While your at it give us your opinion of the low life ducking for free kicks that your captain invented.Pies and Hawks started it-can't abide it-its lowlife stuff. I haven't noticed other clubs doing it but should be stamped out.
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While your at it give us your opinion of the low life ducking for free kicks that your captain invented.Pies and Hawks started it-can't abide it-its lowlife stuff. I haven't noticed other clubs doing it but should be stamped out.
While your at it give us your opinion of the low life ducking for free kicks that your captain invented.
Terrifc strategy.While your at it give us your opinion of the low life ducking for free kicks that your captain invented.
Haha- Puopolo deliberately ducks his head down with sole intention to win a free kick. Selwood drops the knees and raises his arm, all done with the intention of getting away from the tacklers and getting on with the game. Different intent-different tactic-yep you are right-I can spot the diff!Oh no the Geelong "Selwood does not duck but players from your team do" brigade are out in force.
Hawk fans see a Hawk player duck for a free kick and hate it.
Geelong fans see Selwood making a career out of it and celebrate and embrace it.
Spot the difference?
Haha- Puopolo deliberately ducks his head down with sole intention to win a free kick. Selwood drops the knees and raises his arm, all done with the intention of getting away from the tacklers and getting on with the game. Different intent-different tactic-yep you are right-I can spot the diff!
ps try and stay on topic though old bean-this is actually a thread about an unsavoury tactic employed by your club. Spotto the diff?
I remember Geelong were doing this and then AFL Insider brought it to everyone's attention (David King) by suggesting the AFL need to crack down on it but it seems like Hawthorn should be fine
So after King's suggestion, did the afl crack down on it?
Or were Geelong fine too...
Simple to fix. Man on the mark is not to be touched, but include/make allowances for the player that is taking the free.
ALL teams do it and its legal
it is not just hawthorn either and it is wrong
alot of the time it is not within 5 metres and the umpire should pay a free for an illegal shephard
It's not if the umpire catches them out doing it.ALL teams do it and its legal
This has always been my solution, too. Not sure why coaches don't do this. Probably because they are worried that the umpires will pay a stupid 50 metre penalty, or perhaps because there is a greater perceived benefit in having a loose man downfield.The answer to nullify the tactic is have the guy that is blocking the mark's opponent with him and then he should be able to stop the kicker playing on.
Nothing wrong with it
Player stands next to the man on the mark not touching him. He doesn't touch the man on the mark til its play on so it's fair play
Isn't the player doing the blocking within the 5m protected zone? What if his opponent stood next to him? The umpire would tell him to clear the area so the person doing the blocking should be made to do so as well should he not?
LOL a Fremantle supporter not liking questionable tactics during a game.
It's called a "shepherd". It's an ancient practise from the dark times that the Hawthorn Football Club have injected into their game plan to gain an unfair advantage over the competition.