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Barry would have had no problems running through the mark as long as he was not within Stenglein's 5-metre protected arc.
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Ah thank you - I thought that rule seemed wrong - missed the 'remain' bit. So the umpire is definitely wrong._Sean_ said:The key part is "enter & remain". Barry entered but he was not intending to remain until Stenglein blocked him. Therefore, Barry did nothing wrong and the free was, as the AFL said, incorrect.
His protected arc does not project behind him so once he moves backwards off the mark he is not covered.section8 said:Barry would have had no problems running through the mark as long as he was not within Stenglein's 5-metre protected arc.
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Now you are trying to change the interpretation of the rule. It says "enter & remain". Barry didn't do that so there is no free. That's why the AFL has said it was incorrect.section8 said:"Remain" can be interpreted as applying to a player running through this arc. Barry would not need to have both entered and be stationary in the arc for the free kick to have been called otherwise, there would be no 50m penalty awarded to opposing players running through a mark.
No, that's not what the interpretation was because that in itself is not against the rules - as has been explained. The umpire has said that he was watching Barry and didn't see Stenglein move. Therefore, it had nothing to do with an arc - it was a simple case of shepherding based on him thinking that Barry ran straight into him and it was incorrect.section8 said:In this case, the interpretation was that Stenglein had not moved far enough from his mark to have forgone his protected area yet Barry had run directly through Stenglein's 5m arc, head on without question.
That's a very poor effort. You wanted someone to refute your claims - that has been done on a number of occasions by myself and NMW. Now you bring up conspiracy theories. Do you want to keep discussing the rules that were not broken because if you don't you should start a new thread - you might have more luck in that one.section8 said:ahhh Gieschen said that the decision was wrong, not the umpire who made the call and we all know his agenda re the swans, you know, the one about demetriou saying he would have loved to have seen sydney win last friday. Please, don't let your naivety get in the way of truth.
Making rules up really doesn't help your case - and how ironic is it that you call Barry a mental giant.section8 said:There are two protected areas. One is for the man standing the mark. And Barry's trajectory was on a path less than 1m from Stenglein. Illegal.
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2005/09/05/1125772465838.htmlBut Stenglein said that, with Barry metres clear of Ashley Hansen, he was trying to stop the Swan from getting an easy possession.
"I knew there was space on the outside of me and I thought Leo Barry was trying to run into the space so I stepped back a bit to block his run so he didn't get past me," Stenglein said.
He was trying to run past Stenglein, but Stenglein took at least a metre step to block Barry. I have rewound the tape countless times and he was NOT trying to charge Stenglein as a lot of people have been trying to accuse him of.C.E.Lovett said:1. Barry charged Stenglein who was standing the mark. That's not allowed in our game, not interested in the technical details.
Probably shouldn't have been that close, but it happens every game, players running past both the player on the mark and the player on the ball.C.E.Lovett said:2. If Barry hadn't of done it there would have been no free kick.
Yep, and it was probably the wrong decision to admit to the mistake so quickly after the game.C.E.Lovett said:3. Geischen has no credibility. Sack the fool.
Ah, thanks for reminding me of this one. McLaren definitely pointed in our direction first, and when he quickly changed the direction, most of our blokes had gone off looking for options already.C.E.Lovett said:4. Sydney were robbed in many other parts of the game. Never mind about the trip on Goodes. What about the umpire sinalling the wrong way on a free causing all of Sydney's guys to run in the wrong direction, then the Weagles kick to an uncontested forward line.
Not sure what this has to do with anything. Maybe he'll have something to do this weekend, becase he sure won't be umpiring!C.E.Lovett said:5. That umpire McInerny has a rich dad. His dad owns mega car yards in Perth and is always advertising his Mac and Ernie Fords.
................please!BarcaRulz said:theres no point people... Swans fans will always think they were robbed, Eagles fans wont. Nothing you say will change it... So stop it already..
Ha, difference being most other club fans think we got robbed.BarcaRulz said:theres no point people... Swans fans will always think they were robbed, Eagles fans wont. Nothing you say will change it... So stop it already..