AFL Autopsy RND 13: Loss to the Tigers

[BrunoV]

I'm "comfortable" with Vlaustin not getting fined, but I would have probably been just as comfortable if he hadn't and the MRO from that moment on penalise anyone who throws their head back to make it look like they got hit in the face (those ones to milk high contact), take a tough stance on players to hopefully make it easier for umpires.

Add in fining Players jumping forward the moment they feel contact at every opportunity, make it easier for umpires again. Use the system to help umpires and change player behaviour dont need to change interpretations for them.

On the bolded. This act of sending it to the tribunal is Exhibit A of the system being set up poorly to police the game with the message/optics the AFL wants to convey.

Lynch has engaged in off the ball acts 3 weeks in a row, 2 striking offences, a misconduct for shoving someones head into the ground and another borderline strike (hurley one).
None are suspendable offences in isolation, the Hurley one is borderline even a fine.

But the AFL ever about the optics feels like they have to try and do something, and for the strikes i think they have a good point. But the system is not set up to police it.

It's not black and white enough for me to think there is any merit in any of this.

I know Papley took a dive but he was still mid air with momentum going in a direction. It's the same with Grimes. What happens when blatant pushes stop getting paid because someone's arms fling out as a reflex. It's the same as throwing your head back.

There are already too many rules and too many way for umpires to pay technical free kicks that do not allow the contest to flow.

If the umpires were not geed up to find every meaningless free they'd be much harder to con.

 

[Mr Bultitude]

Bored in iso, feel free to put this on a t-shirt/banner/whatever next time we play them.

Oh we're from Diverland
A flopping fury
We're from Diverland
In any weather
You will see us milking frees
With no integrity
If we're behind then never mind
We'll dive and dive and win
For we're from Diverland
We won't stop staging till the umpires whistle blows
Forget what you're told
Not strong and not bold
For we're from Diver
PUSH IN THE BACK!
We're from Diverland.

 

[TheBrightSide]

Bored in iso, feel free to put this on a t-shirt/banner/whatever next time we play them.

Oh we're from Diverland
A flopping fury
We're from Diverland
In any weather
You will see us milking frees
With no integrity
If we're behind then never mind
We'll dive and dive and win
For we're from Diverland
We won't stop staging till the umpires whistle blows
Forget what you're told
Not strong and not bold
For we're from Diver
PUSH IN THE BACK!
We're from Diverland.

Lol, push in the back.

 

[eth-dog]

Bored in iso, feel free to put this on a t-shirt/banner/whatever next time we play them.

Oh we're from Diverland
A flopping fury
We're from Diverland
In any weather
You will see us milking frees
With no integrity
If we're behind then never mind
We'll dive and dive and win
For we're from Diverland
We won't stop staging till the umpires whistle blows
Forget what you're told
Not strong and not bold
For we're from Diver
PUSH IN THE BACK!
We're from Diverland.

Please send this into the Coodabeen Champions

 

[Mr Bultitude]

Lol, push in the back.

You can just hear their whiney voices, can't you.

Please send this into the Coodabeen Champions

Haha, my father in law loves that show, my wife grew up with it, mentions "Pearl from the Peninsula" often. Anyone here feel free to pass that on.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Bored in iso, feel free to put this on a t-shirt/banner/whatever next time we play them.

Oh we're from Diverland
A flopping fury
We're from Diverland
In any weather
You will see us milking frees
With no integrity
If we're behind then never mind
We'll dive and dive and win
For we're from Diverland
We won't stop staging till the umpires whistle blows
Forget what you're told
Not strong and not bold
For we're from Diver
PUSH IN THE BACK!
We're from Diverland.

The PUSH IN THE BACK made me snort with brief, but surprisingly loud laughter

 

[Yoda_]

There is plenty of opinion and not much analysis.

That's part of the problem. The journalists are mainly tossers who just want to get famous. Very few of them seem to be overly passionate about the game, it's more politics and conflict. That's fine but it make them a blight on the game and I fail to see the benefit of their presence.

