Hard to know..but doesnt help when there's two opposition players pulling you down in front of the ump
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Hard to know..but doesnt help when there's two opposition players pulling you down in front of the ump
Not to mention, that free kick robbing Gov of a shot on goal - while technically there - is exceptionally soft. He had eyes for the ball, and didn't intend to make contact hard. He was trying to locate the person he was going to leap on, as an awful lot of players do; the contact was completely incidental.Martin is about to come into his prime, will only get better
While he has had some poor moments, has been crucial in our wins
Not to mention, that free kick robbing Gov of a shot on goal - while technically there - is exceptionally soft. He had eyes for the ball, and didn't intend to make contact hard. He was trying to locate the person he was going to leap on, as an awful lot of players do; the contact was completely incidental.
Here's the kicker for me: contact frees in this sport were brought in/designed to reduce unaware contact, with the explicit aim of allowing other people to protect themselves and avoid injury. In the back, tripping; both occur to when your mind is elsewhere. Contact below the knees, around the neck, front on contact; these to stop injury.
In sight of adding additional complication to the AFL ruleset/interpretation fiasco, they need to go back to this question when paying a free kick: is this action going to result in an injury? If not, it's footy. Deal with it.
Gov should've gotten his shot.
I know it does, which is why I'd be loathe to give such a thing to the AFL. They'd find a way to stuff it right up.I mostly agree, but that opens up another Pandora's box for inconsistent interpretation
Head should be protected, accident or not
Reduce/minimize the grey areas, the game will be better for it
Westhoff played last night.
But anyway, Flaggers.
Saw he was a late in.Westhoff played last night.
But anyway, Flaggers.
Cracker... My humble apologies to any poster I offended last night. Black dog howling and worse today. Apologies to mods who I inconvenienced as well. I'll see myself out.How's the hangover?
Spot on. His decision making with the ball leaves a lot to be desired.Again, I disagree. I find it amusing how many people feel required to jump up and down when you don’t mention Plowman in a positive light. I simply stated I feel nervous with him in one on ones. He regularly gets out bodied and has no intensity at the contest. I don’t think the rest of our back six suffer from that. If people are happy with his output good for you.
All in all happy to get away with a win in a scrappy game. Hopefully we put the hawks to the sword next week.
I get that Teague is rewarding form at the lower grade and not gifting games to youngsters, but there is a balance of also needing to get experience into the younger players.Moore did okay at the centre bounces, but hopefully Teague digs deeper as I believe TDK would have been a better option overall
This is the best way to help Cripps.At some point we're going to be grateful the opposition put all their time into Cripps and Doc, but leave Setters, Kennedy and Cuningham loose.
Did Weitering lose a contest today?
Just unbelievable again.
In AA (absolutely awesome) form...
It should be a free kick. They made a real point about paying these last year after some of Toby Greene’s antics but they seem to not be looking for it now. We definitely need to be discussing those incidents with the head of umpiring.Serious question: what is the rule around using your foot as protection against oncoming player in a marking contest.
Examples: Cripps today and sps a few weeks ago.
And Martin is a very good set shot, just some aberrations past 2 weeks, has kicked some clutch goals this year!
Commentators said in the Port game he hadn't lost a contest all year. Not sure how they work that out exactly, nor recall how he went in the Port game, but fairly sure he again didn't lose a contest yesterday.Did Weitering lose a contest today?
Just unbelievable again.
In AA (absolutely awesome) form...
Agree. Mids need to reinforce the backs, not just surging to the forwards.Sps is playing brilliantly, the defense struggles because we let opposition midfields move rapidly through the middle corridor of the ground.
According to SHS this morning, he's reportedly on over 1mill, (more than Cripps on about 900 thou.) Nice playmaker, and had some great games, but quiet in others. On that money would expect him to be a little more consistent. His missed goal from 20m out could have hurt us. Missed a vital goal last week against Port in last quarter, which if he had kicked would probably have won us the game.
Agree. It also promotes players to duck, flop and stage for free kicks because of the interpretations of the rules.Not to mention, that free kick robbing Gov of a shot on goal - while technically there - is exceptionally soft. He had eyes for the ball, and didn't intend to make contact hard. He was trying to locate the person he was going to leap on, as an awful lot of players do; the contact was completely incidental.
Here's the kicker for me: contact frees in this sport were brought in/designed to reduce unaware contact, with the explicit aim of allowing other people to protect themselves and avoid injury. In the back, tripping; both occur to when your mind is elsewhere. Contact below the knees, around the neck, front on contact; these to stop injury.
In sight of adding additional complication to the AFL ruleset/interpretation fiasco, they need to go back to this question when paying a free kick: is this action going to result in an injury? If not, it's footy. Deal with it.
Gov should've gotten his shot.
Murph has copped a battering over the years for us and still does plenty of the hard stuff, did a great block as well. Does anyone not want Papley after he went to ground yesterday? Murph drawing that free might have won us the game, didn't bother me at all.I loved Murph back in the day, however these days I just see him flopping for frees or corralling rather than going hard more often than not.
With his age and family circumstances I'd send him and Betts back to Melbourne now so that they get in some family time, refresh and be prepared post bye.
Use their spots and our injuries to give a few younger blokes a run - Fisher, Honey, O'Brien, Dow.