing to do with Lindsay's workrate.
 

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archereleven said:
This will go down like a lead balloon imo.

Grima and Brad can GAGF as far as im concerned, and so can all the other campaigners that get stuck into LT on a weekly basis. The bloke pours his blood, sweat and tears for this club and this is the repayment he gets? He has shown more ticker in 1 game than half a dozen of his team mates have all season. When is that ******* of a coach going to call out all the soft campaigners he has reared? As for Grima, STFU and get out on the paddock for once!

LT will be requesting a trade if this keeps up. Imagine playing for a campaigner that calls you out in the media for trying your hardest to help the team win. Brad is an idiot.
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Agree totally, Grima should just shut the F*** up unless he can have a crack him self don't take shots at your team mates.

Media are now milking this like a cow.
 
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verypoorboy said:
There's no place in the game for diving. Full stop. Has nothing to do with Lindsay's workrate.
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This has nothing to do with LT diving imo. I dont like it, no body does, but you dont pot your own blokes publicly. Low act from the club.

Commentators dont give a **** what LT is capable of on field, they just bring up the yips and now his exaggerating for frees. Yet as others have brought up, Duckwood is a champion for it.
 
verypoorboy said:
Absolutely. But from that question I'm getting the impression that you disagree.
Why? Did you think there was something glorious about his antics on the weekend?
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One exaggeration in between 3 goals and showing more courage than most landing on his head only to get back up and hit two blokes on the tit with precision like passes.

Ashamed of Thomas? I'm as proud as punch that we have a skilled footballer who is also a terrific person off the field and who actually gives a **** about the club and his people.
 
scottywiper said:
Think the Bard made a blue here. Made LT the focus instead of the ineptitude of umpire Luke Farmer. Should have sidestepped it and made an example of the courage LT showed when he flew for that mark.
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Yep, ****in oath he should of. Something like:

"Look, thats for the media to debate. LT is one of our best players and his commitment is 2nd to none as shown when he put his body on the line and flew for that mark. If umpires are going to be fooled into giving unwarranted free kicks, then its really their problem. Quite a few free kicks were dubious, but again, thats for the media to debate."
 

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Not sure why BS would even comment on LS when he took the 5th on the umpiring.

Also didn't he say he would defend his players no matter what .. Like he did with Harvey against Brisbane.

Cracks are starting to appear IMO
 
archereleven said:
How about they back the bloke to the hilt? You know the same bloke that hits the contest with absolute commitment with no regard for his well being. Puts it all on the line for the club only to be dragged through the wringer for it. Well played NM.
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Why can't they be treated separately? Why should the fact he pours his heart and soul into anything mean anything in regard to something completely unrelated?

Selwood is a brilliant player but it doesn't mean he's not a ducking campaigner.

I love Lt but there's no arguing he stages and one day it will bite us on the arse. I. E goes to ground for no reason and the ball rebounds up the other end for a goal because he took himself out of the contest
 
DarwinRoo said:
One exaggeration in between 3 goals and showing more courage than most landing on his head only to get back up and hit two blokes on the tit with precision like passes.

Ashamed of Thomas? I'm as proud as punch that we have a skilled footballer who is also a terrific person off the field and who actually gives a **** about the club and his people.
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When did I ever question his ability or courage?
The only thing this is and should be about is his diving. This isn't the first time he's done it either (he has a long history of playing for frees), and if you think there was something glorious about his diving antics on the weekend then there really is no hope for you. You are way too blind and bias to even have a sensible discussion with.

If we were playing in a final and someone dived the way Thomas did on the weekend and kicked a goal and we lost the game you would be absolutely going ape**** like no tomorrow....you can't even deny that. You would absolutely lose your s***

There is no room in the game for diving, I don't care what guernsey they're wearing.
 
DarkPhoenix said:
Why can't they be treated separately? Why should the fact he pours his heart and soul into anything mean anything in regard to something completely unrelated?

Selwood is a brilliant player but it doesn't mean he's not a ducking campaigner.

I love Lt but there's no arguing he stages and one day it will bite us on the arse. I. E goes to ground for no reason and the ball rebounds up the other end for a goal because he took himself out of the contest
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I really dont care that he stages. I dont like it, but it is what it is. The AFL is rife with blokes ducking, falling forward, burrowing with their head etc etc. Calling LT out publicly is a ****ing out and out disgrace and both Brad and Grima need to be torn a new one afaic. Both are absolute campaigners in my book now and if i was LT id be asking both some serious questions during the week.
 
verypoorboy said:
When did I ever question his ability or courage?
The only thing this is and should be about is his diving. This isn't the first time he's done it either (he has a long history of playing for frees), and if you think there was something glorious about his diving antics on the weekend then there really is no hope for you. You are way too blind and bias to even have a sensible discussion with.

If we were playing in a final and someone dived the way Thomas did on the weekend and kicked a goal and we lost the game you would be absolutely going ape**** like no tomorrow....you can't even deny that. You would absolutely lose your s***

There is no room in the game for diving, I don't care what guernsey they're wearing.
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Mate the only thing you seem to be focused on is that he Dived, you did see his courage in the mark, or running into packs, he gave his all for 4 qtrs a lot more then some of his mates on Friday night.
 

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