Start with tackling training, dont make excuses for very poor skills by your players & coaches - big FAIL 1990, look at your own mob instead of squealing.
Is ducking to draw the free a blight on the game
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Start with tackling training, dont make excuses for very poor skills by your players & coaches - big FAIL 1990, look at your own mob instead of squealing.
Last night we reached peak Selwood. He now instinctively lowers the body and leans into opposition the moment he gets the ball even when he is on his own.
The ducking/lowering/shrugging/arm raising epidemic is a modern day disgrace in the game and it all started in 2007 with Selwood. Today there are well over 50 players across every team in the competition that do it regularly - there would be none if it wasn't for Selwood. That is his legacy and his alone.
The ducking/lowering/shrugging/arm raising epidemic is a modern day disgrace in the game and it all started in 2007 with Selwood. Today there are well over 50 players across every team in the competition that do it regularly - there would be none if it wasn't for Selwood. That is his legacy and his alone.
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Part of the ducking is also eyes firmly on the umpire appealing at the slightest contact during the tackle
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He seriously good at it though. It's split second s**t. It's weird that I say this but it's almost his greatest talent!
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Which is the point of this thread.
If you watch the first quarter the Crows seemed to bump into him first get him to duck and roll then tackle,he adjusted his timing after quarter time or the umps just started paying them regardless
Haha you just don't want the rules changed because shuey would become less effective.
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Selwood is great player - tick
Selwood is a courageous player - tick
Selwood is a cheat - tick
The umpires should apply the rules better - tick
See. You can actually say all of these things
Not keen at looking in the mirror Froggy?
Poor tackling technique, Awaken tick.
Changing the rule wouldn't have cost us a final, i see no reason to look in the mirror.
I agree that poor tackling technique is a problem, tackle them around the waist area and ducking is not required.
One thing with the "leading with your head" technique, is that one day a player is going to get compressed discs in their neck or worse.
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Ah the old Apple defence.
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Players need to start hitting him extra hard with tackles around the neck and continue until he stops.
No, he's a champion of the game and you're an idiot if you think otherwise.
Also using the rules to your advantage isn't cheating.
Hawthorn didn't cheat in 2008 by rushing behinds.
James Harden doesn't cheat by drawing fouls to get free throws.
Charles Barkley didn't cheat by backing down players.
Durant with the rip though, Iverson with palming the ball, Mikan, Chamberlain etc
All players who used rules to their advantage until they had to be changed. None of them were cheaters though.
Lance Armstrong cheated, Jon Jones cheated, Ben Johnson, Tyson Gay, all cheaters.
Hawthorn didn't cheat in 2008 by rushing behinds.
James Harden doesn't cheat by drawing fouls to get free throws.
Charles Barkley didn't cheat by backing down players.
Durant with the rip though, Iverson with palming the ball, Mikan, Chamberlain etc
All players who used rules to their advantage until they had to be changed. None of them were cheaters though.
Lance Armstrong cheated, Jon Jones cheated, Ben Johnson, Tyson Gay, all cheaters.
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The Crows had all the momentum and then 2 umpiring decisions led to two goals in a minute for the Cats and all of a sudden they got a run on.
Was clear as day that they got a spring in their step when the usual umpiring howlers started going their way.
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He cheats because he abuses a rule designed to protect players safety.
Matthew Lloyd cheated when he flopped in the marking contests to draw free kicks.
Selwood cheats by charging with his head into the arm or dropping his knees to draw high contact.
Take your Geelong hat off.
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Genuinely it's all he's got now. And maybe all he's ever had.
When the heat is on, draw a free kick. Inspire your team by conning the umpires.
I was going to give you a genuine response but I can clearly see you're not worth anyone's time with a comment like this.
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No he's really not. The Lloyd comparison is a great one. Great player - but free kick drawing tactics across an entire career removes you from the champion category.
Champions don't spend a career perfecting how to draw free kicks. That's not a champion thing to do, yet it is the thing that people most readily associate with selwood.
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It's not a great rule to exploit though. It's dangerous and has encouraged a whole bunch of dumb kids, including at Hawthorn, to give it a go.
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Yep. Not one player knows how to tackle Selwood. It's their fault
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