I would have thought by now there would be specialist reporters for each team. People who know every player and coach on a list inside out, attend training, ask real questions and who are then the first consulted when there is a discussion about a team to be had.

They some what do (isn't ours Cal Twomey?) but some clubs seem to be double dipping across multiple platforms.

The standard of reporting is more focused on what gets the biggest clicks rather than the actual games now a days. It detracts from the actual product. Pretty sure I was shot down for this but the footy frenzy, only 2 (non Ess games) I can remember were being reported o because of the football and not because of some dubious free kick/report/off field indiscretion. Rich/Port and another game involving Geel (and someone else).

It's pathetic. It really is. As Woosha/Clarko called out the last couple of weeks, there is more 'journalists'covering AFL than there is FEDERAL politics. IT's bizzare.

 

[JayJ20]

It's not black and white enough for me to think there is any merit in any of this.

I know Papley took a dive but he was still mid air with momentum going in a direction. It's the same with Grimes. What happens when blatant pushes stop getting paid because someone's arms fling out as a reflex. It's the same as throwing your head back.

There are already too many rules and too many way for umpires to pay technical free kicks that do not allow the contest to flow.

If the umpires were not geed up to find every meaningless free they'd be much harder to con.

I think the game is over-umpired anyway so I'm happy for the bolded to be called play on.
Missing a genuine free kick is far less damaging than paying a contentious one.

The perfect example is Shaw's high hit on Townsend not being paid and Ward's lateral somersault being paid. People forgive the umpire for missing the Townsend free kick, but lose it at the Ward free kick.

The general preference is to let a few go as long as it is done equally for both sides and as long as it isn't an obvious free kick.

 

[rumply]

Vlaustin? meh, who gaf.

Grimes? they must be ******* drunk.

 

[BrunoV]

They some what do (isn't ours Cal Twomey?) but some clubs seem to be double dipping across multiple platforms.

The standard of reporting is more focused on what gets the biggest clicks rather than the actual games now a days. It detracts from the actual product. Pretty sure I was shot down for this but the footy frenzy, only 2 (non Ess games) I can remember were being reported o because of the football and not because of some dubious free kick/report/off field indiscretion. Rich/Port and another game involving Geel (and someone else).

It's pathetic. It really is. As Woosha/Clarko called out the last couple of weeks, there is more 'journalists'covering AFL than there is FEDERAL politics. IT's bizzare.

I've never heard Toomey deep dive into anything. I think the problem is that you probably annoy the club because it would involve picking flaws, at least for Essendon. In reality only a few get mail anyway. There are 500 others, the could all be doing something.

 

[eth-dog]

You can just hear their whiney voices, can't you.




Haha, my father in law loves that show, my wife grew up with it, mentions "Pearl from the Peninsula" often. Anyone here feel free to pass that on.

It's very funny, but Pearl quite often gets on my nerves.

 

[Yoda_]

It's very funny, but Pearl quite often gets on my nerves.

the amount of melts from Tigers supporters, even after them winning on the weekend is frightening. Isn't it??

Like seriously delusional.. Yeah, I think our list has top 4 potential. Stats suggest otherwise but some of these idiots genuinely believe Shai Bolton (on the back of 6 games in the midfield) is having a better year than Andy McGrath. It's grand delusion at it's finest on the MB.

 

[eth-dog]

the amount of melts from Tigers supporters, even after them winning on the weekend is frightening. Isn't it??

Like seriously delusional.. Yeah, I think our list has top 4 potential. Stats suggest otherwise but some of these idiots genuinely believe Shai Bolton (on the back of 6 games in the midfield) is having a better year than Andy McGrath. It's grand delusion at it's finest on the MB.

Shai Bolton is having an excellent year.

 

[Yoda_]

Shai Bolton is having an excellent year.

Not denying that at all, McGrath is just having a better one than Shai.