Clock problem at the end

[acker]

I dont know if anyone else caught it

When the cat player kicked the ball out on the full near the end, the time clock continued to run down including when the umpire made the Freo player retake the kick 20mt further down the feild.

20 seconds is a long time in a 1 point game of football.

 

[sdsdsdsd]

I dont know if anyone else caught it

When the cat player kicked the ball out on the full near the end, the time clock continued to run down including when the umpire made the Freo player retake the kick 20mt further down the feild.

20 seconds is a long time in a 1 point game of football.

Yeh i noticed that too, the clock ran from 16 down to around 9 i think, wouldnt have made a difference as taylor held the mark and didnt look like playing on

 

[Smeagle]

Yes but you must remember that the Channel Seven clock is just an estimation of the time left ie. they have their own timekeeper. Thus, you would have noticed that the siren didn't go until about 5 seconds after C7 predicted.

 

[acker]

Yes but you must remember that the Channel Seven clock is just an estimation of the time left ie. they have their own timekeeper. Thus, you would have noticed that the siren didn't go until about 5 seconds after C7 predicted.

I watched it on Fox

It must have been right because when it hit zero the siren went.

 

[PapaJ]

Yes but you must remember that the Channel Seven clock is just an estimation of the time left ie. they have their own timekeeper. Thus, you would have noticed that the siren didn't go until about 5 seconds after C7 predicted.

That is kind of right, but in any case, as just posted, time was potentially 'lost'.

I'm not 100% on the rule, but I believe that time counts from when the ump blows time on or play on, so he may well have done this when the wrong player took the kick! BUT, even if that is the case. He didn't blow time-off until the ball was retrieved and sent back to Schammer, that's probably where the mistake is. The ump should have blown time off straight away when he realised the kick had to be re-taken. In other words I don't think its the time-keepers fault, I think it was with the ump. Anybody who knows for sure how this works might be able to enlighten us.

Either way, it just added salt to the sting of an annoying loss.

 

[Freo Shark]

We had our chances during the game, you make your own luck.

 

[chook2734]

We had our chances during the game. you make your own luck.

Agreed Freo Shark. I don't think it would have been the difference between winning and losing, but it's just not acceptable. These things happen to Freo too often. When we screw up we are expected to take responsibility. The AFL need to take responsibility for their mistakes too.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Even if there had been that extra 8 seconds, Taylor could have held onto the ball that entire time.

 

[Haydos]

Yes but you must remember that the Channel Seven clock is just an estimation of the time left ie. they have their own timekeeper. Thus, you would have noticed that the siren didn't go until about 5 seconds after C7 predicted.

No I dont believe this is true. I think the clock we see is indeed the one from the timekeeper. If it were not, over the course of a quarter, the two would undoubtably drift out of sync at various times and you would often have discrepancies of around 10s at the end of a quarter.

Plus, why would they use 2 timekeepers, one from AFL and one from C7. Makes no sense.

 

[Bradesmaen]

No I dont believe this is true. I think the clock we see is indeed the one from the timekeeper. If it were not, over the course of a quarter, the two would undoubtably drift out of sync at various times and you would often have discrepancies of around 10s at the end of a quarter.

Plus, why would they use 2 timekeepers, one from AFL and one from C7. Makes no sense.

No, it is not the same clock as the timekeeper. Channel Seven does theres via the computer geeks back in the C7 truck that produces the game.

The time had run out and then about 5 seconds later the siren went.

 

[Rob]

No, it is not the same clock as the timekeeper. Channel Seven does theres via the computer geeks back in the C7 truck that produces the game.

The time had run out and then about 5 seconds later the siren went.

Unless it's changed in the past year, the 7 clock is exactly the same one used by the timekeepers. It's actually hooked up.

Can't see why 7 would have changed it.

 

[kinggaz29]

i noticed the same thing with the clock too thought u were bit stiff there.
We only played 20 minutes of footy so we didint deserve to win it you guys were great. It must be frustratin barrackin for them knowing you can play like you did last night yet never do!

 

[eminbee]

The issue turned on where the ball went OOF. The umpire adjudicated it went out quite close to where Selwood had kicked it AND IMMEDIATELY SIGNALLED WHERE THE MARK WAS (watch the replay). The first kicker missed all that and took the kick from near where Selwood's kick had landed. Of course the ball had to go back to the Freo player closest to where the ball went OOF - that's the rule! Had the umpire blown time-on because Freo stuffed it up, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ERROR.
Anyway, FFS, you wouldn't be complaining about the 4 Freo goals from frees (a couple very soft), or Sandilands' wild 'attempted' hand pass (ie throw) that fell to Palmer for a 3rd qtr goal.
Seriously though, and with the greatest respect, that is the first time I've seen Freo play with a game plan AND stick to it for nearly all the game. The challenge: do that every week no matter who the opposition is. If players can only get themselves up to play the top side / WCE etc etc, sack those players and get some who attack the football like that ALL THE TIME.
And good luck!

 

[The Night Shift]

you posted the same thing in two threads.. relax pal...

 

[rdhopkins2]

Bit of bad luck, you guys did pretty well however should have closed it off before that. Good effort. Even when Geelong play crap they still manage to win! Still good signs for you guys to build on!

 

[chook2734]

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...e-shared/2008/04/26/1208743332040.html?page=2

Tim Lane manages to write two pages on sharing the Anzac day clash, but his only mention of Freo is to write this rubbish :

'Speaking of karma, remember how a couple of seasons ago in Launceston the timekeepers let a game go too long, St Kilda levelled the scores before the umpires woke up, and the AFL handed Fremantle the points. On Friday night in Perth the timekeepers short-changed Freo by nine seconds and they lost by a point. The gods have delivered some payback this week. Maybe those old diggers have had a mischievous gleam in their eyes.'

I think the only karma in the AFL of late has been his sorry excuse for a club barely managing to string together a win each year. I guess it must hurt that a rabble such as Freo can have such a dominant record over his mighty team.