The diving thread

[ashep]

I think if you look at the incident with red and blue glasses he actually has his jaw momentarily dislocated.

At 4k you can see his brain actually pop out through his left eardrum for a second.

 

[bjwilliams]

Couldn't agree more, Oliver should keep his mouth shut. No respect.

Why should Oliver respect him when the guy's having a go at him?

 

[largebus]

The amount of Oliver fanboys on this thread is completely predictable

 

[TheMcManusNose]

Unfortunately for Clayton Oliver, players getting off for diving has occured this very season.

Clayton Oliver is precedented.

 

[ashep]

Why should Oliver respect him when the guy's having a go at him?

1. He deserved it.
2. It was an innocuous tweet.
3. The "comeback" was weak as piss, much like Clayton's brain stem must be.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

For Clayton Oliver. In case he can't remember.

Because he wasn't even born when Marto debuted for Australia and was 9 when he retired.

Whatya know you can post pr0n on big footy

 

[Saintly2]

I hope the ugly prick is banned for staging if he keeps doing it.

 

[KAYNE]

Was Hutchings looked at for diving to get the 50 metre penalty? Massive dive and got a 50 metre for it.

 

[wce4premiership]

His player dived and now he wants to attack the character of the guy that clipped him.

It wasn't Eric Mackenzie

 

[Quinz]

Was Hutchings looked at for diving to get the 50 metre penalty? Massive dive and got a 50 metre for it.

Late contact so it was fifty, but he did throw the head back to accentuate it. Prefer he didn't do that.

 

[Pessimistic]

How could oliverhave been diving when it was half time?

Do they give frees during the breaks?

 

[Latro]

I hope the ugly prick is banned for staging if he keeps doing it.

Hopefully someone breaks his jaw.

 

[McRobie]

Oliver dived. He's fooling no one.

Except for mrp.


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[BlueFlame]

Hopefully someone breaks his jaw.

that's a tad overboard

 

[TW Sherrin]

 

[Forward Press]

Because trying to earn a free is one thing, but making yourself look hurt when you aren't can get your opponent suspended which is bullshit.

Unfortunately (in my opinion), you called it.

 

[bjwilliams]

1. He deserved it.
2. It was an innocuous tweet.
3. The "comeback" was weak as piss, much like Clayton's brain stem must be.

None of those are reasons for why Oliver should respect Martin...

 

[Benji85]

Throwing your head back in a marking contest ala Lindsey Thomas is one thing, taking a proper dive that ends up suspending a player is grossly unfair and completely against the spirit of the game. Then to throw out a garbage tweet, calling into question the form of one of Australia's greatest sportsmen of the 90's/00 (via an incident 23 years old) all the while coming off a serious drink driving incident barely 6 months previous. Exceedingly poor form, and down right cringe worthy.

 

[Pessimistic]

Not sure if srious

 

[Unity-28]

Throwing your head back in a marking contest ala luke shuei is one thing, taking a proper dive that ends up suspending a player is grossly unfair and completely against the spirit of the game. Then to throw out a garbage tweet, calling into question the form of one of Australia's greatest sportsmen of the 90's/00 (via an incident 23 years old) all the while coming off a serious drink driving incident barley 6 months previous. Exceedingly poor form, and down right cringe worthy.

edited for accuracy.

 

[SCRAY72]

Disgraceful decision by MRP, but not surprising really.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

I dislike the term "dive" being used to describe many of the events it's being associated with on here

A dive to me is when there is zero contact that would affect you to react the contact i.e. when players brush past each other and there is no head high contact, yet one of the players goes down clutching their face

The majority of the time, the term "dive" is just used to describe an instance where a player has accentuated contact that was already there. Staging would be a more fitting term, but still alludes to acting/diving

FWIW Oliver accentuated the contact that was already there. He got hit on the chin - however lightly - and milked it. But the fact that he milked it doesn't change the fact that there was contact - and intentional contact, too (it just was bugger all force from the looks of it). Was there a need for him to react the way he did? Probably not. But he didn't make up getting hit.

 

[ralphwiggum]

How could oliverhave been diving when it was half time?

Do they give frees during the breaks?

I put it down to 'muscle memory'

 

[Pessimistic]

I reckon Oliver's not being given the benefit of the doubt. Massively

Whereas the perpetrator is. Typical of mrp type things

And he wasn't milking or anything because the only gain was to get the eagle rubbed out

There was no free to be gained. North Melbourne style

If he deliberately set out to get the eagle suspended then it's another thing altogether

 

[TheMissingLink]

It already happens at junior level. Sad.

The Joel Selwood legacy.