AFL 2017 - R7 - Western Bulldogs v Richmond - 19:25 AEST, Etihad Stadium

[TiggerMan22]

Who cares about prior. It was incorrect disposal.

Everyone. If you dont have prior you dont need to dispose of it correctly.

 

[BRWB]

"In that situation in the forward pocket, he had three opponents above him waiting to (ping him) for holding the ball. He may well have thought, 'I'll push it out here, stop the clock and get a stoppage and try and get a goal from that'. At the time, the umpire thought he wasn't doing everything he could to keep it in."

- Lethlean

Here is the problem, the umpires are required to read minds. They are asking for controversy to bite them on the arse.

Yeah Dimma was spot on, the AFL keep adding layers of interpretation to the umps job. Recipe for confusion.

That rule needs to be changed. I'm almost happy with last touch. Might make rucks extinct though.

 

[Sedat!]

Everyone. If you dont have prior you dont need to dispose of it correctly.

Therein lies the problem with the game today. Incorrect disposal is a stain on the game that goes against one of its key fundamentals, namely correct disposal. There should never be any circumstance where what Lambert did should be anything other than a free against, but sadly we see incidents like this not paid a free on hundreds of occasions each round. Granted the Lambert incident is as gratuitous as any incorrect disposal that has been allowed to pass this year.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Therein lies the problem with the game today. Incorrect disposal is a stain on the game that goes against one of its key fundamentals, namely correct disposal. There should never be any circumstance where what Lambert did should be anything other than a free against, but sadly we see incidents like this not paid a free on hundreds of occasions each round. Granted the Lambert incident is as gratuitous as any incorrect disposal that has been allowed to pass this year.

They will usually pay the ones out in the open where it's one-on-one. But in the packs, almost anything goes.

 

[Sedat!]

They will usually pay the ones out in the open where it's one-on-one. But in the packs, almost anything goes.

You are right, but the packs would not exist in anywhere near the current rolling maul form if the umpires actually paid these frees right away (like they did in the first 2 weeks this year). And it is an easy free to pay - no proper kick or handball and you're gone. Prior opportunity is a load of bollocks that has only come into the game in the last 15 years - if the legitimate tackle is instantaneous then it is a ball up, but every other situation it should be a free against.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Great crowd tonight 46,387

Brings the Doggies home game average up to 40,348 for 2017.

Very impressive particularly with 2 of our 3 home games being against interstate opposition.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Umpires trying to suck the Dogs dicks at every opportunity

Enjoy your friday night win Plugger, the saints are on the march and look a threat. Mind you with 22-10 free kick count, by your logic that must be a * tainted win.

It wasn't by the way it was well deserved but shows how silly your argument is.

 

[Outback Footy]

Bit hard when an opppsition player is holding your arm arm before you even get to the ball.

That's why Toyd had to take a one handed mark, the other was being held tight by a Tiger.

 

[Outback Footy]

Didn't complain about the Saints getting a ride last night

You've just reminded me to go over to the Saints board for a look see

Couldn't find him, looked at 10 pages of post game, no Plugger. Maybe he only posts on dags threads to bag us out, nah surely not. Salty salty man. Free kick count of 22-10 in favour of the Saints, now surely that's favouritism?

 

[Ron The Bear]

You are right, but the packs would not exist in anywhere near the current rolling maul form if the umpires actually paid these frees right away (like they did in the first 2 weeks this year). And it is an easy free to pay - no proper kick or handball and you're gone. Prior opportunity is a load of bollocks that has only come into the game in the last 15 years - if the legitimate tackle is instantaneous then it is a ball up, but every other situation it should be a free against.

Reckon "prior opportunity" is enforced reasonably well, it's "incorrect disposal" that needs work.