I’m more interested into the Otten/Rutten/Anthony contestWhat did y'all think about the Thilthorpe mark?
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I’m more interested into the Otten/Rutten/Anthony contestWhat did y'all think about the Thilthorpe mark?
Im not having a go, there is just something about your gif which makes it look like Battle had way more impact than he really did. Im not saying you made it look that way on purpose or anything.Think the Battle contact had an impact
Anyway, think time to give this a rest.
My first gif is a bit faster than actual speed.Im not having a go, there is just something about your gif which makes it look like Battle had way more impact than he really did. Im not saying you made it look that way on purpose or anything.
I must be living under a rock, never knew that AFL hosted full replays of matches.Match Replay: Adelaide v St Kilda
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It looks to me like Pedlar stops and is then pushed which makes it look like he took a step.
That could be it. It happens so quick it almost looks like Battle is dragging him by the back of his jumper. It's bizarre how different it looks when you change the angle and slow it down. Some weird perspective s**t going on here.My first gif is a bit faster than actual speed.
Should have been a 50m penalty.Okay, so watching the replay.
9:16 to go in the third.
Wtf was with the call when Pedlar took a mark in the goal square? Ump never called play on, so the defender obviously could not have legally knocked the ball out.
In the last replay of the goal, it almost looks like the umpire calls for a 50 (or just to bring it back to Pedlar?), and then waves it on like advantage as Keays kicked the goal - but can there be an advantage called after a mark (or a 50)? Strange call. Doesn't matter in the end, but it was confusing to me!
This is the issue with four umpires. Spreading the talent base.I honestly think the umpire got confused in that whole build up. Like good on Keays for being aware there seeing we gave up two goals in the showdown for that half-motion Pedlar made being called play on, but it was a bit of a mess. I assume it was a 'I don't want to sort this out, and a goal was scored, so eh'?
Another complication with such a wrong decision, betting.You’re right..
It shouldve been called back, the 50m given and Pedlar made to take the kick.. thats the rules.
Now theres almost a 0.000001% chance Pedlar wouldnt have kicked it if this hadve happened so “no harm done” as they say..
But what if he did actually miss it?.. slipped over and shanked the kick into the post..
What if it was in a final and there was a goal in it?..
Its yet another example of the umps not consistently following the rules of the game. At times just making it up as they go along. With some umps making decisions others wouldnt.
You’ve got rules.. consistently stick to the fxxkn things. No matter how ridiculous it wouldve seemed making Pedlar go back and take his kick.
This.Think the Battle contact had an impact
Anyway, think time to give this a rest.
All of the vagueness in the rules with varying interpretations in the same game, the tribunal having no consistency, the shitty cameras for goal reviews etc. These are all controllable things that can be improved and the fact they keep doubling down on this shitshow each year has me convinced it's a feature, not a bug.Another complication with such a wrong decision, betting.
Given the AFL has such tight relationships with bookmakers, these errors can be seen in a sinister light.
Better for a bookie/punters for Pedlar or Keays to kick that goal?
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Agree.I must be living under a rock, never knew that AFL hosted full replays of matches.
On scrolling through the match, the ease with which Rankine can step through people is outstanding. Just like the very last centre bounce of the game.
Need to see more of him at the centre bounces.
Probably the only rule change I've never heard complained about. The old system was bullshit. It makes no sense to punish a player with a harder kick in that situation.The more important question is why the f*ck did he want to play on? It’s not 2000 anymore where you get put on the angle. If you take a mark in the goalsquare, you get lined up from the centre of the goals now.
Somebody tell him!
Think as much as anything the Battle contact made him change his mind about kicking it, because it would have got smothered. He bailed part way throughThink the Battle contact had an impact
Anyway, think time to give this a rest.
If the player is an idiot he deserves to be punishedProbably the only rule change I've never heard complained about. The old system was bullshit. It makes no sense to punish a player with a harder kick in that situation.
If you're doing a place kick, do you get to place it on the mark? What about the person standing the mark?If the player is an idiot he deserves to be punished
Mark it on the goal line 1m off center - cool, go back 1 meter, tell the umpire you're doing a placekick, place the ball on the ground, and just tap it over. Easier goal (reduce risk of it being touched on the mark) but no - footballers are dumb.
Think as much as anything the Battle contact made him change his mind about kicking it, because it would have got smothered. He bailed part way through
If the player is an idiot he deserves to be punished
Haha, my question would be - once you place the ball on the ground, is it play on because you have disposed of it?If you're doing a place kick, do you get to place it on the mark? What about the person standing the mark?
Even more far-fetched/sillier than my Aliens lurking with a Drop-O-Beam.Ok to settle this once and for all I spoke to Luke and he explained what happened.
He saw as he was going up for the mark that Keays was nearby, and was worried that he try something to snaffle an easy goal for himself. He thought about putting it straight through from the line, but then remembered what he’d been told by his line coach about having to get better at balancing being sensible and instinctive. So, he chose not to kick it, and to calm down instead.
Luke loves music, and loves dancing even more, and remembered that recently they had been asked to choose a song to be played after kicking a goal. He chose an obscure song by someone called ‘Oliver tree’ but his second choice would have been Nutbush City Limits. He decided that to calm down he’d do a couple of steps of the Nutbush on the mark, and he’d just gotten started when he felt a whack on his arm. He assumed it was Ben Keays trying some bullshit and thought WTF and threw up his hands to tell Ben to * off but the ball got dislodged and then it was over in a flash.
It's a bush leagueAll of the vagueness in the rules with varying interpretations in the same game, the tribunal having no consistency, the shitty cameras for goal reviews etc. These are all controllable things that can be improved and the fact they keep doubling down on this shitshow each year has me convinced it's a feature, not a bug.
Talk about idiocyIf the player is an idiot he deserves to be punished
Mark it on the goal line 1m off center - cool, go back 1 meter, tell the umpire you're doing a placekick, place the ball on the ground, and just tap it over. Easier goal (reduce risk of it being touched on the mark) but no - footballers are dumb.
If the player is an idiot he deserves to be punished
Mark it on the goal line 1m off center - cool, go back 1 meter, tell the umpire you're doing a placekick, place the ball on the ground, and just tap it over. Easier goal (reduce risk of it being touched on the mark) but no - footballers are dumb.