Opinion 2018 Non-Crows Discussion - Part 3: Everybody Hurts by R.E.M is our new club theme song

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Surprised they’re keeping Voss tbh.
This is great news. More Hinkley and Voss moving forwards :thumbsu::D On the back of the 'definitely hit the post...everyone is against us...cheated again' weekend, Port supporters must be ready to burn the place down.
Will we see a 10-1 Showdown record?
 
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He shows that both Geelong and Hawthorn finish 5h so I think he's invented a new AFL space-time continuum
It's close to his worst ever effort, though there's a rich catalogue of contenders.

Two teams finishing fifth.

Switching between numbers, words and a combination for finishing position (eg 3, 3rd, third) making it confusing with the wins/losses alongside.

And swapping between listing the finishing position first and the wins/losses first, again making it confusing when teams are also finishing 11th or 12th with 11 or 12 wins.

I was more confused reading that than a Port fan is when watching a goal review
 

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Wasn't sure where to put this since the two D-Mac threads are only supposed to be positive, but anyway...

Campo's press conference earlier today - " If you had 45 David Mackay's around your footy club you'd be in pretty good shape"

... and losing every week.

Lol.
 

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Wasn't sure where to put this since the two D-Mac threads are only supposed to be positive, but anyway...

Campo's press conference earlier today - " If you had 45 David Mackay's around your footy club you'd be in pretty good shape"

... and losing every week.

Lol.
I nearly threw up when i heard him say that.

****, one D. MacKay is one too many let alone 45
 

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Wasn't sure where to put this since the two D-Mac threads are only supposed to be positive, but anyway...

Campo's press conference earlier today - " If you had 45 David Mackay's around your footy club you'd be in pretty good shape"

... and losing every week.

Lol.
Seriously? The guy is delusional and clearly too attached to players he's become mates with over a decade. Can't judge them objectively any more.
 

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Wasn't sure where to put this since the two D-Mac threads are only supposed to be positive, but anyway...

Campo's press conference earlier today - " If you had 45 David Mackay's around your footy club you'd be in pretty good shape"

... and losing every week.

Lol.
And now we know why he keeps getting picked
 

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Tbf the whole hit the post rule is dumb.

If it glances the post and goes through the goals it should be a goal. Through the behinds should be a behind.

If it bounces off the post back into play, play on.

Would lead to some epic goals.

Was that you that rang 5AA and said the same thing
 

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Tbf the whole hit the post rule is dumb.

If it glances the post and goes through the goals it should be a goal. Through the behinds should be a behind.

If it bounces off the post back into play, play on.

Would lead to some epic goals.

makes sense, except..... if it hits the post and rebounds back into play it should be a behind. Otherwise it's just too random.

Of course there will still be a gray area, when a ball is kicked higher than the goal or point post it is still going to be an umpires call, and therefore open to controversy.
 

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Tbf the whole hit the post rule is dumb.

If it glances the post and goes through the goals it should be a goal. Through the behinds should be a behind.

If it bounces off the post back into play, play on.

Would lead to some epic goals.
The International Rules adopts this rule (as Gaelic Football has this rule), and the AFL did trial it for a couple of pre-seasons. Back then it wasn't successful, but I think these days I would have no objection to it if means it stops the bleating about ticky touchy posters.

Dare I say it, this rule's in AFLX right?
 

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Time for a new one.

I'm perplexed by the workings of the multi-umpire arrangement. During games, I often hear the "yours" shout when the ball is kicked from one zone into another, which I presumed was handing off responsibility to the nearer ump. Yet, we now seem to see many cases where the farthest ump blows the whistle and awards a free. I don't recall this happening so much in the past.

I don't see how this can work, especially when the local ump has made one decision, and the distant one makes the opposite: very embarrassing to the officiating ump. In that case, they should be able to have an argument, with the offciator's decision satnding.

Also irritating is where the local guy calls play-on, yet a whistle comes from the distance: ridiculous! This situation can't be recovered.

Surely, the local guy's decision should stand in all circumstances unless he has been knocked over, etc.?

I realise that the AFL are trying to ensure that the correct decisions predominate, but having too many cooks is making things look ridiculous at present. If the controlling ump has been transferred, that's the way it should stand, with the exception, of course, that distant off-ball incidents should be able to be called by any ump.

Any ideas on how to improve the system?

I guess there will always be grey areas (no pun intended): e.g., in the Gray push in the back,
rear and front umps would arguably be guessing; a side-on ump would probably be best to see the dive.

Perhaps, when the controlling ump is in doubt, he should be able to call for quick help from the others via radio?
In any case, he should remain in control.
 
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makes sense, except..... if it hits the post and rebounds back into play it should be a behind. Otherwise it's just too random.

Of course there will still be a gray area, when a ball is kicked higher than the goal or point post it is still going to be an umpires call, and therefore open to controversy.
easy fix, add a rail across the top.
you could then whack a net across it too, just so there is no time wasting retrieving the ball from the crowd.
in time youd phase out the point posts altogether and just make the ball round.
 

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makes sense, except..... if it hits the post and rebounds back into play it should be a behind. Otherwise it's just too random.

Of course there will still be a gray area, when a ball is kicked higher than the goal or point post it is still going to be an umpires call, and therefore open to controversy.
Vertical lasers could solve that. Just explode the ball in that case.
 

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Vertical lasers could solve that. Just explode the ball in that case.
That would be pretty funny watching the paps swear to us that the ball exploded and it’s a point.
“Mate they are still using the ball it didn’t explode.”
“It definitely did on the vision we haven’t seen yet”
 

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easy fix, add a rail across the top.
you could then whack a net across it too, just so there is no time wasting retrieving the ball from the crowd.
in time youd phase out the point posts altogether and just make the ball round.
When it goes over the post it always has and always will be umpire's call.

Can't remember a ball over post height ever being called "hit the post".
 
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