Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Thread X

[Lord Nicholson]

Beatles, stop fighting here in India.

 

[BrunoV]

Nah....

You can all go plant yourselves firmly on whatever fence you see fit - personally I'll keep calling it as I see it (such as Richmond being no hope to play finals in 2014) without fear of being wrong.

I'd rather swing and miss than be too terrified to get in the game.

So you got lucky?

 

[Jade]

So you got lucky?

Not so much since I got married - but yeah, I do ok.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

So you got lucky?

In my experience there's no such thing as luck.

Richmondism is an energy field, it surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together.

I believe fully that Jade mathematically and logically deducted that Richmond would be shit. It's a few simple Petterd/C. Knights ratios, carry the Deludio, to the power of Mayo. Simple stuff really.

 

[Jade]

In my experience there's no such thing as luck.

Richmondism is an energy field, it surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together.

I believe fully that Jade mathematically and logically deducted that Richmond would be shit. It's a few simple Petterd/C. Knights ratios, carry the Deludio, to the power of Mayo. Simple stuff really.

 

[Dave]

4 weeks, very lucky....

 

[Doss]

4 weeks, very lucky....

+95 points. So the next time he so much as farts, he goes for another game.

I personally was hoping he'd get five.

 

[Dave]

+95 points. So the next time he so much as farts, he goes for another game.

I personally was hoping he'd get five.

Yeah, not sure abut the whole "he should get a discount for pleading guilty" even though he didn't have that option due to the seriousness of the charge!

 

[Andronicus]

What do we think of this?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...mmates-after-win/story-fni0fit3-1227004419276

I didn't think umpires had the power to take back decisions like that.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

What do we think of this?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...mmates-after-win/story-fni0fit3-1227004419276

I didn't think umpires had the power to take back decisions like that.

It's unstrayan.

 

[daz17]

What do we think of this?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...mmates-after-win/story-fni0fit3-1227004419276

I didn't think umpires had the power to take back decisions like that.

I think it's a good call. Weak prick should man up and take his kick.
Would never happen in the AFL though. It's the equivalent of Colyer cramping outside 50 and giving it to Ryder. Players have too much pride to pass on their moment.

 

[Doss]

I think it's a good call. Weak prick should man up and take his kick.
Would never happen in the AFL though. It's the equivalent of Colyer cramping outside 50 and giving it to Ryder. Players have too much pride to pass on their moment.

I have no idea of the legality of it, but I agree with you here.

Doing what that player did is freakin' weak.

 

[Andronicus]

Yeah I'm glad he was caught out for it, I just wasn't sure of the legalities from an umpiring perspective.

 

[quotemokc]

Maybe he knew he wouldn't of made the distance? Almost the equivalent of a professional free kick.

 

[Mercurial89]

I have no idea of the legality of it, but I agree with you here.

Doing what that player did is freakin' weak.

Weak but smart

 

[Doss]

Weak but smart

And also against the spirit of how the game should be played, I'd think.

I have no problem with the actions of that umpire. Will teach them all a lesson.

 

[Yoda_]

Good to see Paul Roos staying the course for a 3rd year. Couldn't be happier for the Demons

 

[Dave]

Yeah I'm glad he was caught out for it, I just wasn't sure of the legalities from an umpiring perspective.

Umpires can reverse a score, depending on the circumstances. In a recent local senior match, a goal was scored from a center bounce whilst a huge melee was in full swing. Only about 5 players actually took part in play. The goal was disallowed as a player in the melee had been sent off under the blood rule and once this happens everything has to stop. I think in the case you highlighted the ump used his discretion to say if you're well enough to jump up and down you were well enough to take your kick, which is well within his rights.

Edit:
I should add I wish they could over rule each other. I saw a game lost on the weekend after a ruckman was penalised for failing to dispose of the ball after taking it out of the ruck. The only problem was he'd roved the opposing ruckman's hitout.

 

[silk]

From an article on Franklin.
"You see him getting heckled and you see the crowd yelling things to him and as a sportsman it's part of it and you get used to dealing with it.

"But I’d be lying if I said I didn't think it affected him."

This is how I picture him.

 

[DonsRule]

Ed the latest Collingwood injury

 

[Whispering_Jack]

Probably tripped over his chin.

 

[Halftimehero]

Probably tripped over his chin.

Which one?

 

[Kong]

Looks like he's had one too many Sunday Roasts.

 

[Beerfish]

Poor form having his crutch out in plain view.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Really disappointing lack of video evidence to back me up here, but he looks exactly like Neil Balme did when he won Tool of the Year for making that face after leaving the toilets in the change rooms.